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• Adriana Johanna van Ruitenberg, Zegwaart-Zoetermeer,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Vegers, Zevenbergen († 1957)
• Alijda Antonia Boerstoel, Oudshoorn († 1949)
• Alphonse Vorwald, Delaware County, Iowa († 1969)
• Adina Christina Strohschein, Albion Township († 1916)
• Alle Abma, Strijen
• Antje Slim, Vrouwenparochie
• Alta G. Estes, Texas
• Adrianus Johannes van Winssen, Druten († 1976)
• Anna Helena Pirovano, Beverwijk († 1898)

• Antonia Christina Kuijstermans (1), Hoeven, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Aaltjen Timmerman (62), Urk (FL) Nederland
• Anne Christine Marie Chaerels (67), Saint-Josse, Belgium
• Alida van der Weijden (van der Weijde) (84), Leiden
• Anna Cornelia van den Haspel (0), Leiden
• Abele Merkuur (0), Langezwaag, Friesland, Nederland
• adriaantje MIJS (75), hendrik ido ambcht
• Andreas Cornelis Dekker (0), Limmen
• Aleida Pieters ten Caat (19), Hollandsche Veldt (Hoogeveen)
• Antoon Teeuwen (69), Maasbree

• 1897 » Ed Ricketts, American biologist and ecologist († 1948)
• 1897 » Sidney Bechet, American saxophonist, clarinet player, and composer († 1959)
• 1899 » Charlotte Auerbach, German-Jewish Scottish folklorist, geneticist, and zoologist. (d.1994)
• 1899 » Earle Combs, American baseball player and coach († 1976)
• 1899 » Pierre Victor Auger, French physicist and academic († 1993)
• 1900 » Cai Chang, Chinese first leader of All-China Women's Federation († 1990)
• 1900 » Edgar Wind, German-English historian, author, and academic († 1971)
• 1900 » Hal Borland, American journalist and author († 1978)
• 1900 » Leo Smit, Dutch pianist and composer († 1943)
• 1900 » Walter Rehberg, Swiss pianist and composer († 1957)

• 1873 » Gideon Brecher, Austrian physician and author (b. 1797)
• 1878 » Ōkubo Toshimichi, Japanese samurai and politician (b. 1830)
• 1881 » Mary Seacole, Jamaican-English nurse and author (b. 1805)
• 1889 » Volney Howard, American lawyer, jurist, and politician (b. 1809)
• 1893 » Ernst Kummer, German mathematician and academic (b. 1810)
• 1906 » Carl Schurz, German-American general, journalist, and politician, 13th United States Secretary of the Interior (b. 1829)
• 1912 » August Strindberg, Swedish playwright, novelist, poet, essayist (b. 1849)
• 1912 » Frederick VIII of Denmark (b. 1843)
• 1918 » James Gordon Bennett, Jr., American journalist and publisher (b. 1841)
• 1919 » Henry J. Heinz, American businessman, founded the H. J. Heinz Company (b. 1844)

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.
• June 13 » Yukon Territory is formed, with Dawson chosen as its capital.
• June 27 » The first solo circumnavigation of the globe is completed by Joshua Slocum from Briar Island, Nova Scotia.
• 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.
• September 10 » Empress Elisabeth of Austria is assassinated by Luigi Lucheni.
• October 14 » The steam ship SSMohegan sinks near the Lizard peninsula, Cornwall, killing 106.
• December 10 » Spanish–American War: The Treaty of Paris is signed, officially ending the conflict.

The temperature on May 14, 1898 was about 10.5 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 71%.