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• Adrienne Alphonsine Placide GAUTIER, Le Mesnil-Aubert, 50510, Manche, Basse-Normandie, FRANCE († 1982)
• Albert Wiebe Reiding, Hoogezand († 1966)
• Adriana Kik, Bruinisse
• Agnes Bubniak, Lipinki, Malopolskie, Poland († 1966)
• Alfred Thomas Stanga († 1954)
• Adriana de GRAAF, Princenhage (N.Br. Nl) († 1971)
• Albert Jan Krijnen, Sloten, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1898)
• Albertus Vorderman († 1898)
• Aaltje Kramer, Urk, Limburg, Nederland († 1976)
• Adriana Pouw, Wijk bij Duurstede, Utrecht, Nederland

• Oppenheimer (78), Schadowstr. 19, Berlin, Germany
• Franken (0), Tilburg, Nbr.NL
• Antonie Voesenek (78), Teteringen, Netherlands
• Bridget (73), philadelphia, PA
• Anna Melissen (27), Haarlem
• Agnes Beveridge Robertson (51), South Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
• Alexander Mennardus Brandenburg (53), Nijmegen
• Antje Cornelisd van Twuijver (40), Den Helder, nh.nld
• Anna Maria van de Duijm, Apeldoorn
• Marretie Snoek (75)

• 1895 » George Halas, American football player and coach († 1983)
• 1895 » George Sutcliffe, Australian public servant († 1964)
• 1895 » Robert Philipp, American painter († 1981)
• 1896 » Kazimierz Kuratowski, Polish mathematician and logician († 1980)
• 1897 » Gertrude Blanch, Russian-American mathematician († 1996)
• 1897 » Howard Deering Johnson, American businessman, founded Howard Johnson's († 1972)
• 1900 » Anni Frind, German lyric soprano († 1987)
• 1900 » Willie Kamm, American baseball player and manager († 1988)
• 1901 » Jascha Heifetz, Lithuanian-born American violinist and educator († 1987)
• 1902 » Newbold Morris, American lawyer and politician († 1966)

• 1881 » Henry Parker, English-Australian politician, 3rd Premier of New South Wales (b. 1808)
• 1904 » Ernest Cashel, American-Canadian criminal (b. 1882)
• 1904 » William Collins Whitney, American financier and politician, 31st United States Secretary of the Navy (b. 1841)
• 1905 » Henri Germain, French banker and politician, founded Le Crédit Lyonnais (b. 1824)
• 1907 » Dmitri Mendeleev, Russian chemist and academic (b. 1834)
• 1909 » Carlo Acton, Italian pianist and composer (b. 1829)
• 1913 » Gustaf de Laval, Swedish engineer (b. 1845)
• 1918 » John L. Sullivan, American boxer (b. 1858)
• 1919 » Julius Kuperjanov, Estonian lieutenant (b. 1894)
• 1925 » Antti Aarne, Finnish historian and academic (b. 1867)

1. Johannes
2. Jan
3. Cornelis
4. Hendrik
5. Willem
6. Pieter
7. Gerrit
8. Petrus
9. Jacob
10. Jacobus
11. Adrianus
12. Arie
13. Dirk
14. Wilhelmus
15. Gerardus
16. Hendrikus

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Cornelia
5. Wilhelmina
6. Hendrika
7. Elisabeth
8. Adriana
9. Catharina
10. Jacoba
11. Aaltje
12. Petronella
13. Grietje
14. Geertruida
15. Neeltje
16. Helena

• 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.
• June 12 » Philippine Declaration of Independence: General Emilio Aguinaldo declares the Philippines' independence from Spain.
• August 13 » Spanish–American War: Spanish and American forces engage in a mock battle for Manila, after which the Spanish commander surrendered in order to keep the city out of Filipino rebel hands.
• August 25 » Seven hundred Greek civilians, 17 British guards and the British Consul of Crete are killed by a Turkish mob in Heraklion, Greece.
• September 2 » Battle of Omdurman: British and Egyptian troops defeat Sudanese tribesmen and establish British dominance in Sudan.
• December 3 » The Duquesne Country and Athletic Club defeated an all-star collection of early football players 16–0, in what is considered to be the very first all-star game for professional American football.

The temperature on February 2, 1898 was about 9.4 °C. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 82%.