About the day » Wednesday July 6, 1898Calender converter

• Arie Bijl van der, Koudekerk, ZH, Nederland († 1960)
• Adeline Matha Barringer, Samsonville, Ulster Co., New York, Verenigde Staten († 1994)
• Antonius Wilhelmus Brandenburg, Rotterdam
• Arie van Ravenswaaij, Veenendaal Gelders (Ede)
• Anna Maria Prenger, Nieuw Schoonebeek († 1898)
• Arie Versloot, Zwammerdam, Nederland († 1968)
• Ada Cleopatra Dyer, Clarendon, Jamaica
• Albert Oenes Boonstra, Ureterp, Opsterland, Friesland, Nederland
• Arie Versloot, Zwammerdam († 1968)
• Anna Maria Rutten, Sambeek

• Adriana Wilhelmina VERHEIJ (10), Scheveningen, gemeente 's-Gravenhage (Z-H)
• Antje Zijlstra (0), Tietjerksteradeel (Tietjerksteradeel) (Friesland)
• adriana de jong (78), noordwijk, Zuid Holland, Netherlands
• Arnoldus Johannes Mouw (47), Amsterdam
• Aaltjen Imenkamp (81), Zwiep
• Antonius VERMEULEN (68), Culemborg
• Andries Mozes (1) de METZ (0), Leeuwarden
• Aleida Johanna Harink
• Adriana de Jong (78), Noordwijk
• Aleida Johanna Uenk (11), Vorden

• 1892 » Will James, American author and illustrator († 1942)
• 1897 » Richard Krautheimer, German-American historian and scholar († 1994)
• 1898 » Hanns Eisler, German-Austrian soldier and composer († 1962)
• 1899 » Susannah Mushatt Jones, American supercentarian († 2016)
• 1900 » Elfriede Wever, German Olympic runner († 1941)
• 1900 » Frederica Sagor Maas, American author and screenwriter († 2012)
• 1903 » Hugo Theorell, Swedish biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1982)
• 1904 » Erik Wickberg, Swedish 9th General of The Salvation Army († 1996)
• 1904 » Robert Whitney, American conductor and composer († 1986)
• 1905 » Juan O'Gorman, Mexican painter and architect († 1982)

• 1868 » Harada Sanosuke, Japanese captain (b. 1840)
• 1893 » Guy de Maupassant, French short story writer, novelist, and poet (b. 1850)
• 1901 » Chlodwig Carl Viktor, German prince and chancellor (b. 1819)
• 1902 » Maria Goretti, Italian martyr and saint (b. 1890)
• 1904 » Abai Qunanbaiuly, Kazakh poet and philosopher (b. 1845)
• 1907 » August Johann Gottfried Bielenstein, German linguist and theologian (b. 1826)
• 1916 » Odilon Redon, French painter and illustrator (b. 1840)
• 1918 » Wilhelm von Mirbach, German diplomat (b. 1871)
• 1922 » Maria Teresia Ledóchowska, Polish-Austrian nun and missionary (b. 1863)
• 1932 » Kenneth Grahame, Scottish-English author (b. 1859)

• 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 13 » Émile Zola's J'accuse…! exposes the Dreyfus affair.
• April 21 » Spanish–American War: The United States Navy begins a blockade of Cuban ports. When the U.S. Congress issued a declaration of war on April 25, it declared that a state of war had existed from this date.
• June 27 » The first solo circumnavigation of the globe is completed by Joshua Slocum from Briar Island, Nova Scotia.
• August 12 » The Hawaiian flag is lowered from ʻIolani Palace in an elaborate annexation ceremony and replaced with the flag of the United States to signify the transfer of sovereignty from the Republic of Hawaii to the United States.
• October 14 » The steam ship SSMohegan sinks near the Lizard peninsula, Cornwall, killing 106.
• November 5 » Negrese nationalists revolt against Spanish rule and establish the short-lived Republic of Negros.

The temperature on July 6, 1898 was about 12.2 °C. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 91%.