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• Aaltje Johanna ten Cate ov, Hengelo {OV}
• André Roymond DENOYER, Caudebec-lès-Elbeuf,76320,Seine-Maritime,Haute-Normandie,FRANCE
• Andries Trieller, Domburg, Walcheren, NL († 1978)
• Adriaantje de Rijk, Nieuwveen († 1964)
• Ale Jans Soolsma, Barradeel, Friesland, Nederland († 1968)
• Aaltje Johanna ten Cate
• Aaltje Johanna ten Cate, Hengelo († 1961)
• Albert Oelen, Brucht († 1972)
• Adrianus Faasse, Middelharnis, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1966)
• Alida Vlas, Texel, prov. Noord Holland

• Abraham Lere (41)
• Anna Maria Gaasbeek (79), Veenendaal, Utrecht, Nederland
• Anna Maria Gaasbeek (79), Ede, Gelderland, Netherlands
• Anje Dijkema (41), Sint Annen
• Anthonie Hartman (79), Gorinchem, Zuid-Holland, Nederland NL
• Albertus Pieter Luijten (45), Rotterdam
• ADRIANA ELIZABETH VAN DEN ABEELEN (67), ROTTERDAM
• Amanda Straight (45)
• Anthonie Bernhart (0), Sliedrecht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Annigje van de Gelder (42), Zalk (gem. Kampen)

• 1888 » Edith Evans, English actress († 1976)
• 1888 » Giuseppe Ungaretti, Egyptian-Italian soldier, journalist, and poet († 1970)
• 1890 » Claro M. Recto, Filipino lawyer, jurist, and politician († 1960)
• 1893 » Ba Maw, Burmese lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of Burma († 1977)
• 1894 » King Vidor, American director, producer, and screenwriter († 1982)
• 1897 » Zakir Hussain, Indian academic and politician, 3rd president of India († 1969)
• 1899 » Lonnie Johnson, American singer-songwriter and guitarist († 1970)
• 1903 » Greta Keller, Austrian-American singer and actress († 1977)
• 1903 » Tunku Abdul Rahman, 1st Prime Minister of Malaysia († 1990)
• 1906 » Chester Carlson, American physicist and lawyer, invented Xerography († 1968)

• 1907 » Hendrik Willem Bakhuis Roozeboom, Dutch chemist and academic (b. 1854)
• 1910 » Hans Jæger, Norwegian philosopher and activist (b. 1854)
• 1914 » Dayrolles Eveleigh-de-Moleyns, 4th Baron Ventry, Irish hereditary peer (b. 1828)
• 1915 » François Langelier, Canadian journalist, lawyer, and politician, 10th Lieutenant Governor of Quebec (b. 1838)
• 1921 » George Formby Sr, English actor and singer (b. 1876)
• 1921 » Peter Kropotkin, Russian zoologist, geographer, and philologist (b. 1842)
• 1928 » Theodor Curtius, German chemist (b. 1857)
• 1932 » Yordan Milanov, Bulgarian architect, designed the Sveti Sedmochislenitsi Church (b. 1867)
• 1935 » Eemil Nestor Setälä, Finnish linguist and politician, Finnish Minister for Foreign Affairs (b. 1864)
• 1936 » Charles Curtis, American lawyer and politician, 31st Vice President of the United States (b. 1860)

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.
• 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.
• January 13 » Émile Zola's J'accuse…! exposes the Dreyfus affair.
• February 27 » King George I of Greece survives an assassination attempt.
• June 10 » Spanish–American War: In the Battle of Guantánamo Bay, U.S. Marines begin the American invasion of Spanish-held Cuba.
• September 10 » Empress Elisabeth of Austria is assassinated by Luigi Lucheni.
• October 18 » The United States takes possession of Puerto Rico from Spain.

The temperature on February 8, 1898 was about 5.8 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 85%.