About the day » Saturday May 7, 1898Calender converter

• Albertus Johannes van Loo, Ane († 1984)
• Adriana Maria Pan de, Goes
• Kramer, Wissenkerke († 1898)
• Adrianus van Masbergen, Woudrichem († 1968)
• Adriana de Pan, Goes,ZL
• (l.l.) van Oost, Ginneken en Bavel († 1898)
• -Maria Risse, Rotterdam
• Albertha Noort, Rijnsburg († 1988)
• Somers, Halsteren
• Adriaantje Sophie Lisette Wiesing, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1947)

• Adrianus Rommels (0), Bergen op Zoom, N-Br, NL
• Ann Wismer Kolb (71)
• Anna Noteboom (76), Deventer
• Antje Staal (3), Leegkerk, Groningen, Groningen, Nederland
• Anthony Jacobsz Anthonij Quispel (84), Zuidland
• Aaltje van Gerrevink (22), Brummen
• Anoldus Pouw (85), Utrecht(UT)
• (l.l.) van Oost (0), Ginneken en Bavel
• Adrianus van LOON (30), Woensdrecht (Nl)
• Anthonie Jacobsz. Quispel (84), Zuidland

• 1891 » Harry McShane, Scottish engineer and activist († 1988)
• 1892 » Archibald MacLeish, American poet, playwright, and lawyer († 1982)
• 1892 » Josip Broz Tito, Yugoslav field marshal and politician, 1st President of Yugoslavia († 1980)
• 1893 » Frank J. Selke, Canadian ice hockey coach and manager († 1985)
• 1896 » Kathleen McKane Godfree, English tennis and badminton player († 1992)
• 1899 » Alfred Gerrard, English sculptor and academic († 1998)
• 1901 » Gary Cooper, American actor († 1961)
• 1903 » Jimmy Ball, Canadian sprinter († 1988)
• 1904 » Kurt Weitzmann, German-American historian and author († 1993)
• 1905 » Philip Baxter, Welsh-Australian chemical engineer († 1989)

• 1868 » Henry Brougham, 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux, Scottish lawyer and politician, Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain (b. 1778)
• 1872 » Alexander Loyd, American carpenter and politician, 4th Mayor of Chicago (b. 1805)
• 1876 » William Buell Sprague, American clergyman, historian, and author (b. 1795)
• 1887 » C. F. W. Walther, German-American religious leader and theologian (b. 1811)
• 1896 » H. H. Holmes, American serial killer (b. 1861)
• 1902 » Agostino Roscelli, Italian priest and saint (b. 1818)
• 1917 » Albert Ball, English fighter pilot (b. 1896)
• 1922 » Max Wagenknecht, German pianist and composer (b. 1857)
• 1924 » Alluri Sitarama Raju, Indian activist (b. 1897/1898)
• 1925 » William Lever, 1st Viscount Leverhulme, English businessman and politician (b. 1851)

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.
• January 1 » New York, New York annexes land from surrounding counties, creating the City of Greater New York. The four initial boroughs, Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, and The Bronx, are joined on January 25 by Staten Island to create the modern city of five boroughs.
• August 28 » Caleb Bradham's beverage "Brad's Drink" is renamed "Pepsi-Cola".
• October 18 » The United States takes possession of Puerto Rico from Spain.
• November 10 » Beginning of the Wilmington insurrection of 1898, the only instance of a municipal government being overthrown in United States history.
• 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 18 » Gaston de Chasseloup-Laubat sets the first officially recognized land speed record of 39.245mph (63.159km/h) in a Jeantaud electric car.

The temperature on May 7, 1898 was about 8.8 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 81%.