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• Aleida Wilhelmina Roelofs, Driel, Gelderland, Nederland
• Aaltje Mulder, Oldebroek († 1898)
• Abram Reinders, Sappemeer
• Adrianus Huizer, Rotterdam
• Aafje Alida SMAN, Dordrecht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• van Bergen, Hatert, Nederland († 1968)
• Adriaan de Bruijne, St.Philipsland († 1898)
• Aaltje Wijnand, Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands († 1898)
• Aafke Jorrits Posthuma De Boer, Cornwerd, Wonseradeel, Friesland, Nederland († 1986)
• Wijnanda Gijsberta Heesen, Utrecht

• Adriana Petronella van Ommeren (79), Raamsdonk, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Aalbertus van Riet (72), Alphen aan de Rijn, Nederland
• Adriana Maria Uijlenbroek (74), Zeist, Utrecht, Nederland
• Abraham van Seijderveld (69), Maartensdijk
• Adrianus Stolk (66), Rotterdam
• Adriana Breedveld (28), Streefkerk
• Alberta Hendrika Leemhorst (5), Zutphen, Gelderland, Nederland
• Alberdina Wilkelina van der Meer (1), Woltersum, Groningen, Groningen, Nederland
• Aart Veerman (Schaap) (68), Huizen
• Aaltje Nieboer (81), Oude Pekela

• 1893 » Charles E. Burchfield, American painter (d.1967)
• 1895 » Mance Lipscomb, American singer-songwriter and guitarist († 1976)
• 1895 » Michel Simon, Swiss-French actor († 1975)
• 1897 » John B. Gambling, American radio host († 1974)
• 1898 » Curly Lambeau, American football player and coach († 1965)
• 1898 » Paul Robeson, American singer, actor, and activist († 1976)
• 1900 » Allen Jenkins, American actor and singer († 1974)
• 1901 » Jean Bruchési, Canadian historian and author († 1979)
• 1901 » Paul Willis, American actor and director († 1960)
• 1902 » Théodore Monod, French explorer and scholar († 2000)

• 1872 » Erastus Corning, American businessman and politician (b. 1794)
• 1876 » Charles Goodyear, American lawyer, judge, and politician (b. 1804)
• 1882 » Dante Gabriel Rossetti, English poet and painter (b. 1828)
• 1889 » Michel Eugène Chevreul, French chemist and academic (b. 1786)
• 1909 » Helena Modjeska, Polish-American actress (b. 1840)
• 1915 » Raymond Whittindale, English rugby player (b. 1883)
• 1917 » James Hope Moulton, English philologist and scholar (b. 1863)
• 1922 » Hans Fruhstorfer, German entomologist and explorer (b. 1866)
• 1926 » Zip the Pinhead, American freak show performer (b. 1857)
• 1936 » Ferdinand Tönnies, German sociologist and philosopher (b. 1855)

1. Johannes
2. Jan
3. Cornelis
4. Hendrik
5. Willem
6. Pieter
7. Gerrit
8. Petrus
9. Jacob
10. Jacobus
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.
• 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.
• 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 10 » Empress Elisabeth of Austria is assassinated by Luigi Lucheni.
• November 5 » Negrese nationalists revolt against Spanish rule and establish the short-lived Republic of Negros.
• 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.
• December 26 » Marie and Pierre Curie announce the isolation of radium.

The temperature on April 9, 1898 was about 13.2 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 52%.