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• Aleida Hendrika Josephina "Riek" HOFHUIS, Deventer, Overijssel, Nederland († 1931)
• Angela Rosalia J. TRUIJMAN, Boschkapelle († 1941)
• Almuth Sara Reiners, Timmel, Ostfrl († 1957)
• Aleida Hendrika Josephina Hofhuis, Deventer († 1931)
• Van de Velde, Hingene († 1898)
• Angela Rosalia Truijman, Boschkapelle, Zeeland, Nederland († 1941)
• Adriaan van der Bijl, Alphen aan de Rijn, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1945)
• Adrianus Breedveld, Polsbroek, Lopik, Utrecht, Nederland († 1961)
• Alphonsius Gregorius Smet, Bornem († 1951)
• Aant Beiboer, Kollumerland en Nieuwkruisland, Friesland, Netherlands († 1952)

• Adrianus Johannes van Oosten (69), Stompwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Catharina Sol (63), Lage Mierde
• Agneta Bedding (82), Oldenzaal
• Andries Pals (0), Compascuum (Emmen)
• Anne Marie-Joseph Thérèse EECKMAN (47), Roubaix,59512,Nord,Nord-Pas-de-Calais,FRANCE
• de Groot (0), Langerak, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Hofman (0), Sliedrecht
• Alida Fige (76), Bloemendaal
• Adrianus Arnoldusz de Man (86), Strijen
• Adrianus Schepers (76), Dinteloord, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• 1893 » Costante Girardengo, Italian cyclist († 1978)
• 1893 » Wilfred Owen, English soldier and poet († 1918)
• 1901 » Manly Palmer Hall, Canadian mystic, author and philosopher († 1990)
• 1901 » William Johnson, American painter († 1970)
• 1903 » E. O. Plauen, German cartoonist († 1944)
• 1903 » Galeazzo Ciano, Italian journalist and politician, Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs († 1944)
• 1904 » Margaret Tucker, Australian author and activist († 1996)
• 1904 » Srečko Kosovel, Slovenian poet and author († 1926)
• 1905 » Robert Donat, English actor († 1958)
• 1905 » Thomas Townsend Brown, American physicist and engineer († 1985)

• 1871 » Augustus De Morgan, Indian-English mathematician and academic (b. 1806)
• 1898 » Matilda Joslyn Gage, American author and activist (b. 1826)
• 1900 » Hjalmar Kiærskou, Danish botanist (b. 1835)
• 1907 » Marcellin Berthelot, French chemist and politician, French Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1827)
• 1913 » George I of Greece (b. 1845)
• 1918 » Henry Janeway Hardenbergh, American architect, designed the Plaza Hotel (b. 1847)
• 1930 » Jean Leon Gerome Ferris, American painter (b. 1863)
• 1936 » Eleftherios Venizelos, Greek journalist, lawyer, and politician, 93rd Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1864)
• 1939 » Henry Simpson Lunn, English businessman, founded Lunn Poly (b. 1859)
• 1941 » Henri Cornet, French cyclist (b. 1884)

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.
• February 7 » Dreyfus affair: Émile Zola is brought to trial for libel for publishing J'Accuse…!.
• May 8 » The first games of the Italian football league system are played.
• June 11 » The Hundred Days' Reform, a planned movement to reform social, political, and educational institutions in China, is started by the Guangxu Emperor, but is suspended by Empress Dowager Cixi after 104 days. (The failed reform led to the abolition of the Imperial examination in 1905.)
• July 8 » The death of crime boss Soapy Smith, killed in the Shootout on Juneau Wharf, releases Skagway, Alaska from his iron grip.
• September 10 » Empress Elisabeth of Austria is assassinated by Luigi Lucheni.
• December 10 » Spanish–American War: The Treaty of Paris is signed, officially ending the conflict.

The temperature on March 18, 1898 was about 8.6 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 95%.