About the day » Thursday May 12, 1898Calender converter

• Adrianus Gijsbert HOEKE, Heukelum (tot 1986 ) Vuren (1818-1987) Lingewaal (1987-2019)West Betuwe, Gelderland, Nederland
• Adriana Kramer, Wissenkerke (Noord Beveland), Zeeland, Nederland († 1990)
• Aatje Bakker, Vlieland
• Aaltje Philips, Deventer
• Anna Catharina Bruinsma, Westdongeradeel († 1898)
• Aaltje Bijkerk, Harenermolen ( Haren ) († 1898)
• Alberta Hendrika VAN DE WERKEN, Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland
• Aaltje Prinsen, Schoterland,Fryslan,Nederland
• Abele Merkuur, Langezwaag, Friesland, Nederland († 1898)
• Andries Simon (Andries) van der Graaf, Dordrecht († 1967)

• Anna Krijgsman (68), Zwijndrecht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Antje Catharina Oostveen (1), Rotterdam
• Aaltje Bolt (1), Onderdendam, Bedum, Groningen, Nederland
• Arie van Oosten (1)
• Antonie Groh (42), Rosmalen, Noord-Brabant, The Netherlands
• Albert Stoeten (3), Dedemsvaart
• Antonius Blakenburg (0), Gilze en Rijen
• Anna Maria Van Hoogstraten (106.1.3.2), Berghem, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Catherine O'Leary (65), Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, Verenigde Staten
• Alida Elisabeth Ardon (52), Leiden

• 1889 » Otto Frank, German-Swiss businessman and Holocaust survivor; father of diarist Anne Frank († 1980)
• 1892 » Fritz Kortner, Austrian-German actor and director († 1970)
• 1895 » Jiddu Krishnamurti, Indian-American philosopher and author († 1986)
• 1895 » William Giauque, Canadian-American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1982)
• 1899 » Abelardo L. Rodríguez, substitute president of Mexico († 1967)
• 1900 » Helene Weigel, Austrian-German actress († 1971)
• 1901 » The Duke of Paducah, American country comedian, radio host and banjo player († 1986)
• 1903 » Faith Bennett, British actress and ATA pilot during WWII († 1969)
• 1903 » Wilfrid Hyde-White, English actor († 1991)
• 1905 » Édouard Rinfret, Canadian lawyer and politician, Postmaster General of Canada († 1994)

• 1864 » J. E. B. Stuart, American general (b. 1833)
• 1867 » Friedrich Wilhelm Eduard Gerhard, German archaeologist and academic (b. 1795)
• 1876 » Georgi Benkovski, Bulgarian activist (b. 1843)
• 1878 » Anselme Payen, French chemist and academic (b. 1795)
• 1884 » Bedřich Smetana, Czech composer and educator (b. 1824)
• 1907 » Joris-Karl Huysmans, French author and critic (b. 1848)
• 1916 » James Connolly, Scottish-born Irish socialist and rebel leader (b. 1868)
• 1925 » Amy Lowell, American poet and critic (b. 1874)
• 1931 » Eugène Ysaÿe, Belgian violinist, composer, and conductor (b. 1858)
• 1935 » Józef Piłsudski, Polish field marshal and politician, 15th Prime Minister of Poland (b. 1867)

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.
• April 25 » Spanish–American War: The United States declares war on Spain.
• June 12 » Philippine Declaration of Independence: General Emilio Aguinaldo declares the Philippines' independence from Spain.
• June 13 » Yukon Territory is formed, with Dawson chosen as its capital.
• July 8 » The death of crime boss Soapy Smith, killed in the Shootout on Juneau Wharf, releases Skagway, Alaska from his iron grip.
• August 23 » The Southern Cross Expedition, the first British venture of the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration, departs from London.
• October 18 » The United States takes possession of Puerto Rico from Spain.

The temperature on May 12, 1898 was about 8.2 °C. The airpressure was 74 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 96%.