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• Alida Adriana Achidia van Zutphen, Breukelen-Nijenrode
• Anna Maria Josepha Thys, Schelle, 2627, Antwerpen, Belgium
• Antje Weggelaar, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, The Netherlands († 1978)
• Albert van Bergen, (DR) Eelde-Paterswolde
• Aartje Geertruida Barlo, Bunnik
• Alida Adriana Achidia van Zutphen, Breukelen-Nijenrode, Utrecht, Nederland († 1982)
• Annie Mary Bradley, Lurganboy, Newtownstewart, Omagh, Co. Tyrone, N. Ireland († 1941)
• Antonia van Hattem van Hattum, Breukelen-St.Pieters
• Aaltje Elizabeth Koolmees, Rotterdam Zuid-Holland Nederland
• Aartje Gertruida Barlo, Bunnik, Utrecht, Nederland († 1977)

• Abraham TUSING (32), Indiana
• van Buren, Pernis
• Clara Blitz (0), Amsterdam (NL)
• Adriana van Oijen (25), 's-Hertogenbosch, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Carolus Ludovic Dumarey (67), Gistel
• Anna Maria Bax (29), Arnhem
• Adriana Frederica van Opzeeland (60), Amsterdam
• Alida PRINS (22), Maassluis, Zuid Holland, Netherlands
• Antonie Pieter Ditmarsch (73), Utrecht
• Anna Maria Bax (29), Arnhem, Gelderland, Netherlands

• 1895 » Wilfrid Hamel, Canadian businessman and politician, 35th Mayor of Quebec City († 1968)
• 1896 » Otmar Freiherr von Verschuer, German biologist and eugenicist († 1969)
• 1896 » Trygve Lie, Norwegian trade union leader and politician, 1st Secretary-General of the United Nations († 1968)
• 1902 » Alexander Luria, Russian psychologist and physician († 1977)
• 1902 » Mary Philbin, American actress († 1993)
• 1903 » Carmen Lombardo, Canadian singer-songwriter († 1971)
• 1903 » Fritz Bauer, German lawyer and judge († 1968)
• 1903 » Irmgard Flügge-Lotz, German mathematician and engineer († 1974)
• 1904 » Goffredo Petrassi, Italian composer and conductor († 2003)
• 1906 » Vincent Sherman, American actor, director, and screenwriter († 2006)

• 1849 » Sarah Allen, African-American missionary for the African Methodist Episcopal Church (b. 1764)
• 1868 » Dmitry Pisarev, Russian author and critic (b. 1840)
• 1879 » Edward Deas Thomson, Scottish-Australian politician, 3rd Chief Secretary of New South Wales (b. 1800)
• 1882 » Mary Todd Lincoln, First Lady of the United States 1861-1865 (b. 1818)
• 1886 » Ned Buntline, American journalist and author (b. 1823)
• 1896 » Edmond de Goncourt, French critic and publisher, founded Académie Goncourt (b. 1822)
• 1915 » Ellen G. White, American theologian and author (b. 1827)
• 1917 » Philipp Scharwenka, German composer and educator (b. 1847)
• 1939 » Bartholomeus Roodenburch, Dutch swimmer (b. 1866)
• 1949 » Vyacheslav Ivanov, Russian poet and playwright (b. 1866)

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.
• July 7 » US President William McKinley signs the Newlands Resolution annexing Hawaii as a territory of the United States.
• July 25 » Spanish-American War: The American invasion of Spanish-held Puerto Rico begins, as United States Army troops under General Nelson A. Miles land and secure the port at Guánica.
• August 11 » Spanish–American War: American troops enter the city of Mayagüez, Puerto Rico.
• August 13 » Carl Gustav Witt discovers 433 Eros, the first near-Earth asteroid to be found.
• 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.
• December 3 » The Duquesne Country and Athletic Club defeated an all-star collection of early football players 16–0, in what is considered to be the very first all-star game for professional American football.

The temperature on July 16, 1898 was about 23.0 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 74%.