About the day » Thursday May 5, 1898Calender converter

• Alida Francisca Maerten, Haarlem
• * Cornelia Adriana Kloet, Haamstede († 1978)
• Aaltje Schendelaar, Den Helder
• Aniela Maria Elisabeth Eva Prinses Czartoryska-Klewan, Rokosowo (Rogzow), West-Pommeren, Polen († 1978)
• Aleida Brummelkamp, 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1924)
• Anna Magdalena Hoogerbrugge, Huissen († 1978)
• Alvin Levi Butler, Edgefield, Edgefield County, South Carolina, United States of America († 1965)
• Aagje Buik († 1990)
• Alida Catharina van den Heuvel, Rotterdam († 1917)
• Abel Wellinga *, Oldemarkt († 1979)

• Antje Berendsen Akkerman (89), Nijkerk-Holk
• Aleida DIENDER (0), Kampen (Overijssel)
• Adriana Antonia Veldhuijsen (49), Hilversum, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adrianus van Keppel (72), Dordrecht
• Antoon Boerdam (23), Holthone
• Anna Catharina Munsters (1), Obbicht (en Papenhoven)
• Albert Zuidhof (79), Vries, Drenthe, Netherlands(Donderen)
• Aleida Diender (0), Kampen, Overijssel, Nederland
• Alimira Jane Carroll ** (45), Bracken, Kentucky, United States
• Anna Clara DE WITT (57), Groningen Groningen Netherlands

• 1889 » Herbie Taylor, South African cricketer and soldier († 1973)
• 1890 » Christopher Morley, American journalist and author († 1957)
• 1892 » Dorothy Garrod, British archaeologist († 1968)
• 1898 » Blind Willie McTell, American Piedmont blues singer and guitar player († 1959)
• 1898 » Elsie Eaves, American engineer († 1983)
• 1899 » Freeman Gosden, American actor and screenwriter († 1982)
• 1900 » Helen Redfield, American geneticist († 1988)
• 1903 » James Beard, American chef and author († 1985)
• 1905 » Floyd Gottfredson, American author and illustrator († 1986)
• 1906 » Charles Exbrayat, French author and screenwriter († 1989)

• 1883 » John O'Shanassy, Irish-Australian politician, 2nd Premier of Victoria (b. 1818)
• 1892 » August Wilhelm von Hofmann, German chemist and academic (b. 1818)
• 1896 » Silas Adams, American lawyer and politician (b. 1839)
• 1902 » Bret Harte, American short story writer and poet (b. 1836)
• 1907 » Şeker Ahmed Pasha, Turkish soldier and painter (b. 1841)
• 1913 » Henry Moret, French painter (b. 1856)
• 1916 » John MacBride, Irish soldier and rebel (b. 1865)
• 1916 » Maurice Raoul-Duval, French polo player (b. 1866)
• 1921 » Alfred Hermann Fried, Austrian journalist and publicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1864)
• 1924 » A. Sabapathy, Sri Lankan journalist and politician (b. 1853)

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.
• March 16 » In Melbourne the representatives of five colonies adopted a constitution, which would become the basis of the Commonwealth of Australia.
• June 17 » The United States Navy Hospital Corps is established.
• August 11 » Spanish–American War: American troops enter the city of Mayagüez, Puerto Rico.
• August 25 » Seven hundred Greek civilians, 17 British guards and the British Consul of Crete are killed by a Turkish mob in Heraklion, Greece.
• 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.
• December 26 » Marie and Pierre Curie announce the isolation of radium.

The temperature on May 5, 1898 was about 10.5 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 80%.