About the day » Saturday April 16, 1898Calender converter

• ADRIANA VAN DUIJVENBODE, KATWIJK († 1985)
• Albert Emile Joseph Ghislain NIERNHAUSSEN, Enghien, 55010, Hainaut, Belgique
• Anna Dreesman († 1980)
• Aletta Elizabeth Botha, Kroonstad, OFS, South Africa
• Adriana Maria Loerakker, Heemstede († 1956)
• Adrianus Vorselaars, Tilburg, Nederland
• Anna Caroline Hermine Elisabeth van Nagell, Slot Gartrop, Gartrop-Bühl, Nordrhein-Westfalen († 1981)
• Aeilt Roelfsema († 1994)
• Adriana Marijnissen, Oosterhout, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1990)
• Alphons Quaedvlieg, Brunssum, LI, Netherlands

• Aafje BLOKDIJK, De Rijp,Gemeente Graft-De Rijp,North Holland,Netherlands
• Aaltje Schuil (2), Leek
• Anna Christina DE WILDE (50), Zutphen, Gelderland, Netherlands
• Aaltje Stoel (30), Oldebroek, Nederland
• adrianus van der kolk (80), oud-beijerland (zuid holland)
• Adaline C. Grant (75), Boone County, Missouri
• Albertus Weijer (71), Zenderen
• Aaltje Henstra (64), Lemmer, Friesland, Nederland
• Anna Prie Oerlemans (79), Middelburg
• Adriana Schrauwen (2), Rucphen, Noord Brabant, Nederland

• 1892 » Howard Mumford Jones, American author, critic, and academic († 1980)
• 1893 » Germaine Guèvremont, Canadian journalist and author († 1968)
• 1893 » John Norton, American hurdler († 1979)
• 1895 » Ove Arup, English-Danish engineer and businessman, founded Arup († 1988)
• 1896 » Árpád Weisz, Hungarian footballer († 1944)
• 1896 » Robert Henry Best, American journalist († 1952)
• 1899 » Osman Achmatowicz, Polish chemist and academic († 1988)
• 1900 » Polly Adler, Russian-American madam and author († 1962)
• 1903 » Paul Waner, American baseball player and manager († 1965)
• 1904 » Fifi D'Orsay, Canadian-American vaudevillian, actress, and singer († 1983)

• 1879 » Bernadette Soubirous, French nun and saint (b. 1844)
• 1888 » Zygmunt Florenty Wróblewski, Polish physicist and chemist (b. 1845)
• 1899 » Emilio Jacinto, Filipino journalist and activist (b. 1875)
• 1904 » Maximilian Kronberger, German poet and author (b. 1888)
• 1904 » Samuel Smiles, Scottish-English author (b. 1812)
• 1914 » George William Hill, American astronomer and mathematician (b. 1838)
• 1915 » Nelson W. Aldrich, American businessman and politician (b. 1841)
• 1925 » Stefan Nerezov, Bulgarian general (b. 1867)
• 1928 » Henry Birks, Canadian businessman, founded Henry Birks and Sons (b. 1840)
• 1928 » Roman Steinberg, Estonian wrestler (b. 1900)

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.
• April 25 » Spanish–American War: The United States declares war on Spain.
• May 1 » Spanish–American War: Battle of Manila Bay: The Asiatic Squadron of the United States Navy destroys the Pacific Squadron of the Spanish Navy after a seven-hour battle. Spain loses all seven of its ships, and 381 Spanish sailors die. There are no American vessel losses or combat deaths.
• August 11 » Spanish–American War: American troops enter the city of Mayagüez, Puerto Rico.
• August 24 » Count Muravyov, Foreign Minister of Russia presents a rescript that convoked the First Hague Peace Conference.
• September 21 » Empress Dowager Cixi seizes power and ends the Hundred Days' Reform in China.
• December 3 » The Duquesne Country and Athletic Club defeated an all-star collection of early football players 16–0, in what is considered to be the very first all-star game for professional American football.

The temperature on April 16, 1898 was about 13.2 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 62%.