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• Andries Dijkema, Terherne Friesland Nederland
• Adriana van Helvoort, Geffen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1966)
• Aloijsius Antonius Johannis Gottschalk, Zaltbommel, Gld, Nederland († 1899)
• Adrianus Cornelis Nooten, Nieuwkuijk, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1949)
• Achille Heffinck, Marke
• 'Ruth' Anna Margrete Helen von DRENKMANN, Neuruppin, 16814, Brandenburg, Allemagne
• Adriaan Maarten de Vor, Kamerik († 1992)
• Aloys Vandamme
• Aldert Ridderbos, Meeden, Groningen, Nederland († 1974)
• Albert Spiegelaar, Odoornerveen (Odoorn)

• (1) Simon Rens (40), Castricum, Noord-Holland, Nederland Nederland
• Andries Christoffel Bartels (30), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adriana van Staveren (30), Aarlanderveen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Abraham BRINKMAN (52), Kampen, 5151, Overijssel, Nederland
• Antoine Cisterne (65), Hillegersberg, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Antje Johannes' Smit (72), Haulerwijk
• Arend Zijlstra (57), Nunspeet
• Andries van Batenburg (87), Culemborg
• Adriana Hekker (0), Princenhage, Nederland
• Adrianus van Eijnatten (31), Ginneken en Bavel

• 1893 » Elizabeth Holloway Marston, American psychologist and author († 1993)
• 1895 » Louis Zborowski, English race car driver and engineer († 1924)
• 1897 » Ivan Albright, American painter († 1983)
• 1898 » Ante Ciliga, Croatian politician, writer and publisher († 1992)
• 1899 » Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney, American businessman and philanthropist († 1992)
• 1901 » Louis Kahn, American architect, designed the Salk Institute, the Kimbell Art Museum and the Bangladesh Parliament Building († 1974)
• 1901 » Muhammad Naguib, Egyptian general and politician, 1st President of Egypt († 1984)
• 1901 » Ramakrishna Ranga Rao of Bobbili, Indian lawyer and politician, 6th Chief Minister of Madras Presidency († 1978)
• 1901 » René Dubos, French-American biologist and author († 1982)
• 1902 » Ansel Adams, American photographer and environmentalist († 1984)

• 1871 » Paul Kane, Irish-Canadian painter (b. 1810)
• 1893 » P. G. T. Beauregard, American general (b. 1818)
• 1895 » Frederick Douglass, American author and activist (b. c. 1818)
• 1900 » Washakie, American tribal leader (b. 1798)
• 1907 » Henri Moissan, French chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1852)
• 1910 » Boutros Ghali, Egyptian educator and politician, 9th Prime Minister of Egypt (b. 1846)
• 1916 » Klas Pontus Arnoldson, Swedish journalist and politician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1844)
• 1920 » Jacinta Marto, Portuguese saint (b. 1910)
• 1920 » Robert Peary, American admiral and explorer (b. 1856)
• 1933 » Takiji Kobayashi, Japanese writer (b. 1903)

• 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 13 » Émile Zola's J'accuse…! exposes the Dreyfus affair.
• June 10 » Spanish–American War: In the Battle of Guantánamo Bay, U.S. Marines begin the American invasion of Spanish-held Cuba.
• June 21 » The United States captures Guam from Spain. The few warning shots fired by the U.S. naval vessels are misinterpreted as salutes by the Spanish garrison, which was unaware that the two nations were at war.
• August 13 » Carl Gustav Witt discovers 433 Eros, the first near-Earth asteroid to be found.
• October 1 » The Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration is founded under the name k.u.k. Exportakademie.
• October 6 » Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia, the largest American music fraternity, is founded at the New England Conservatory of Music.

The temperature on February 20, 1898 was about 2.5 °C. The airpressure was 74 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 89%.