About the day » Sunday May 15, 1898Calender converter

• Abraham Bravenboer, Nieuwenhoorn, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1970)
• Alida Antonia ten Ham, Zeist,, Utrecht, Nederland († 1985)
• Adelaide Bernice CRAM, Minnesota († 1985)
• Albert Clinton NEWMAN, Winston Co., AL († 1961)
• Abraham Langendoen, Oostvoorne
• Ana Cavalcanti Queiroz, Brasil († 1961)
• Alma Mathilda Honorina Buijsse, Biervliet († 1982)
• Anna Bregetta Wagter, Amsterdam
• Albert Kromkamp, Ooststellingwerf, Fr, The Netherlangs († 1899)
• Teeboom, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1898)

• Antonia van Groeningen (80), Driel, Gelderland, Nederland
• Teeboom (0), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Arij Duijfhuijsen (63), Zwartewaal
• Anna Cornelia Vonck (82), 's-Gravenhage, Nederland
• Arij Duijfhuijsen (63), zwartewaal
• Agatha de Boer (0), Heemskerk
• Aldegonda Koolen (81), Weert, Limburg, Nederland
• Anna Maria Catharina Hoffmans (40), Susteren
• Arie Luijte (21), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland Nederland
• Anna Katarina Hammarsten (64), Pålböle

• 1894 » Feg Murray, American hurdler and cartoonist († 1973)
• 1895 » Prescott Bush, American captain, banker, and politician († 1972)
• 1895 » William D. Byron, American lieutenant and politician († 1941)
• 1898 » Arletty, French model, actress, and singer († 1992)
• 1899 » Jean Étienne Valluy, French general († 1970)
• 1900 » Ida Rhodes, American mathematician, pioneer in computer programming († 1986)
• 1901 » Luis Monti, Argentinian-Italian footballer and manager († 1983)
• 1901 » Xavier Herbert, Australian author († 1984)
• 1902 » Richard J. Daley, American lawyer and politician, 48th Mayor of Chicago († 1976)
• 1902 » Sigizmund Levanevsky, Soviet aircraft pilot of Polish origin († 1937)

• 1879 » Gottfried Semper, German architect and educator, designed the Semper Opera House (b. 1803)
• 1886 » Emily Dickinson, American poet and author (b. 1830)
• 1914 » Ida Freund, Austrian-born chemist and educator (b. 1863)
• 1919 » Hasan Tahsin, Turkish journalist (b. 1888)
• 1924 » Paul-Henri-Benjamin d'Estournelles de Constant, French diplomat and politician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1852)
• 1926 » Joseph James Fletcher, Australian biologist (b. 1850)
• 1928 » Umegatani Tōtarō I, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 15th Yokozuna (b. 1845)
• 1935 » Kazimir Malevich, Ukrainian-Russian painter and theoretician (b. 1878)
• 1937 » Philip Snowden, 1st Viscount Snowden, English politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer (b. 1864)
• 1945 » Kenneth J. Alford, English soldier, bandmaster, and composer (b. 1881)

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.
• February 15 » The battleship USSMaine explodes and sinks in Havana harbor in Cuba, killing 274. This event leads the United States to declare war on Spain.
• April 25 » Spanish–American War: The United States declares war on Spain.
• 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.
• July 4 » En route from New York to Le Havre, the SS La Bourgogne collides with another ship and sinks off the coast of Sable Island, with the loss of 549 lives.
• August 11 » Spanish–American War: American troops enter the city of Mayagüez, Puerto Rico.
• 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.

The temperature on May 15, 1898 was about 12.4 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 91%.