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• Alida Hendrika Hartsuijker, Amsterdam († 1981)
• Alida Hendrika Hartsuijker, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1981)
• Adrianus Cornelius Antonius van der Wal, Tilburg († 1982)
• Albert Alberts Leijenaar, Harlingen, Friesland, Nederland
• Aaltje Lamberta van der HEL, Apeldoorn, Gelderland, Nederland
• Pluijms, Veldhoven
• Aaltje Schottert, gramsbergen (overijssel)
• Alle van Wieren, Bergum († 1966)
• Adriana Maria van Hooydonk, Bergen op Zoom, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1898)
• Adriana Johanna Brouwer, Utrecht, ut.nld († 1970)

• Bastiaantje Gelderblom (59), Stolwijk
• Berendina Dorothea Meuleman (0), Oosterbeek, Nederland
• anoniem Korsten (0), Rosmalen, Nederland
• Anna Maria van de Horst (76), Oploo
• Abijah Dolly (81), Martin, Grant, West Virginia, Verenigde Staten
• Arnoldus Johannes Schellings (68), Alkmaar
• Arend Willemsz van der Velden (67), Delft
• Aaltje Schreuders (85), Pouderoijen
• Anna Maria van der HORST (76), Oploo,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Albertus Johannes Vorderman (0), Heerde, Gelderland, Nederland

• 1891 » Bharathidasan, Indian poet and activist († 1964)
• 1893 » Harold Urey, American chemist and astronomer, Nobel Prize laureate († 1981)
• 1894 » Marietta Blau, Austrian physicist and academic († 1970)
• 1895 » Malcolm Sargent, English organist, composer, and conductor († 1967)
• 1895 » Vladimir Propp, Russian scholar and critic († 1970)
• 1899 » Duke Ellington, American pianist, composer, and bandleader († 1974)
• 1899 » Mary Petty, American illustrator († 1976)
• 1900 » Amelia Best, Australian politician, one of the first women elected to the Tasmanian House of Assembly († 1979)
• 1900 » Concha de Albornoz, Spanish feminist and intellectual, exiled during the Spanish Civil War († 1972)
• 1901 » Hirohito, Japanese emperor († 1989)

• 1854 » Henry Paget, 1st Marquess of Anglesey, English field marshal and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (b. 1768)
• 1903 » Paul Du Chaillu, French-American anthropologist and zoologist (b. 1835)
• 1905 » Ignacio Cervantes, Cuban pianist and composer (b. 1847)
• 1916 » Jørgen Pedersen Gram, Danish mathematician and academic (b. 1850)
• 1920 » William H. Seward Jr., American general and banker (b. 1839)
• 1921 » Arthur Mold, English cricketer (b. 1863)
• 1933 » Constantine P. Cavafy, Greek poet and journalist (b. 1863)
• 1937 » William Gillette, American actor and playwright (b. 1853)
• 1944 » Bernardino Machado, Portuguese academic and politician, 3rd President of Portugal (b. 1851)
• 1945 » Matthias Kleinheisterkamp, German SS officer (b. 1893)

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.
• January 1 » New York, New York annexes land from surrounding counties, creating the City of Greater New York. The four initial boroughs, Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, and The Bronx, are joined on January 25 by Staten Island to create the modern city of five boroughs.
• February 7 » Dreyfus affair: Émile Zola is brought to trial for libel for publishing J'Accuse…!.
• May 8 » The first games of the Italian football league system are played.
• June 12 » Philippine Declaration of Independence: General Emilio Aguinaldo declares the Philippines' independence from Spain.
• July 1 » Spanish–American War: The Battle of San Juan Hill is fought in Santiago de Cuba, Cuba.
• August 11 » Spanish–American War: American troops enter the city of Mayagüez, Puerto Rico.

The temperature on April 29, 1898 was about 13.6 °C. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 85%.