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• Adrianus de Kroes, Overschie / Rotterdam Z.H
• Alfons Antoon Feyaerts, Schriek († 1940)
• Adrianus Augustus BOLLANSÉE, Pulderbos, Zandhoven, Province of Antwerp (Middle Brabant), Belgium († 1973)
• Albertus Hermannus Filart, Wierden, Overijssel, Nederland († 1966)
• Alfons Antoon Feyaerts, Schriek, Antwerpen, Belgie
• Adrianus Petrus Brouwers, Alphen en Riel
• Adriana Grootenboer, Nieuwe-Tonge, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1970)
• anna catharina (anna) domburg, zwammerdam († 1988)
• Aaltje Bayl√© *, Vledder († 1987)
• Aaldert Jan Blok, Avereest, Overijssel, Nederland († 1900)

• Catharina Schotte (54), Bergschenhoek
• Antonetta Matea van Douveren (2), Bergen
• Adrianus Vermunt+, Fijnaart
• Anna Maria ENGSTRÖM (71), Karlskrona,Karlskrona Kommun,Blekinge,SWEDEN
• Anna Theresa Carpentier (77), Bruges
• Arie Mes, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Arjen Smidts (1), Minnertsga (Minnertsgea)
• Adrianus Vermunt (1), Fijnaart
• Arie Paulus de Jong (62), Lekkerkerk
• Bontje Jans Doek (78), Smilde

• 1895 » Ngaio Marsh, New Zealand author and director († 1982)
• 1897 » Folke Jansson, American general († 1965)
• 1897 » Lester B. Pearson, Canadian historian and politician, 14th Prime Minister of Canada, Nobel Prize laureate († 1972)
• 1898 » Lucius D. Clay, American general († 1978)
• 1899 » Bertil Ohlin, Swedish economist and politician, Nobel Prize laureate († 1979)
• 1899 » Minoru Shirota, Japanese physician and microbiologist, invented Yakult († 1982)
• 1900 » Jim Bottomley, American baseball player and sportscaster († 1959)
• 1900 » Joseph Green, Polish-American actor and director († 1996)
• 1901 » E. B. Ford, English biologist and geneticist († 1988)
• 1902 » Halldór Laxness, Icelandic author and poet, Nobel Prize laureate († 1998)

• 1839 » Jacques Félix Emmanuel Hamelin, French admiral and explorer (b. 1768)
• 1850 » William Wordsworth, English poet and author (b. 1770)
• 1889 » Jules Amédée Barbey d'Aurevilly, French author and critic (b. 1808)
• 1895 » Carl Ludwig, German physician and physiologist (b. 1815)
• 1905 » Gédéon Ouimet, Canadian politician, 2nd Premier of Quebec (b. 1823)
• 1907 » Alferd Packer, American prospector (b. 1842)
• 1915 » Rupert Brooke, English poet (b. 1887)
• 1936 » Teresa de la Parra, French-Venezuelan author (b. 1889)
• 1951 » Charles G. Dawes, American banker and politician, 30th Vice President of the United States, Nobel Peace Prize laureate (b. 1865)
• 1951 » Jules Berry, French actor and director (b. 1883)

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 7 » Dreyfus affair: Émile Zola is brought to trial for libel for publishing J'Accuse…!.
• 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.
• 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.
• September 13 » Hannibal Goodwin patents celluloid photographic film.
• December 26 » Marie and Pierre Curie announce the isolation of radium.

The temperature on April 23, 1898 was about 11.1 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 55%.