About the day » Saturday February 5, 1898Calender converter

• Ada Louisa Nixon, Gundagai, NSW, AU
• Abraham Johannes Lambrechts, Amersfoort, Nederland († 1969)
• AimŽ Fernand PRADEN, Montaren-et-Saint-MŽdiers,30700,Gard,Languedoc-Roussillon,FRANCE († 1899)
• adriana maria Potters, wouw († 1974)
• Anna Elisabeth Appolonia ROEX, Niel bij As (Limburg) (B) († 1970)
• Abraham Baak, Scheveningen († 1900)
• Adriana Johanna Wilhelmina Bieruma Oosting, Leeuwarden, Friesland, Nederland († 1994)
• Aaltje Kerkman, Katwijk († 1899)
• Aleida MEERDINK, Winterswijk († 1971)
• ter HORST, Aalten, Gelderland, NL († 1898)

• Adriaantje van Winden (64), Nieuwenhoorn
• Baukje Barteles Reitsma (66), Roodkerk, gem. Dantumadeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Baukje Reitsma (66), Zuidlaren
• Abraham van den Ham (0), Culemborg
• Alberdina Woldijk (70), Zuidhorn, Zuidhorn, Groningen, Netherlands
• Adolf Snijder (39), Oosterbeek, Gelderland, Nederland
• Anna Maria Elands (59), Oosterhout
• Arie van den Berg (0), Monster, Westland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aaltje Sloot (1), Sibculo
• Albert Bruins (74), Haantje (Odoorn), Drenthe, Nederland

• 1889 » Ernest Tyldesley, English cricketer († 1962)
• 1889 » Patsy Hendren, English cricketer and footballer († 1962)
• 1889 » Recep Peker, Turkish officer and politician († 1950)
• 1891 » Renato Petronio, Italian rower († 1976)
• 1892 » Elizabeth Ryan, American tennis player († 1979)
• 1897 » Dirk Stikker, Dutch businessman and politician, 3rd Secretary General of NATO († 1979)
• 1900 » Adlai Stevenson II, American soldier, politician, and diplomat, 5th United States Ambassador to the United Nations († 1965)
• 1903 » Joan Whitney Payson, American businesswoman and philanthropist († 1975)
• 1903 » Koto Matsudaira, Japanese diplomat, ambassador to the United Nations († 1994)
• 1906 » John Carradine, American actor († 1988)

• 1881 » Thomas Carlyle, Scottish philosopher, historian, and academic (b. 1795)
• 1882 » Adolfo Rivadeneyra, Spanish orientalist and diplomat (b. 1841)
• 1892 » Emilie Flygare-Carlén, Swedish author (b. 1807)
• 1915 » Ross Barnes, American baseball player and manager (b. 1850)
• 1917 » Jaber II Al-Sabah, Kuwaiti ruler (b. 1860)
• 1922 » Christiaan de Wet, South African general and politician, State President of the Orange Free State (b. 1854)
• 1922 » Slavoljub Eduard Penkala, Croatian engineer, invented the mechanical pencil (b. 1871)
• 1927 » Inayat Khan, Indian mystic and educator (b. 1882)
• 1931 » Athanasios Eftaxias, Greek politician, 118th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1849)
• 1933 » Josiah Thomas, English-Australian miner and politician (b. 1863)

1. Johannes
2. Jan
3. Cornelis
4. Hendrik
5. Willem
6. Pieter
7. Gerrit
8. Petrus
9. Jacobus
10. Jacob
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.
• July 4 » En route from New York to Le Havre, the SS La Bourgogne collides with another ship and sinks off the coast of Sable Island, with the loss of 549 lives.
• August 12 » The Hawaiian flag is lowered from ʻIolani Palace in an elaborate annexation ceremony and replaced with the flag of the United States to signify the transfer of sovereignty from the Republic of Hawaii to the United States.
• September 2 » Battle of Omdurman: British and Egyptian troops defeat Sudanese tribesmen and establish British dominance in Sudan.
• September 13 » Hannibal Goodwin patents celluloid photographic film.
• October 1 » The Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration is founded under the name k.u.k. Exportakademie.
• December 26 » Marie and Pierre Curie announce the isolation of radium.

The temperature on February 5, 1898 was about 2.9 °C. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 85%.