About the day » Monday May 16, 1898Calender converter

• Albertje Drost, Ruinerwold, Drenthe, Nederland († 1955)
• Adriaan Henri Jean Zorgdrager, Terneuzen, Nederland († 1898)
• Alida Plotske, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1942)
• Akke Jacoba Bolier († 1957)
• Alida de Vries, Wijk aan Zee en Duin († 1898)
• Angela PAENEN, Berendrecht, Antwerpen, Belgie († 1899)
• Alida Adriana van Nes, Weesperkarspel, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1952)
• Adrianus Franciscus van der Sterre, Oisterwijk († 1898)
• Abram Reinders, Sappemeer
• Allegonda (1) Ermen, Oisterwijk († 1898)

• Amanda Louzia Elvira Woolf (54)
• Albertien Drogt (14), Dedemsvaart
• Anna Engelina Middelburg (60), Naaldwijk
• Adriaan Schoonis- (68), Helvoirt, Nederland
• Antje Snijders (51), Schagen, Nederland
• Adrianus Ruijter de (34), Uitgeest, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Aleida Willemina Klein Wassink (60), Halle, Zelhem, Gelderland, Nederland
• "Harm" Jans Vos (71), Hoogeveen
• Aaltje Roozendaal, Haarlemmerliede
• Antje Groenhout (81), Avereest, Overijssel, Nederland

• 1890 » Edith Grace White, American ichthyologist († 1975)
• 1892 » Osgood Perkins, American actor († 1937)
• 1894 » Walter Yust, American journalist and writer († 1960)
• 1897 » Zvi Sliternik, Israeli entomologist and academic († 1994)
• 1898 » Desanka Maksimović, Serbian poet and academic († 1993)
• 1898 » Kenji Mizoguchi, Japanese director and screenwriter († 1956)
• 1898 » Tamara de Lempicka, Polish-American painter († 1980)
• 1903 » Charles F. Brannock, American inventor and manufacturer († 1992)
• 1905 » Henry Fonda, American actor († 1982)
• 1906 » Ernie McCormick, Australian cricketer († 1991)

• 1862 » Edward Gibbon Wakefield, English politician (b. 1796)
• 1882 » Reuben Chapman, American lawyer and politician, 13th Governor of Alabama (b. 1799)
• 1890 » Mihkel Veske, Estonian poet, linguist and theologist (b. 1843)
• 1891 » Ion C. Brătianu, Romanian politician, 14th Prime Minister of Romania (b. 1821)
• 1910 » Henri-Edmond Cross, French Neo-Impressionist painter (b. 1856)
• 1913 » Louis Perrier, Swiss architect and politician (b. 1849)
• 1920 » Levi P. Morton, American politician, 22nd United States Vice President (b. 1824)
• 1926 » Mehmed VI, Ottoman sultan (b. 1861)
• 1936 » Leonidas Paraskevopoulos, Greek general and politician (b. 1860)
• 1938 » Joseph Strauss, American engineer, co designed The Golden Gate Bridge (b. 1870)

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.
• January 13 » Émile Zola's J'accuse…! exposes the Dreyfus affair.
• April 20 » U.S. President William McKinley signed a joint resolution to Congress for declaration of war against Spain, beginning the Spanish–American War.
• June 10 » Spanish–American War: In the Battle of Guantánamo Bay, U.S. Marines begin the American invasion of Spanish-held Cuba.
• August 13 » Spanish–American War: Spanish and American forces engage in a mock battle for Manila, after which the Spanish commander surrendered in order to keep the city out of Filipino rebel hands.
• October 18 » The United States takes possession of Puerto Rico from Spain.
• December 10 » Spanish–American War: The Treaty of Paris is signed, officially ending the conflict.

The temperature on May 16, 1898 was about 10.9 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 86%.