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• , Veurne († 1968)
• Aaltje van der Veen, Stroobos, gem. Grootegast, Groningen, Nederland
• Adeline Henriëtte Wilhelmina van Harinxma thoe Slooten, Olterterp, Friesl († 1993)
• Amalia Frieda Nicolaas Portier, Ambarawa, Indonesië († 1971)
• Adriana Petronella Robbe, Raamsdonk, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adeline Henriette Wilhelmine X, Olterterp, Friesland, Netherlands († 1993)
• Adriana Agatha van Dijk, Oudenrijn, Utrecht, Nederland
• Abraham Buis, Leiden, ZH, Nederland
• Andries JUCKERS, Nijmegen,Nederland († 1900)
• Abraham Buis, Leiden

• Bille Jacob Aa (81), Amsterdam,, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Aukjen Douwes Stallinga (82), Paesens, Oostdongeradeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Albert Duker (0), Uffelte {DR}
• Mol (0), Rhenen
• Maria Diederika Pol (0), Rotterdam
• Aukjen Douwes Stallinga (82), Paesens (Ostdongeradeel)
• Agnes Erskine (81), Kilt Farm, Parish of Falkirk (Landward District), Stirlingshire
• Akkelina Kok (0), Zwolle
• Anke Toben (97), Langefeld, Middels, Ostfriesland
• Antje Hansman (41), Ede

• 1894 » Alfred Kinsey, American entomologist and sexologist († 1956)
• 1894 » Edward VIII, King of the United Kingdom († 1972)
• 1894 » Harold Barrowclough, New Zealand military leader, lawyer and Chief Justice († 1972)
• 1899 » Amédée Gordini, Italian-born French race car driver and sports car manufacturer († 1979)
• 1900 » Blanche Noyes, American aviator, winner of the 1936 Bendix Trophy Race († 1981)
• 1901 » Ahmet Hamdi Tanpınar, Turkish author, poet, and scholar († 1962)
• 1903 » Paul Martin Sr., Canadian lawyer and politician († 1992)
• 1904 » Quintin McMillan, South African cricketer († 1938)
• 1905 » Jack Pickersgill, Canadian civil servant and politician, 35th Secretary of State for Canada († 1997)
• 1906 » Tribhuvan of Nepal († 1955)

• 1848 » Maria Leopoldine of Austria-Este, Electress of Bavaria (b. 1776)
• 1856 » Ivan Kireyevsky, Russian philosopher and critic (b. 1806)
• 1881 » Matthias Jakob Schleiden, German botanist and academic (b. 1804)
• 1891 » Samuel Newitt Wood, American lawyer and politician (b. 1825)
• 1891 » Wilhelm Eduard Weber, German physicist and academic (b. 1804)
• 1893 » Theophilus Shepstone, English-South African politician (b. 1817)
• 1893 » William Fox, English-New Zealand lawyer and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of New Zealand (b. 1812)
• 1914 » Bhaktivinoda Thakur, Indian guru and philosopher (b. 1838)
• 1945 » Giuseppina Tuissi, Italian journalist and activist (b. 1923)
• 1953 » Albert Gleizes, French painter (b. 1881)

1. Johannes
2. Jan
3. Cornelis
4. Hendrik
5. Willem
6. Pieter
7. Gerrit
8. Petrus
9. Jacob
10. Jacobus
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.
• April 22 » Spanish–American War: The USSNashville captures a Spanish merchant ship.
• April 25 » Spanish–American War: The United States declares war on Spain.
• June 10 » Spanish–American War: In the Battle of Guantánamo Bay, U.S. Marines begin the American invasion of Spanish-held Cuba.
• 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.
• 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.

The temperature on June 23, 1898 was about 14.4 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 76%.