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• Gummarus Ernestus Maria Philippé († 1989)
• ALBERTUS VAN DELDEN, Deventer († 1935)
• Aaltje Anjewierden, Usquert, Groningen, Nederland († 1995)
• Albertus Westra, Leeuwarden, Friesland, Netherlands
• Albertus de Regt, Dordrecht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aaltien Eding, Ees, Borger, Drenthe, Nederland († 1969)
• Alida Grabijn
• ?? van Kleef, Bergschenhoek († 1898)
• Adrianus Cornelis van den Hooven, Cromvoirt († 1937)
• Adriana van Deudekom, Delft

• Angenieta van Leiden (88), Langbroek
• Anna Maria Elisabeth Schroeder (47), Amsterdam
• Anna Catharina GEEROMS (83), Pamel
• Alice Maria Derinck (0), Esen
• Antje Cnossen (20)
• Anthonij klsz Kooij (79), Huizen
• Anna Maria van Oorschot (0), Roosendaal, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• * Jacques Cornelis # Ponsen (51), Rotterdam
• Albert van der Schagt (0), Hilversum, Nederland
• Adriana Maria Herrewijn (0), Rotterdam

• 1893 » Omar Bradley, American general († 1981)
• 1895 » Kristian Djurhuus, Faroese lawyer and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of the Faroe Islands († 1984)
• 1897 » Charles Groves Wright Anderson, South African-Australian colonel and politician († 1988)
• 1897 » Lincoln LaPaz, American astronomer and academic († 1985)
• 1898 » Wallace Ford, English-American actor and singer († 1966)
• 1900 » Roger J. Traynor, American lawyer and jurist, 23rd Chief Justice of California († 1983)
• 1902 » William Collier, Jr., American actor, producer, and screenwriter († 1987)
• 1903 » Chick Hafey, American baseball player and manager († 1973)
• 1903 » Jorge Basadre, Peruvian historian († 1980)
• 1904 » Ted Mack, American radio and television host († 1976)

• 1886 » Randolph Caldecott, English-American painter and illustrator (b. 1846)
• 1894 » Hans von Bülow, German pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1830)
• 1896 » Ambroise Thomas, French composer and academic (b. 1811)
• 1912 » Gerhard Armauer Hansen, Norwegian physician (b. 1841)
• 1915 » Émile Waldteufel, French pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1837)
• 1916 » Richard Dedekind, German mathematician, philosopher, and academic (b. 1831)
• 1929 » Lillie Langtry, English singer and actress (b. 1853)
• 1931 » Samad bey Mehmandarov, Azerbaijani-Russian general and politician, 3rd Azerbaijani Minister of Defense (b. 1855)
• 1935 » Auguste Escoffier, French chef and author (b. 1846)
• 1942 » Eugene Esmonde, Irish-English lieutenant and pilot, Victoria Cross recipient (b. 1909)

• Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• Regentes Emma (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1898 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from July 27, 1897 to August 1, 1901 the cabinet Pierson, with Mr. N.G. Pierson (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
• June 22 » Spanish–American War: In a chaotic operation, 6,000 men of the U.S. Fifth Army Corps begins landing at Daiquirí, Cuba, about 16 miles (26km) east of Santiago de Cuba. Lt. Gen. Arsenio Linares y Pombo of the Spanish Army outnumbers them two-to-one, but does not oppose the landings.
• August 24 » Count Muravyov, Foreign Minister of Russia presents a rescript that convoked the First Hague Peace Conference.
• September 21 » Empress Dowager Cixi seizes power and ends the Hundred Days' Reform in China.
• October 14 » The steam ship SSMohegan sinks near the Lizard peninsula, Cornwall, killing 106.
• December 10 » Spanish–American War: The Treaty of Paris is signed, officially ending the conflict.
• December 18 » Gaston de Chasseloup-Laubat sets the first officially recognized land speed record of 39.245mph (63.159km/h) in a Jeantaud electric car.

The temperature on February 12, 1898 was about 4.7 °C. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 89%.