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• Adriana Maria de Nas, Utrecht († 1965)
• Elizabeth Huizenga, Bedum († 1983)
• Adrianus Henricus Smulders, Tilburg (Noord-Brabant) († 1981)
• Albert Kolk, Meppel, Drenthe, Nederland
• Adrianus Pieter Ruitenberg
• Aleida Catharina van den Boog, Nijmegen, Gelderland, Nederland
• Aaltje Lubberts van der Weerd, Heerde
• Alberic Michel DAELS, Wevelgem, West-Vlaanderen, Belgique († 1972)
• Anna Esseling, Beverwijk († 1977)
• Albertus Lodewijk Cornelis Tool, Leeuwarden

• Aleida Berendina VRIESEN (1), Gendringen, Gelderland, NL
• Anna Margaretha Lexmond (12), Schoonhoven, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adriana Catharina Souwer (43), 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Maria Willems (0), Sittard
• Anna Cornelia Koolen (73), Bergen op Zoom
• Alida Sibles Westendorp (28), Workum
• Adriana Maria van Duren (0), Schaijk, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Antonius Johannes Lodewijk Nicolaï (55), 's Hertogenbosch
• Aaltje Oedses van der Meer (59), Tietjerksteradeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Aaltje van Lunteren (55), Leersum

• 1886 » Willis H. O'Brien, American animator and director († 1962)
• 1900 » Kurt Weill, German-American pianist and composer († 1950)
• 1901 » Grete Hermann, German mathematician and philosopher († 1984)
• 1902 » Edward Condon, American physicist and academic († 1974)
• 1902 » Moe Berg, American baseball player and spy († 1972)
• 1904 » Dr. Seuss, American children's book writer, poet, and illustrator († 1991)
• 1905 » Geoffrey Grigson, English poet and critic († 1985)
• 1905 » Marc Blitzstein, American composer and songwriter († 1964)
• 1908 » Walter Bruch, German engineer († 1990)
• 1909 » Mel Ott, American baseball player, manager, and sportscaster († 1958)

• 1864 » Ulric Dahlgren, American colonel (b. 1842)
• 1865 » Carl Sylvius Völkner, German-New Zealand priest and missionary (b. 1819)
• 1880 » John Benjamin Macneill, Irish engineer (b. 1790)
• 1895 » Berthe Morisot, French painter (b. 1841)
• 1895 » Isma'il Pasha, Egyptian politician (b. 1830)
• 1896 » Jubal Early, American general (b. 1816)
• 1921 » Champ Clark, American lawyer and politician, 41st Speaker of the United States House of Representatives (b. 1850)
• 1930 » D. H. Lawrence, English novelist, poet, playwright, and critic (b. 1885)
• 1938 » Ben Harney, American pianist and composer (b. 1871)
• 1939 » Howard Carter, English archaeologist and historian (b. 1874)

• 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…!.
• February 27 » King George I of Greece survives an assassination attempt.
• April 21 » Spanish–American War: The United States Navy begins a blockade of Cuban ports. When the U.S. Congress issued a declaration of war on April 25, it declared that a state of war had existed from this date.
• July 3 » A Spanish squadron, led by Pascual Cervera y Topete, is defeated by an American squadron under William T. Sampson in the Battle of Santiago de Cuba.
• September 18 » The Fashoda Incident triggers the last war scare between Britain and France.
• October 14 » The steam ship SSMohegan sinks near the Lizard peninsula, Cornwall, killing 106.

The temperature on March 2, 1898 was about 2.4 °C. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 89%.