About the day » Sunday March 20, 1898Calender converter

• Alida Geertruida Kooijman, Andijk, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1987)
• Adolphina Frederika Stenger, 's-Gravenhage
• Albert BAILLIF, Beaulieu-sur-Layon, Maine-et-Loire, Pays de la Loire, France († 1918)
• Aize Tolsma, Beets, Friesland, Netherlands († 1978)
• Huisman, Grave
• Alice Laure Julienne Mennessier, Beaurieux, Nord-Pas-de-Calais (Région), France († 1985)
• Albertha Corte, ommen-stad
• Agatha Maria Mettes, Grootebroek, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Antinus Kuik, Bovensmilde
• Alewijn Bosselaar, Arnemuiden

• Arthur Macartney (27)
• Auke Kooi, van der gehuwd (55), Tietjerksteradeel, Fr, Nederland
• Afke Glastra (45), Leeuwarden
• Arie Hoek (71), Numansdorp, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Auke Bonnes van der Kooi (55)
• Alexander Ijsenbrant (73), Nieuwe Pekela
• Aaltje de Waard (71), Zijpe, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Balthus Antonie POOTS (81), Dordrecht
• Adriana Carolina Romviel (72), Maartensdijk, Utrecht, Nederland
• Auke Bonnes van der Kooi (55), Giekerk

• 1890 » Lauritz Melchior, Danish-American tenor and actor († 1973)
• 1894 » Amalie Sara Colquhoun, Australian landscape and portrait painter († 1974)
• 1895 » Fredric Wertham, German-American psychologist and author († 1981)
• 1898 » Eduard Wiiralt, Estonian artist († 1954)
• 1900 » Amelia Chopitea Villa, Bolivia's first female physician († 1942)
• 1903 » Edgar Buchanan, American actor († 1979)
• 1904 » B. F. Skinner, American psychologist and author († 1990)
• 1905 » Jean Galia, French rugby player and boxer († 1949)
• 1906 » Abraham Beame, American accountant and politician, 104th Mayor of New York City († 2001)
• 1906 » Ozzie Nelson, American actor and bandleader († 1975)

• 1874 » Hans Christian Lumbye, Danish composer and conductor (b. 1810)
• 1878 » Julius Robert von Mayer, German physician and physicist (b. 1814)
• 1894 » Lajos Kossuth, Hungarian lawyer, journalist and politician (b. 1802)
• 1897 » Apollon Maykov, Russian poet and playwright (b. 1821)
• 1899 » Franz Ritter von Hauer, Austrian geologist and author (b. 1822)
• 1909 » Friedrich Amelung, Estonian historian and businessman (b. 1842)
• 1918 » Lewis A. Grant, American general and lawyer (b. 1828)
• 1925 » George Curzon, 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston, English politician, 35th Governor-General of India (b. 1859)
• 1929 » Ferdinand Foch, French field marshal (b. 1851)
• 1930 » Arthur F. Andrews, American cyclist (b. 1876)

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 17 » The United States Navy Hospital Corps is established.
• August 13 » Spanish–American War: Spanish and American forces engage in a mock battle for Manila, after which the Spanish commander surrendered in order to keep the city out of Filipino rebel hands.
• August 28 » Caleb Bradham's beverage "Brad's Drink" is renamed "Pepsi-Cola".
• September 21 » Empress Dowager Cixi seizes power and ends the Hundred Days' Reform in China.
• October 14 » The steam ship SSMohegan sinks near the Lizard peninsula, Cornwall, killing 106.
• December 10 » Spanish–American War: The Treaty of Paris is signed, officially ending the conflict.

The temperature on March 20, 1898 was about 3.4 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 93%.