About the day » Sunday May 22, 1898Calender converter

• Andries ERKENS, Werm, 3730, Hoeselt, Limburg, België († 1968)
• Albert de Boer, Steenwijk († 1898)
• Albertus Vos, Vaassen (Epe) († 1974)
• WASSENS, Noordlaren (Haren), Groningen, Nederland († 1898)
• Alice Adriana Catharina de Vries Robbé, Amsterdam († 1986)
• Abram DUSZNY, Chorzele (Rusland) († 1943)
• Albert James Whyte, Birkenhead, Cheshire († 1977)
• Andrew Bille († 1978)
• Abraham Rudelsheim, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1943)
• Aaltje Meinderts Robijn, Veenwouden

• Charles Thomas Stearns (91), New Orleans, LA
• Adrianus Eikmans (60), Schiedam,-
• Arend van Dijk (42), Genemuiden (gem. Zwartewaterland)
• Caspar Looman (75), Schiedam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aaltje Remmelts (46), Veendijk, Drenthe, Nederland
• Anna Elizabeth Smith (20)
• Arnoldus Verhofstadt (0), Helmond
• Carel Lambertus Theodorus Berserik (41), 's-Gravenhage
• Anna Fanny Dessauer (29)
• ARIE HOOGHARD (82), ROTTERDAM

• 1891 » Johannes R. Becher, German politician, novelist, and poet († 1958)
• 1894 » Friedrich Pollock, German sociologist and philosopher († 1970)
• 1897 » Robert Neumann, German and English-speaking author († 1975)
• 1900 » Juan Arvizu, Mexican lyric opera tenor and bolero vocalist (d.1985)
• 1901 » Maurice J. Tobin, American politician, 6th United States Secretary of Labor († 1953)
• 1902 » Al Simmons, American baseball player and coach († 1956)
• 1902 » Jack Lambert, English footballer and manager († 1940)
• 1904 » Uno Lamm, Swedish electrical engineer and inventor († 1989)
• 1905 » Bodo von Borries, German physicist and academic, co-invented the electron microscope († 1956)
• 1905 » Tom Driberg, British politician († 1976)

• 1859 » Ferdinand II of the Two Sicilies (b. 1810)
• 1861 » Thornsbury Bailey Brown, American soldier (b. 1829)
• 1868 » Julius Plücker, German mathematician and physicist (b. 1801)
• 1885 » Victor Hugo, French novelist, poet, and playwright (b. 1802)
• 1901 » Gaetano Bresci, Italian-American anarchist, assassin of Umberto I of Italy (b. 1869)
• 1910 » Jules Renard, French author and playwright (b. 1864)
• 1932 » Augusta, Lady Gregory, Anglo-Irish activist, landlord, and playwright, co-founded the Abbey Theatre (b. 1852)
• 1933 » Tsengeltiin Jigjidjav, Mongolian politician, 10th Prime Minister of Mongolia (b. 1894)
• 1938 » William Glackens, American painter and illustrator (b. 1870)
• 1939 » Ernst Toller, German playwright and author (b. 1893)

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.
• April 22 » Spanish–American War: The USSNashville captures a Spanish merchant ship.
• July 7 » US President William McKinley signs the Newlands Resolution annexing Hawaii as a territory of the United States.
• 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.
• August 29 » The Goodyear tire company is founded.
• September 2 » Battle of Omdurman: British and Egyptian troops defeat Sudanese tribesmen and establish British dominance in Sudan.
• September 10 » Empress Elisabeth of Austria is assassinated by Luigi Lucheni.

The temperature on May 22, 1898 was about 22.5 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 42%.