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• Adriaan van Tiggele († 1973)
• Adrianus Sonneveld, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands († 1898)
• ADOLF Gistav Wilhelm VAN DÜRING († 1982)
• Adriaan van der Doe, Dreischor, Zeeland, Nederland († 1974)
• Adriana Antonia Doeser, Culemborg, Gelderland, Nederland
• Schiferli, Rotterdam
• Albertus Hoekerswever, raalte († 1966)
• Aaltje den Braver, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• HEIJN, Wormerveer, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1898)
• Aaltje Van der Meulen, Akkerwoude

• (63), Oisterwijk
• Barbera van TIL (73), Hoogkerk
• Antonius van der Pas (38), Vlijmen
• Anna de Graaff (61), Purmerend
• Anthonie Dake (37), Sint Annaland, Zeeland, Nederland
• Aukjen Gerrits van der Wal (85), Grouw, Idaarderadeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Anna (Antje) Kraaijkamp (71), Haarzuilens {UT}
• Anna Groen (27), Maassluis, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Angelina Van Geel
• Adriaan Goos (67), Princenhage, Gemeente Breda, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• 1889 » Marcel Boussac, French businessman († 1980)
• 1889 » Paul Karrer, Russian-Swiss chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1971)
• 1892 » Freddie Dixon, English motorcycle racer and racing driver († 1956)
• 1893 » Romeo Bertini, Italian runner († 1973)
• 1898 » Maurice Wilson, English soldier, pilot, and mountaineer († 1934)
• 1899 » Randall Thompson, American composer and academic († 1984)
• 1903 » Luis Saslavsky, Argentinian director, producer, and screenwriter († 1995)
• 1904 » Jean Hélion, French painter († 1987)
• 1904 » Odilo Globocnik, Italian-Austrian SS officer († 1945)
• 1905 » Pat Brown, American lawyer and politician, 32nd Governor of California († 1996)

• 1852 » Ivan Nabokov, Russian general (b. 1787)
• 1863 » Sir Robert Bateson, 1st Baronet, Irish politician (b. 1782)
• 1900 » Vikramatji Khimojiraj, Indian ruler (b. 1819)
• 1910 » Mark Twain, American novelist, humorist, and critic (b. 1835)
• 1918 » Manfred von Richthofen, German captain and pilot (b. 1892)
• 1924 » Eleonora Duse, Italian actress (b. 1858)
• 1930 » Robert Bridges, English poet and author (b. 1844)
• 1932 » Friedrich Gustav Piffl, Bohemian cardinal (b. 1864)
• 1938 » Muhammad Iqbal, Indian-Pakistani philosopher and poet (b. 1877)
• 1941 » Fritz Manteuffel, German gymnast (b. 1875)

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 15 » The battleship USSMaine explodes and sinks in Havana harbor in Cuba, killing 274. This event leads the United States to declare war on Spain.
• April 20 » U.S. President William McKinley signed a joint resolution to Congress for declaration of war against Spain, beginning the Spanish–American War.
• June 13 » Yukon Territory is formed, with Dawson chosen as its capital.
• June 17 » The United States Navy Hospital Corps is established.
• June 22 » Spanish–American War: In a chaotic operation, 6,000 men of the U.S. Fifth Army Corps begins landing at Daiquirí, Cuba, about 16 miles (26km) east of Santiago de Cuba. Lt. Gen. Arsenio Linares y Pombo of the Spanish Army outnumbers them two-to-one, but does not oppose the landings.
• September 18 » The Fashoda Incident triggers the last war scare between Britain and France.

The temperature on April 21, 1898 was about 10.8 °C. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 61%.