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• Albertus Letteboer, Vriezenveen
• Abraham Pieter van Loenen, Ridderkerk († 1923)
• Anna Catharina Rosalia Robbers, Nijmegen
• Aartje van SETERS Ddr, Stellendam, Goeree-Overflakkee, NL-ZH
• Aaltje Braams, Gasselte, Nederland
• Alida Clara Johanna Jensema, Hoorn
• Andries van de Goorbergh, Breda († 1968)
• Antje Annes van der Meer, Drogeham, Achtkarspelen, Friesland, Nederland († 1982)
• Antje Annes van der Meer, Droegeham, Friesland, Nederland († 1982)
• Abram Van GELDEREN, Zwijndrecht († 1986)

• Anton Joseph Willems (80), Sittard
• Andreas Antonius Boerma (78), Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Netherlands
• Anna Susanna Johanna de Kat (82)
• Arij van Krimpen (0), Zeist
• Albert van Doezum (56), Surhuisterveen
• Berend Onstenk (83), Arnhem
• berend vissel (61), groningen (groningen)
• Adrianus Baaijens (57), Stratum
• Aaltjen Pasjes (76), Collendoorn
• Anna Elisabeth Briers (66), Grote-Brogel (Bel)

• 1891 » Napoleon Zervas, Greek general and politician († 1957)
• 1893 » Frederick McKinley Jones, American inventor and entrepreneur († 1961)
• 1895 » Reinhold Saulmann, Estonian sprinter and bandy player († 1936)
• 1895 » Saul Adler, Belarusian-English captain and parasitologist († 1966)
• 1897 » Odd Hassel, Norwegian chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1981)
• 1898 » A. J. Casson, Canadian painter († 1992)
• 1899 » Carmen de Icaza, Spanish writer († 1979)
• 1901 » Werner Egk, German pianist and composer († 1983)
• 1903 » Cool Papa Bell, American baseball player and manager († 1991)
• 1904 » Marie-Anne Desmarest, French author († 1973)

• 1875 » John C. Breckinridge, American lawyer and politician, 14th Vice President of the United States, Confederate States general (b. 1821)
• 1879 » Asa Packer, American businessman, founded Lehigh University (b. 1805)
• 1880 » Ziya Pasha, Greek author and translator (b. 1826)
• 1886 » John Deere, American blacksmith and businessman, founded the Deere & Company (b. 1804)
• 1888 » Giacomo Zanella, Italian priest and poet (b. 1820)
• 1911 » Frederick August Otto Schwarz, German-American businessman, founded FAO Schwarz (b. 1836)
• 1916 » Boris Borisovich Golitsyn, Russian physicist and seismologist (b. 1862)
• 1917 » Charles Brooke, Rajah of Sarawak (b. 1829)
• 1917 » Clara Ayres, American nurse (b. 1880)
• 1919 » Guido von List, Austrian-German journalist, author, and poet (b. 1848)

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.
• February 23 » Émile Zola is imprisoned in France after writing J'Accuse…!, a letter accusing the French government of antisemitism and wrongfully imprisoning Captain Alfred Dreyfus.
• April 22 » Spanish–American War: The USSNashville captures a Spanish merchant ship.
• July 3 » A Spanish squadron, led by Pascual Cervera y Topete, is defeated by an American squadron under William T. Sampson in the Battle of Santiago de Cuba.
• September 13 » Hannibal Goodwin patents celluloid photographic film.
• October 6 » Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia, the largest American music fraternity, is founded at the New England Conservatory of Music.
• October 18 » The United States takes possession of Puerto Rico from Spain.

The temperature on May 17, 1898 was about 12.6 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 59%.