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• Anna Maria Helena Degeling, Stevern (Noordrijn-Westfalen), Duitsland
• Andries Pieter de Boer, Enkhuizen († 1898)
• Adriana Gielen, Meijel,, Limburg, Nederland († 2003)
• Agnes T Sheean, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Verenigde Staten († 1978)
• Ale de Jong, Oudega (Small.), Friesland, Nederland († 1946)
• Andries Pieter De Boer, Enkhuizen,, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1898)
• n.n. Rottier, Rilland-Bath († 1898)
• Anna Catharina Keeman, Haarlemmerliede en Spaarnwoude, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anetta Soolsma (Solsma) († 1981)
• Aafke Karstes Helmhout, Opende († 1993)

• Adrianus Oerlemans (35), Liempde, Nbr.NL
• Adriaan de Heer (19), Heinenoord, Zuid-Holland, The Netherlands
• Adriana Johanna Schotte (14), Pijnacker, 2641, Nederland
• Adriaan de Heer (19), Heinenoord
• Antje Rooker (81), Haarlemmermeer
• Anna Fronika Comello (64), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anton Wessel (29), Sleen, Drenthe, Netherlands
• Albert Prins (72), Onstwedde
• Antonia van Dongen (88), Drongelen
• Alexander Hanssen (72), Nieuwenhagen (L

• 1897 » Maria Izilda de Castro Ribeiro, Brazilian girl, popular saint († 1911)
• 1898 » Carl Hermann, German physicist and academic († 1961)
• 1898 » Harry Patch, English soldier and firefighter († 2009)
• 1898 » M. C. Escher, Dutch illustrator († 1972)
• 1900 » Evelyn Irons, Scottish journalist and war correspondent († 2000)
• 1900 » Martin Bormann, German politician († 1945)
• 1902 » Alec Hurwood, Australian cricketer († 1982)
• 1902 » Sammy Fain, American pianist and composer († 1989)
• 1903 » Ruth Graves Wakefield, American chef, created the chocolate chip cookie († 1977)
• 1904 » Ralph Bellamy, American actor († 1991)

• 1866 » Joseph Méry, French poet and author (b. 1798)
• 1889 » Lozen, Chiracaua Apache warrior woman (b. ~1840)
• 1898 » Edward Burne-Jones, English soldier and painter (b. 1833)
• 1904 » Nikolay Bobrikov, Russian soldier and politician, Governor-General of Finland (b. 1839)
• 1936 » Julius Seljamaa, Estonian journalist, politician, and diplomat, Estonian Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1883)
• 1939 » Allen Sothoron, American baseball player, coach, and manager (b. 1893)
• 1939 » Eugen Weidmann, German criminal (b. 1908)
• 1940 » Arthur Harden, English biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1865)
• 1941 » Johan Wagenaar, Dutch organist and composer (b. 1862)
• 1942 » Charles Fitzpatrick, Canadian lawyer and politician, 5th Chief Justice of Canada (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.
• 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.
• April 25 » Spanish–American War: The United States declares war on Spain.
• June 22 » Spanish–American War: In a chaotic operation, 6,000 men of the U.S. Fifth Army Corps begins landing at Daiquirí, Cuba, about 16 miles (26km) east of Santiago de Cuba. Lt. Gen. Arsenio Linares y Pombo of the Spanish Army outnumbers them two-to-one, but does not oppose the landings.
• August 11 » Spanish–American War: American troops enter the city of Mayagüez, Puerto Rico.
• 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 June 17, 1898 was about 11.6 °C. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 79%.