About the day » Friday April 29, 1898Calender converter

• Anke Haak, Valthermond, Drenthe, Nederland († 1929)
• Aaltje Schottert, Anerveen, Gramsbergen, Overijssel, Nederland († 1972)
• Adrianus Gijsbertus Couwenberg, Loon op Zand, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anke Haak-, Valthermond, Nederland († 1929)
• Alida Hendrika Hartsuijker, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1981)
• Alida Adriana van der Stam, Zoetermeer († 1981)
• Anna Cornelia Bastiaansen, Ginneken en Bavel († 1898)
• Aagje Pool, Wieringen, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adolphus Van den Brempt, Meire
• Aaltje Schottert, gramsbergen (overijssel)

• Abijah Dolly (81), Martin, Grant, West Virginia, Verenigde Staten
• Arend van der Velden (67), Delft
• Augustin Harmegnies (67), Dour,, Hainaut, Belgique
• Adrianus de MOOR (55), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adriana (67), Rotterdam
• Albertus Vorderman (0), Heerde (Gld) Nederland
• Annetje Owel (70), Roermond, Limburg, Nederland
• Albert BLANKERTZ (74), Mönchengladbach, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Deutschland
• Aafjen Wasseur (60), Foxhol, Groningen, Nederland
• Arend Willemsz van der Velden (67), Delft

• 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)

• 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.
• June 21 » The United States captures Guam from Spain. The few warning shots fired by the U.S. naval vessels are misinterpreted as salutes by the Spanish garrison, which was unaware that the two nations were at war.
• July 25 » Spanish-American War: The American invasion of Spanish-held Puerto Rico begins, as United States Army troops under General Nelson A. Miles land and secure the port at Guánica.
• 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 10 » Beginning of the Wilmington insurrection of 1898, the only instance of a municipal government being overthrown in United States history.
• December 10 » Spanish–American War: The Treaty of Paris is signed, officially ending the conflict.

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