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• Anna Francisca Steenackers, Willebroek († 1972)
• Antje Boven, Winschoten († 1905)
• Agatha Oud, Heerhugowaard (NH/NL)
• , Oostende
• Verheijen, Nijmegen († 1945)
• Antoine Theodoor Aloijsius Joseph Maria Koster
• Aletta Pino, Batavia, Java, Indonesia († 1966)
• Albert Haelewijnck, Texas, Verenigde Staten
• Alberta Jacoba Kranenburg, Zutphen, Gelderland, Nederland († 1930)
• Antje Molendijk, Barendrecht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1993)

• Adrianus Hoosemans (0), Diessen (Hilvarenbeek) (Noord-Brabant)
• Leverink, Enschede, Overijssel, Netherlands
• Abraham van den Ham (80), Culemborg
• Aloysia Henriette Maria Petronella Hens (31), Zwolle
• Alida Joel Spier (40), Avereest
• Adriana Schonis (83), Tilburg
• Anna Maria van Eck (32), Sint-Oedenrode, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anthonia van Manen (44), Ede
• Aaltje Osinga (24)
• Abraham (Berendsz) ten Cate (58), Sappemeer, Groningen, Nederland

• 1889 » Harry Nyquist, Swedish-American engineer and theorist († 1976)
• 1893 » Joseph Algernon Pearce, Canadian astrophysicist and astronomer († 1988)
• 1893 » Nicanor Abelardo, Filipino pianist, composer and teacher († 1934)
• 1895 » Anita Stewart, American actress († 1961)
• 1901 » Arnold Nordmeyer, New Zealand minister and politician, 30th New Zealand Minister of Finance († 1989)
• 1904 » Ernest E. Debs, American politician, California State Assembly member, Los Angeles city councilman, and a member of the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors († 2002)
• 1905 » Paul Nizan, French philosopher and author († 1940)
• 1905 » Ulf von Euler, Swedish physiologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1983)
• 1906 » Oleg Konstantinovich Antonov, Russian engineer, founded the Antonov Aircraft Company († 1984)
• 1906 » Puyi, Chinese emperor († 1967)

• 1864 » Vuk Karadžić, Serbian philologist and linguist (b. 1787)
• 1871 » Henry E. Steinway, German-American businessman, founded Steinway & Sons (b. 1797)
• 1873 » Sheridan Le Fanu, Irish author (b. 1814)
• 1878 » Pope Pius IX (b. 1792)
• 1891 » Marie Louise Andrews, American story writer and journalist (b. 1849)
• 1897 » Galileo Ferraris, Italian physicist and engineer (b. 1847)
• 1919 » William Halford, English-American lieutenant, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1841)
• 1920 » Alexander Kolchak, Russian admiral and explorer (b. 1874)
• 1920 » Charles Langelier, Canadian journalist, judge, and politician (b. 1850)
• 1921 » John J. Gardner, American politician (b. 1845)

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.
• February 15 » The battleship USSMaine explodes and sinks in Havana harbor in Cuba, killing 274. This event leads the United States to declare war on Spain.
• February 23 » Émile Zola is imprisoned in France after writing J'Accuse…!, a letter accusing the French government of antisemitism and wrongfully imprisoning Captain Alfred Dreyfus.
• February 27 » King George I of Greece survives an assassination attempt.
• August 11 » Spanish–American War: American troops enter the city of Mayagüez, Puerto Rico.
• November 5 » Negrese nationalists revolt against Spanish rule and establish the short-lived Republic of Negros.
• 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 7, 1898 was about 5.3 °C. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 74%.