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• Adriana Catharina TEMPELAARS, Dongen († 1963)
• Anna Humblet, Maastricht,Gemeente Maastricht,Limburg,Nederland († 1959)
• Aart van der Plas, Rotterdam
• Adriana Engelina Hasselton, Oud-Vossemeer, Zeeland, Nederland
• Leferink, Erica, Gemeente Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland († 1898)
• Alida Johanna Hendrika Maria Stronk, Amsterdam († 1972)
• Remmerts (Remmers)
• Agatha Bakker, Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• - Oldenhuizing († 1898)
• Adrianus van Baarlen, Rotterdam († 1899)

• Catharina Elisabeth Aartsen (0), Apeldoorn
• Baukje Jannes Pruim (4), leek
• Antje de Lange (86), Den Helder, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Aukjen Oebeles Dijkstra (82), Haulerwijk, Ooststellingwerf, Friesland, Nederland
• Aafke Cornelis VAN DER MEIJ (89), Hollum, Friesland, Nederland
• Aukje Oebeles Dijkstra (82), Ooststellingwerf
• Gerrit Stubbe (45), Rotterdam
• Albertus Jeltes Oranje (29), Leeuwarden, Friesland, Nederland
• Arend Egelman (25), Enkhuizen
• Anna Eilisabeth van Lier (75), Kessel

• 1885 » Arturo Rawson, Argentinian general and politician, 26th President of Argentina († 1952)
• 1887 » Tom Longboat, Canadian runner and soldier († 1949)
• 1889 » Beno Gutenberg, German-American seismologist († 1960)
• 1903 » Yevgeny Mravinsky, Russian conductor († 1988)
• 1904 » Bhagat Puran Singh, Indian publisher, environmentalist, and philanthropist († 1992)
• 1907 » Jacques Roumain, Haitian journalist and politician († 1944)
• 1907 » Patience Strong, English poet and journalist († 1990)
• 1907 » Rosalind Russell, American actress († 1976)
• 1910 » Christopher Cockerell, English engineer, invented the hovercraft († 1999)
• 1912 » Robert Jacobsen, Danish sculptor and painter († 1993)

• 1872 » Johan Rudolph Thorbecke, Dutch historian, jurist, and politician, Prime Minister of the Netherlands (b. 1798)
• 1875 » Eduard Mörike, German pastor and poet (b. 1804)
• 1876 » Abdülaziz of the Ottoman Empire, 32nd Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (b. 1830)
• 1922 » W. H. R. Rivers, English anthropologist, neurologist, ethnologist, and psychiatrist (b. 1864)
• 1925 » Margaret Murray Washington, American Academic (b. 1865)
• 1926 » Fred Spofforth, Australian-English cricketer and coach (b. 1853)
• 1928 » Zhang Zuolin, Chinese warlord (b. 1873)
• 1929 » Harry Frazee, American director, producer, and agent (b. 1881)
• 1931 » Hussein bin Ali, Sharif of Mecca, Sharif and Emir of Mecca, King of the Hejaz (b. 1853/54)
• 1933 » Ahmet Haşim, Turkish poet and author (b. 1884)

• 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.
• February 15 » The battleship USSMaine explodes and sinks in Havana harbor in Cuba, killing 274. This event leads the United States to declare war on Spain.
• February 23 » Émile Zola is imprisoned in France after writing J'Accuse…!, a letter accusing the French government of antisemitism and wrongfully imprisoning Captain Alfred Dreyfus.
• February 27 » King George I of Greece survives an assassination attempt.
• April 25 » Spanish–American War: The United States declares war on Spain.
• May 1 » Spanish–American War: Battle of Manila Bay: The Asiatic Squadron of the United States Navy destroys the Pacific Squadron of the Spanish Navy after a seven-hour battle. Spain loses all seven of its ships, and 381 Spanish sailors die. There are no American vessel losses or combat deaths.

The temperature on June 4, 1898 was about 17.5 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 59%.