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• Aaltje Jantina Bos, Siddeburen (Slochteren) († 1982)
• Andries Engelbertus ten Cate ov, Leeuwarden {FR} († 1900)
• Adrianus Johannes Pels, Alkmaar, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Aaltje Rietberg, IJsselmuiden († 1898)
• (1) Elizabeth Jacomina Versluis, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland Nederland
• Aagje Bierdrager, Amsterdam († 1988)
• Adrianus Cornelis HOPSTAKEN, Roosendaal en Nispen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1898)
• Abraham Louwrier, Leiden († 1898)
• Alice Maria DEROO, Torhout
• Agatha Frederica Heskes, Monster, Nederland († 1945)

• Antje Schardam (46), Beemster, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Benjamin Kole (0), Kloetinge, Zeeland, Nederland
• Aarnout Alewijnse (76), Middelburg Zeeland Nederland
• Adrianus Jacobusz Deumers (56), 's-Hertogenbosch
• Adriaan Francken (70), Koog aan de Zaan
• Abraham Louwrier (0), Leiden
• Adrianus de Visser, 24-08-1948
• Amelia DE GANDT (59), Zegelsem,9660,Flandre Orientale,Flandre,BELGIQUE
• Adriaan Huijbrechts (55), Wouw,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Barbara Thérèse Vervaecke (41), Rekkem

• 1891 » Ronald Colman, English-American actor († 1958)
• 1892 » Peggy Wood, American actress († 1978)
• 1893 » Georgios Athanasiadis-Novas, Greek lawyer and politician, 163rd Prime Minister of Greece († 1987)
• 1895 » Hermann Brill, German lawyer and politician, 8th Minister-President of Thuringia († 1959)
• 1896 » Alberto Vargas, Peruvian-American painter and illustrator († 1982)
• 1897 » Charles Kingsford Smith, Australian captain and pilot († 1935)
• 1898 » Jūkichi Yagi, Japanese poet and educator († 1927)
• 1901 » Brian Donlevy, American actor († 1972)
• 1901 » James Murray, American actor († 1936)
• 1905 » David Cecil, 6th Marquess of Exeter, English hurdler and politician († 1981)

• 1857 » Dionysios Solomos, Greek poet and translator (b. 1798)
• 1874 » Jules Michelet, French historian, philosopher, and academic (b. 1798)
• 1881 » Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Russian novelist, short story writer, essayist, and philosopher (b. 1821)
• 1891 » Johan Jongkind, Dutch painter (b. 1819)
• 1903 » Charles Gavan Duffy, Irish-Australian politician, 8th Premier of Victoria (b. 1816)
• 1906 » Paul Laurence Dunbar, American author, poet, and playwright (b. 1872)
• 1928 » William Gillies, Australian politician, 21st Premier of Queensland (b. 1868)
• 1930 » Richard With, Norwegian captain and businessman, founded Hurtigruten (b. 1846)
• 1932 » A.K. Golam Jilani, Bangladeshi soldier and activist (b. 1904)
• 1932 » Junnosuke Inoue, Japanese businessman and banker (b. 1869)

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.
• June 10 » Spanish–American War: In the Battle of Guantánamo Bay, U.S. Marines begin the American invasion of Spanish-held Cuba.
• 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.
• August 29 » The Goodyear tire company is founded.
• September 10 » Empress Elisabeth of Austria is assassinated by Luigi Lucheni.
• November 10 » Beginning of the Wilmington insurrection of 1898, the only instance of a municipal government being overthrown in United States history.
• 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 9, 1898 was about 3.3 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 87%.