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• Adrianus van Eijl, Besoijen
• aaltje van WINGERDEN, zwijndrecht († 1978)
• Albert de Vries († 1990)
• * Johanna van Bussel, Asten († 1969)
• Adriana BOOGERT, Dordrecht († 1978)
• Albert Sasbrink, Hellendoorn († 1986)
• Alice VANOTTERLOO, Michigan († 1968)
• Aart de Keizer, Kamerik († 1898)
• Adrianus Joseph van den Hout, Tilburg († 1960)
• Alice van Otterloo, Olive, Ottawa County, Michigan († 1968)

• Adrietta Gina KAPTIJNS (32), Den Haag
• Anna Maria Bax (74), Poppel, Antwerpen, Belgium
• Adrietta Gina Kaptijns (32), 's-Gravenhage
• Adriana van Doorn (73), Bergeijk, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Alexandrina Hermanus Mulder (64), Naarden, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Alexandrina Mulder (64), Naarden, Gooise Meren, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Annigje Geertruida Leonards Consten (68), Utrecht
• Aaltje Veneman (20), IJsselmuiden, Overijssel, Nederland
• Antonia Klaaske VAN DER Spelt (0), Aarlanderveen
• van der Wiel (0), Numansdorp

• 1893 » Dorothy Whipple, English novelist († 1966)
• 1893 » Wallace Fard Muhammad, American religious leader, founded the Nation of Islam (disappeared 1934)
• 1896 » Andrei Zhdanov, Ukrainian-Russian civil servant and politician († 1948)
• 1899 » Max Petitpierre, Swiss jurist and politician, 54th President of the Swiss Confederation († 1994)
• 1900 » Fritz Wiessner, German-American mountaineer († 1988)
• 1900 » Halina Konopacka, Polish discus thrower and poet († 1989)
• 1902 » Jean Bruller, French author and illustrator, co-founded Les Éditions de Minuit († 1991)
• 1903 » Giulio Natta, Italian chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1979)
• 1903 » Orde Wingate, English general († 1944)
• 1906 » Madeleine Carroll, English actress († 1987)

• 1864 » Louis-Hippolyte Lafontaine, Canadian jurist and politician, 3rd Premier of Canada East (b. 1807)
• 1883 » Alexandros Koumoundouros, Greek lawyer and politician, 56th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1817)
• 1887 » Anandi Gopal Joshi, First Indian women physician (b. 1865)
• 1889 » Karl Davydov, Russian cellist and composer (b. 1838)
• 1903 » Richard Jordan Gatling, American engineer, invented the Gatling gun (b. 1818)
• 1906 » Jean Lanfray, Swiss convicted murderer (b. 1874)
• 1913 » Felix Draeseke, German composer and academic (b. 1835)
• 1921 » Carl Menger, Polish-Austrian economist and academic (b. 1840)
• 1930 » Mary Whiton Calkins, American philosopher and psychologist (b. 1863)
• 1931 » Otto Wallach, German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1847)

• 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.
• May 1 » Spanish–American War: Battle of Manila Bay: The Asiatic Squadron of the United States Navy destroys the Pacific Squadron of the Spanish Navy after a seven-hour battle. Spain loses all seven of its ships, and 381 Spanish sailors die. There are no American vessel losses or combat deaths.
• June 12 » Philippine Declaration of Independence: General Emilio Aguinaldo declares the Philippines' independence from Spain.
• 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.
• July 1 » Spanish–American War: The Battle of San Juan Hill is fought in Santiago de Cuba, Cuba.
• 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 26, 1898 was about 1.6 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 75%.