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• Albert Pieters LOPPERSUM, Stadskanaal, Wildervank, Groningen, Nederland († 1967)
• Albert Zunneberg, Zwolle, Overijssel, Nederland († 1956)
• Agatha Kuipers, Lekkerkerk, Zuid Holland, Nederland († 1989)
• Adriana Louisa LEIJS, Ossendrecht, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1898)
• Aaltje Post, Blokzijl
• Aaltje Reefhuis, Daarle, Hellendoorn († 1969)
• Adriana van Cappellen, Amsterdam († 1990)
• Agatha de Boer, Heemskerk († 1898)
• Adrianus Johannes Antonius van Gessel, Amsterdam († 1987)
• Adriana Gerdina Kraker, Zaltbommel († 1898)

• Antje Nonkes (0), Siegerswoude, gem. Opsterland, Friesland, Nederland
• Adriana Johanna van Gastel, Vught,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Albertus Marius Ottenhoff (0), Groningen, Groningen, Groningen, Nederland
• Anskjen Schilstra (71), Hennaarderadeel
• Aleida Maria Theodora Bos (23), Arnhem, Gelderland, Nederland
• Antonetta Tromp (77), Druten, Gelderland, Nederland
• Aaltje Tuin (54), Staphorst
• Akke Aardema (38), Wilhelmsoord
• Adriana Johanna VAN GASTEL, Vught, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Antje Hendriks Schotanus à Sterrringa (80), Grouw (FRL)

• 1886 » Virginia Pearson, American actress († 1958)
• 1888 » Alidius Tjarda van Starkenborgh Stachouwer, Dutch lawyer and politician, Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies († 1978)
• 1888 » William L. Laurence, Lithuanian-American journalist and author († 1977)
• 1894 » Ana María O'Neill, Puerto Rican scholar and activist († 1981)
• 1895 » Dorothy de Rothschild, English philanthropist and activist († 1988)
• 1902 » Heinz Rühmann, German actor († 1994)
• 1903 » Maud Lewis, Canadian folk artist († 1970)
• 1904 » Ivar Ballangrud, Norwegian speed skater († 1969)
• 1904 » Reinhard Heydrich, German SS officer († 1942)
• 1908 » Anna Magnani, Italian actress († 1973)

• 1897 » Harriet Ann Jacobs, African American Abolitionist and author (b. 1813)
• 1904 » Ferdinand André Fouqué, French geologist and petrologist (b. 1828)
• 1913 » Pauline Johnson, Canadian poet and author (b. 1861)
• 1920 » Jaan Poska, Estonian lawyer and politician, 1st Estonian Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1866)
• 1928 » Robert Abbe, American surgeon and radiologist (b. 1851)
• 1932 » Aristide Briand, French journalist and politician, Prime Minister of France, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1862)
• 1934 » Ernst Enno, Estonian poet and author (b. 1875)
• 1938 » Andreas Michalakopoulos, Greek politician, 116th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1876)
• 1947 » Lucy Parsons, American communist anarchist labor organizer (b. c 1853)
• 1949 » Bradbury Robinson, American football player, physician, and politician (b. 1884)

• 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.
• June 10 » Spanish–American War: In the Battle of Guantánamo Bay, U.S. Marines begin the American invasion of Spanish-held Cuba.
• July 8 » The death of crime boss Soapy Smith, killed in the Shootout on Juneau Wharf, releases Skagway, Alaska from his iron grip.
• August 12 » The Hawaiian flag is lowered from ʻIolani Palace in an elaborate annexation ceremony and replaced with the flag of the United States to signify the transfer of sovereignty from the Republic of Hawaii to the United States.
• November 3 » France withdraws its troops from Fashoda (now in Sudan), ending the Fashoda Incident.

The temperature on March 7, 1898 was about 1.4 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 93%.