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• Albert Petrus Goossens, Waarschoot, Belgium
• Agnes Hoogma, Oosterwierum († 1986)
• Andreas Peters, Arnhem
• Adrianus Joannes Henricus Aloysois Kruijssen, Tilburg († 1951)
• Adolphine Justine Henriette M. van DOOREN, Meenen,,B († 1989)
• Agnis Nicolaas Hoogma, Oosterwierum, Baarderadeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Adriana Elsenaar, Utrecht, Nederland
• Afiena Johanna Bernardus van DIJK, Wildervank, Veendam, Groningen, Nederland († 1899)
• Abraham Werner, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Everdina Schouwenburg, Gorinchem († 1947)

• Antje Jans Westerhuis (1), Winsum, Baarderadeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Arnoldus Dikmans (45), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aaltje Oortwijn (74), Rolde
• Anna Harriet Stevenson
• Albert Heerink (76), Zelhem
• Akke Folkerts de Jong (30), Drogeham, Achtkarspelen, Friesland, Nederland
• Albertus van de Vossenberg (1), Gemert, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Aaffien Hindriks de Vries (81), Siddeburen, Groningen, Netherlands
• Barbara Weaver (88), Snider Cemetery, Tuscaloosa Co. AL
• Agnes Brantegem (75), Borsbeke Oost-Vlaanderen

• 1892 » Walter Benjamin, German philosopher and critic († 1940)
• 1893 » Dick Rauch, American football player and coach († 1970)
• 1893 » Enid Bennett, Australian-American actress († 1969)
• 1894 » Tadeusz Sendzimir, Polish-American engineer († 1989)
• 1899 » Seán Lemass, Irish soldier and politician, 4th Taoiseach of Ireland († 1971)
• 1902 » Jean Rey, Belgian lawyer and politician, 2nd President of the European Commission († 1983)
• 1903 » K. Kamaraj, Indian journalist and politician († 1975)
• 1903 » Walter D. Edmonds, American journalist and author († 1998)
• 1904 » Rudolf Arnheim, German-American psychologist and author († 2007)
• 1905 » Dorothy Fields, American songwriter († 1974)

• 1883 » General Tom Thumb, American circus performer (b. 1838)
• 1885 » Rosalía de Castro, Spanish author and poet (b. 1837)
• 1890 » Gottfried Keller, Swiss author, poet, and playwright (b. 1819)
• 1898 » Jean-Baptiste Salpointe, French-American archbishop († 1825)
• 1904 » Anton Chekhov, Russian playwright and short story writer (b. 1860)
• 1919 » Hermann Emil Fischer, German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1852)
• 1929 » Hugo von Hofmannsthal, Austrian author, poet, and playwright (b. 1874)
• 1930 » Leopold Auer, Hungarian violinist, composer, and conductor (b. 1845)
• 1931 » Ladislaus Bortkiewicz, Russian-German economist and mathematician (b. 1868)
• 1932 » Bahíyyih Khánum, Iranian writer and leader in the Baha'i faith (b. 1846)

• 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.
• 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.
• 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 25 » Seven hundred Greek civilians, 17 British guards and the British Consul of Crete are killed by a Turkish mob in Heraklion, Greece.
• October 1 » The Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration is founded under the name k.u.k. Exportakademie.
• November 5 » Negrese nationalists revolt against Spanish rule and establish the short-lived Republic of Negros.
• December 10 » Spanish–American War: The Treaty of Paris is signed, officially ending the conflict.

The temperature on July 15, 1898 was about 19.1 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 80%.