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• Anne de Jong, Wymbritseradeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Anna Maria Brigitta Blokhoff, Den Helder († 1981)
• Albert Willem van Biezen, Lisse, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adriana Geertruide Gosina Barendina Kibbel, Den Haag, Nederland († 1984)
• Anne Marie Nathalie van Cauwenberghe, Huise, Belgium († 1990)
• Abraham van Dam, Groningen, Groningen, Nederland († 1944)
• Adriaan Hollebrandse, Gemeente Vlissingen, Zeeland, Nederland († 1898)
• Anna Hermina Nijland, Lonneker († 1939)
• Anna Trijntje Lems, IJsselmonde, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1930)
• Anna Willemina Meilink, Meppel, Drente, The Netherlands

• Antonius van den Berg (14), Didam, Gelderland, Netherlands
• Alberta Visser (53), Apeldoorn
• Aart van Zuuk (68), Epe, Gelderland, Nederland
• Amelia De Clercq (65), Asper
• Albert Wilhelm Pferdmenges (54), Mönchengladbach, Mönchengladbach, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Duitsland
• Aloysius Casteleyn (25), Klerken West-Vlaanderen, België
• Albertus Raatgever (2), (UT) Utrecht
• Adriana Slenders (36), Someren (Eindhoeven), Noord Brabant, Nederland
• Aaltje Lion (61), Rotterdam
• Adriana van Etten (74), Dongen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• 1893 » Roy O. Disney, American businessman, co-founded The Walt Disney Company († 1971)
• 1895 » Jack Dempsey, American boxer and soldier († 1983)
• 1898 » Armin Öpik, Estonian-Australian paleontologist and geologist († 1983)
• 1898 » Karl Selter, Estonian politician, 14th Minister of Foreign Affairs of Estonia († 1958)
• 1900 » Wilhelm Cauer, German mathematician and engineer († 1945)
• 1901 » Chuck Taylor, American basketball player and salesman († 1969)
• 1901 » Harry Partch, American composer and theorist († 1974)
• 1901 » Marcel Mule, French saxophonist († 2001)
• 1904 » Phil Harris, American singer-songwriter and actor († 1995)
• 1905 » Fred Alderman, American sprinter († 1998)

• 1902 » George Leake, Australian politician, 2nd Premier of Western Australia (b. 1856)
• 1908 » Grover Cleveland, American lawyer and politician, 22nd and 24th President of the United States (b. 1837)
• 1909 » Sarah Orne Jewett, American novelist, short story writer, and poet (b. 1849)
• 1922 » Walther Rathenau, German businessman and politician, 7th German Minister for Foreign Affairs (b. 1867)
• 1931 » Otto Mears, Russian-American businessman (b. 1840)
• 1931 » Xiang Zhongfa, Chinese politician, 2nd General Secretary of the Communist Party of China (b. 1880)
• 1932 » Ernst Põdder, Estonian general (b. 1879)
• 1943 » Camille Roy, Canadian priest and critic (b. 1870)
• 1946 » Louise Whitfield Carnegie, American philanthropist (b. 1857)
• 1947 » Emil Seidel, American politician, Mayor of Milwaukee (b. 1864)

• 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.
• 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 24 » Count Muravyov, Foreign Minister of Russia presents a rescript that convoked the First Hague Peace Conference.
• September 13 » Hannibal Goodwin patents celluloid photographic film.
• October 18 » The United States takes possession of Puerto Rico from Spain.

The temperature on June 24, 1898 was about 12.8 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 75%.