About the day » Friday March 11, 1898Calender converter

• Adrianus Rommels, Bergen op Zoom, N-Br, NL († 1898)
• Adriana Hoezen, Sint Michielsgestel, NL
• Aldegonda Maria Anthonia Theeuwen, Maasbree († 1987)
• - Michiels van Kessenich, Roermond, Limburg, Nederland († 1898)
• Alfons Henri Vandewiele, Wingene,,Provincie West-Vlaanderen,Flanders,Belgi√´
• van Blitterswijk, Den Haag, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1898)
• Aletta Superonia Horstman, Nieuwer-Amstel (Amstelveen), Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1984)
• Dekker, Hoogeveen, Drenthe, The Netherlands († 1898)
• Adriaan Edward Verhage, Middelburg, Zeeland, Netherlands († 1960)
• Adrianus Johannes van Dijk, Jutphaas, Utrecht, Nederland († 1945)

• Albertine Hijke Jaarsma (0), Nijmegen, Gelderland, Nederland
• Abraham Verheij (51), Ameide
• Albert Kolkman (43), Deventer, Nederland
• Adriana Molenaar (85), rotterdam (zuid holland)
• Agatha Debora van Gelder (43), Uerdingen, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Duitsland
• Abraham Verheij (51), Ameide, Utrecht, Nederland
• Anna de Geus (41), Amsterdam
• Anna (Antje) De Geus (41), Broek op Langedijk, Nederland
• Anna maria van de Tol (30), Oss (NLD)
• Alexander van DIJK (51), Maastricht

• 1893 » Wanda Gág, American author and illustrator († 1946)
• 1895 » Shemp Howard, American actor († 1955)
• 1896 » Olivério Pinto, Brazilian zoologist and physician († 1981)
• 1897 » Henry Cowell, American pianist and composer († 1965)
• 1898 » Dorothy Gish, American actress († 1968)
• 1899 » Frederick IX of Denmark († 1972)
• 1899 » James H. Douglas, Jr., American colonel, lawyer, and politician, 9th United States Deputy Secretary of Defense († 1988)
• 1900 » Hanna Bergas, German teacher who contributed to the rescue of Jewish children during WWII († 1987)
• 1903 » Lawrence Welk, American accordion player and bandleader († 1992)
• 1903 » Ronald Syme, New Zealand historian and scholar († 1989)

• 1869 » Vladimir Odoyevsky, Russian philosopher and critic (b. 1803)
• 1870 » Moshoeshoe I of Lesotho (b. 1786)
• 1874 » Charles Sumner, American lawyer and politician (b. 1811)
• 1898 » Tigran Chukhajian, Armenian composer and conductor (b. 1837)
• 1898 » William Rosecrans, American general and politician (b. 1819)
• 1907 » Jean Casimir-Perier, French lawyer and politician, 6th President of France (b. 1847)
• 1908 » Benjamin Waugh, American minister and activist (b. 1839)
• 1908 » Edmondo De Amicis, Italian journalist and author (b. 1846)
• 1915 » Thomas Alexander Browne, English-Australian author (b. 1826)
• 1920 » Julio Garavito Armero, Colombian astronomer, mathematician, and engineer (b. 1865)

• 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.
• April 25 » Spanish–American War: The United States declares war on Spain.
• 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 23 » The Southern Cross Expedition, the first British venture of the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration, departs from London.
• August 25 » Seven hundred Greek civilians, 17 British guards and the British Consul of Crete are killed by a Turkish mob in Heraklion, Greece.
• September 10 » Empress Elisabeth of Austria is assassinated by Luigi Lucheni.
• October 1 » The Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration is founded under the name k.u.k. Exportakademie.

The temperature on March 11, 1898 was about 3.6 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 90%.