About the day » Saturday May 7, 1898Calender converter

• Adriaantje Sophie Lisette Wiesing, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1947)
• Adriaan Knappert, Menado
• Kramer, Wissenkerke († 1898)
• Albertje van Enk, Oldebroek, Nederland
• Albert Kuipers, Leeuwarden (FRL) († 1987)
• Aart van Hattem, Doornspijk,Elburg,Gelderland,Nederland († 1933)
• Albertus Johannes van Loo, Ane, Gramsbergen, Overijssel, Nederland († 1984)
• Aaltje MIDDELJANS, Barger-Oosterveen, Drenthe, Netherlands († 1956)
• Alice Helen Peters, Winona, MN († 1945)
• Adriaan Knappert, Menado (NI) († 1932)

• Anthony jacobszn quispel (84), zuidland
• anthonie jacobsz QUISPEL (84), zuidland
• Adriana, Cornelia Maatjens (68), Standdaarbuiten
• Anthony Jacobsz Quispel (84), Zuidland
• Anthonij Quispel (84), Zuidland, Nissewaard, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
• Andries~Jans Spiekholt (84), Alde Ouwer
• Anthony Jacobsz Anthonij Quispel (84), Zuidland
• Adriana Ringelberg (71), Zierikzee, Zeeland, Nederland
• Anneke Harmens Boelsma (86), Koudum
• Anthonij Jacobs 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)

• 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 13 » Émile Zola's J'accuse…! exposes the Dreyfus affair.
• 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.)
• June 12 » Philippine Declaration of Independence: General Emilio Aguinaldo declares the Philippines' independence from Spain.
• June 13 » Yukon Territory is formed, with Dawson chosen as its capital.
• 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 28 » Caleb Bradham's beverage "Brad's Drink" is renamed "Pepsi-Cola".

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