About the day » Tuesday May 24, 1898Calender converter

• Alida Catharina Wilffert, amsterdam, Nederland
• Hendrina Johanna Francina Pols, Nieuwerkerk aan de IJssel († 1977)
• Alida Maria Josephine Wilhelmina Boddé, Zevenaar
• Adrianus Cornelis Gerards, Tilburg († 1975)
• Albert Jan Kleinlugtenbelt, Stegeren († 1898)
• Albertje Hut, Onstwedde
• Albert Holtrop, Weststellingwerf
• Albert Aubrey HEWSON, Luton, Bedfordshire († 1983)
• Adriana Cornelia Maria Philippa, Schiedam,-
• Andrino Pedro da Cruz, Angelina, Santa Catarina, Brasil († 1975)

• Annigchien Jans Annegien Mik (77)
• Alexander Christianus Josephus Cornelissen (2), Gendt (GE, NLD)
• Bart van Uffelen (78), Apeldoorn
• Antonie Dogterom (4), Lekkerkerk
• Adolph Johannes Fokker (76), Oostburg, Zeeland, Nederland
• Annigje Mik (82), Gasselte
• Albert Takman (0), Stad-Hardenberg, Overijssel, Nederland
• Annigchien Mik (77)
• Adriaan Mari mr van Oordt (74), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland NL
• Bernardus Calissendorf (67)

• 1891 » William F. Albright, American archaeologist, philologist, and scholar († 1971)
• 1895 » Samuel Irving Newhouse Sr., American publisher, founded Advance Publications († 1979)
• 1899 » Henri Michaux, Belgian-French poet and painter († 1984)
• 1899 » Suzanne Lenglen, French tennis player († 1938)
• 1900 » Eduardo De Filippo, Italian actor and screenwriter († 1984)
• 1901 » José Nasazzi, Uruguayan footballer and manager († 1968)
• 1902 » Lionel Conacher, Canadian football player and politician († 1954)
• 1902 » Sylvia Daoust, Canadian sculptor († 2004)
• 1905 » George Nakashima, American woodworker and architect († 1990)
• 1905 » Mikhail Sholokhov, Russian novelist and short story writer, Nobel Prize laureate († 1984)

• 1861 » Elmer E. Ellsworth, American colonel (b. 1837)
• 1872 » Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld, German painter and illustrator (b. 1794)
• 1879 » William Lloyd Garrison, American journalist and activist (b. 1805)
• 1881 » Samuel Palmer, English painter and illustrator (b. 1805)
• 1901 » Louis-Zéphirin Moreau, Canadian bishop (b. 1824)
• 1908 » Old Tom Morris, Scottish golfer and architect (b. 1821)
• 1915 » John Condon, Irish-English soldier (b. 1896)
• 1919 » Amado Nervo, Mexican poet, journalist, and educator (b. 1870)
• 1929 » Nikolai von Meck, Russian engineer (b. 1863)
• 1941 » Lancelot Holland, English admiral (b. 1887)

• 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 7 » Dreyfus affair: Émile Zola is brought to trial for libel for publishing J'Accuse…!.
• April 22 » Spanish–American War: The USSNashville captures a Spanish merchant ship.
• June 11 » The Hundred Days' Reform, a planned movement to reform social, political, and educational institutions in China, is started by the Guangxu Emperor, but is suspended by Empress Dowager Cixi after 104 days. (The failed reform led to the abolition of the Imperial examination in 1905.)
• 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 10 » Empress Elisabeth of Austria is assassinated by Luigi Lucheni.
• November 10 » Beginning of the Wilmington insurrection of 1898, the only instance of a municipal government being overthrown in United States history.

The temperature on May 24, 1898 was about 14.1 °C. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 83%.