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• Adriana Johanna de Kraker, Zaamslag († 1899)
• Albert Schimmel, Woudenberg († 1968)
• Aaltje Hamer, Zwolle, Overijssel, Nederland († 1969)
• Adriana Theodora Otsen, Rotterdam († 1899)
• Agneta Catharina Wilhelmina Blaauw, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adriana van Wezel, Middelburg
• Adrianus van Kesteren, 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1978)
• Alderdina Cornelia Alma, Saaksum († 1985)
• Adrianus Zomers, Nistelrode, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1984)
• Adrien Paul WICCART, Haverskerque, 59293, Nord, Nord, France

• Adriaan Geertse (72), Domburg
• Anna Maria van der Rijt (0), Uden, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anna Hogerzeil (33), Dordrecht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adriana van Beers (50), Princenhage, Nbr.NL
• Alida Herman (0), amsterdam, Nederland
• Anna Susanna Bandel (35), Breda, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands
• Adriana van Bokhooven (84), Vlijmen
• Aagje Labrijn (77), Zwijndrecht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adriana van Bokhoven (84), Vlijmen
• Adriana Adriaan van Gils (49), J 35, Vrachelen

• 1891 » Hans F. K. Günther, German eugenicist and academic († 1968)
• 1893 » Katharine Cornell, American actress and producer († 1974)
• 1896 » Eugénie Blanchard, French super-centenarian († 2010)
• 1901 » Chester Morris, American actor († 1970)
• 1901 » Wayne King, American singer-songwriter and conductor († 1985)
• 1902 » Cyril Vincent, South African cricketer († 1968)
• 1903 » Edgar Bergen, Swedish-American ventriloquist and actor († 1978)
• 1904 » George F. Kennan, Scotch-Irish American historian and diplomat, United States Ambassador to the Soviet Union († 2005)
• 1904 » James Baskett, African-American actor and singer († 1948)
• 1905 » Henrietta Barnett, British Women's Royal Air Force officer († 1985)

• 1862 » William Pennington American lawyer and politician, 13th Governor of New Jersey, 23rd Speaker of the United States House of Representatives (b. 1796)
• 1898 » Thomas Bracken, Irish-New Zealand journalist, poet, and politician (b. 1843)
• 1899 » Félix Faure, French merchant and politician, 7th President of France (b. 1841)
• 1907 » Giosuè Carducci, Italian poet and educator, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1835)
• 1912 » Nicholas of Japan, Russian-Japanese monk and saint (b. 1836)
• 1917 » Octave Mirbeau, French journalist, novelist, and playwright ( (b. 1848)
• 1919 » Vera Kholodnaya, Ukrainian actress (b. 1893)
• 1928 » Eddie Foy Sr., American actor and dancer (b. 1856)
• 1932 » Edgar Speyer, American-English financier and philanthropist (b. 1862)
• 1932 » Ferdinand Buisson, French academic and politician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1841)

• 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.
• January 1 » New York, New York annexes land from surrounding counties, creating the City of Greater New York. The four initial boroughs, Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, and The Bronx, are joined on January 25 by Staten Island to create the modern city of five boroughs.
• February 7 » Dreyfus affair: Émile Zola is brought to trial for libel for publishing J'Accuse…!.
• June 12 » Philippine Declaration of Independence: General Emilio Aguinaldo declares the Philippines' independence from Spain.
• August 23 » The Southern Cross Expedition, the first British venture of the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration, departs from London.
• August 28 » Caleb Bradham's beverage "Brad's Drink" is renamed "Pepsi-Cola".
• October 1 » The Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration is founded under the name k.u.k. Exportakademie.

The temperature on February 16, 1898 was about 6.7 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 74%.