About the day » Monday May 2, 1898Calender converter

• Adolf Henri Spronk, Utrecht († 1986)
• Aleida Diender, Kampen († 1900)
• Adrianus Theodoris den Biggelaar, Zevenbergen
• Aaltje Wagemaker, St. Philipsland
• Aleida Albertsd Diender, Kampen, ov.nld († 1898)
• Adrianus Albertus van Bemmel, Oudenrijn, Utrecht, Nederland († 1963)
• Adam Bernardus Hutjes, Arnhem († 1975)
• Albertje Cool, 's Gravenhage
• Wisselink, Heelweg (Wisch) († 1952)
• Adrianus Engelbertus Bouwman, Rotterdam

• Albert Hermann (Anna Margaretha Nüsse) Teiken (74), Lindloh, Haren (Ems), Germany
• Albertus Antonius Krijbolder (0), Gemeente 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Alphonsus Maria Johannes van Delft (45), Besoijen
• van der Weijde, Veldhuizen
• Alice CASTELEYN (0), Tielt
• Aaltjen ten Wolde (90), Steenwijk
• Allegonda Gertruda Joosten (36), Bergen, Limburg, Nederland
• Aaltje Willemsdr Winter (81), Kalkwijk Gem Hoogezand, Groningen, Nederland
• andreas peijs (62), tilburg
• Annechien Naber (83), Meppel, Gemeente Meppel, Drenthe, Nederland Nederland

• 1894 » Joseph Henry Woodger, English biologist, philosopher, and academic († 1981)
• 1894 » Norma Talmadge, leading US actress of the silent era († 1957)
• 1895 » Lorenz Hart, American playwright and lyricist († 1943)
• 1897 » John Frederick Coots, American songwriter († 1985)
• 1898 » Henry Hall, English bandleader, composer, and actor († 1989)
• 1901 » Bob Wyatt, English cricketer († 1995)
• 1901 » Edouard Zeckendorf, Belgian doctor, army officer and mathematician († 1983)
• 1901 » Willi Bredel, German writer († 1964)
• 1902 » Brian Aherne, English actor († 1986)
• 1902 » Werner Finck, German Kabarett comedian, actor and author († 1978)

• 1864 » Giacomo Meyerbeer, German composer and educator (b. 1791)
• 1880 » Eberhard Anheuser, German-American businessman, co-founded Anheuser-Busch (b. 1805)
• 1880 » Tom Wills, Australian cricketer, co-created Australian rules football (b. 1835)
• 1885 » Terézia Zakoucs, Hungarian-Slovene author (b. 1817)
• 1915 » Clara Immerwahr, German chemist (b. 1870)
• 1918 » Jüri Vilms, Estonian lawyer and politician (b. 1889)
• 1925 » Antun Branko Šimić, Croatian and Bosnian-Herzegovinian poet (b. 1898)
• 1925 » Johann Palisa, Austrian astronomer (b. 1848)
• 1927 » Ernest Starling, English physiologist and academic (b. 1866)
• 1929 » Charalambos Tseroulis, Greek general and politician, Greek Minister for Military Affairs (b. 1879)

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 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 20 » U.S. President William McKinley signed a joint resolution to Congress for declaration of war against Spain, beginning the Spanish–American War.
• June 17 » The United States Navy Hospital Corps is established.
• June 27 » The first solo circumnavigation of the globe is completed by Joshua Slocum from Briar Island, Nova Scotia.
• September 21 » Empress Dowager Cixi seizes power and ends the Hundred Days' Reform in China.
• 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 2, 1898 was about 24.6 °C. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 47%.