About the day » Thursday August 11, 1898Calender converter

• Alberdina Josephina (Bep) Ravelli, 's-Gravenhage, ZH, Nederland († 1953)
• Aleida Johanna de Ridder, Groningen, Groningen, Nederland († 1991)
• Adriana Trommel, Waddinxveen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1953)
• adriana LOS, zwijndrecht († 1937)
• Bast, Hilversum, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1898)
• Adriana Maria Poppelier, Duisburg Ruhrort, Duitsland († 1987)
• Admiral Dewey Jackson († 1968)
• Jansen, Tilburg
• Abraham Minikus, Nieuw Helvoet
• Abraham Minekus (Minikus), Nieuw-Helvoet

• Alexandre Joseph MARTIN, Lille,59000,Nord,Nord-Pas-de-Calais,FRANCE
• Claude MOREAUX (78), Lamarche-sur-Saône, 21, Côte d'Or, Bourgogne, France
• Adrianus Cornelsz HofstEde (78), Maasland
• Anthonie de Koster (0), Heukelum
• Arend Johannes Cornelis Ordelman (0), Deventer
• Alfons Albert Ghisleen van Haver (3), Temse
• Arthur Carolus Dirix (28), Engelmanshoven, België
• Theissen (0)
• Andreas Fredrik Hornung (74), Madioen
• Andreas Frederik (Andre) Hornung (73), Madioen, Java (Ned. Indië)

• 1891 » Stancho Belkovski, Bulgarian architect and educator († 1962)
• 1892 » Eiji Yoshikawa, Japanese author († 1962)
• 1892 » Hugh MacDiarmid, Scottish poet and linguist († 1978)
• 1897 » Enid Blyton, English author, poet, and educator († 1968)
• 1897 » Louise Bogan, American poet and critic († 1970)
• 1898 » Peter Mohr Dam, Faroese educator and politician, 3rd Prime Minister of the Faroe Islands († 1968)
• 1900 » Charley Paddock, American sprinter († 1943)
• 1900 » Philip Phillips, American archaeologist and scholar († 1994)
• 1902 » Alfredo Binda, Italian cyclist († 1986)
• 1902 » Lloyd Nolan, American actor († 1985)

• 1868 » Halfdan Kjerulf, Norwegian pianist and composer (b. 1815)
• 1886 » Lydia Koidula, Estonian poet and playwright (b. 1843)
• 1890 » John Henry Newman, English cardinal and theologian (b. 1801)
• 1892 » Enrico Betti, Italian mathematician and academic (b. 1813)
• 1903 » Eugenio María de Hostos, Puerto Rican-American sociologist, philosopher, and lawyer (b. 1839)
• 1908 » Khudiram Bose, Indian Bengali revolutionary (b. 1889)
• 1919 » Andrew Carnegie, Scottish-American businessman and philanthropist, founded the Carnegie Steel Company and Carnegie Hall (b. 1835)
• 1921 » Mary Sumner, English philanthropist, founded the Mothers' Union (b. 1828)
• 1936 » Blas Infante, Spanish historian and politician (b. 1885)
• 1937 » Edith Wharton, American novelist and short story writer (b. 1862)

• 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.
• February 7 » Dreyfus affair: Émile Zola is brought to trial for libel for publishing J'Accuse…!.
• April 20 » U.S. President William McKinley signed a joint resolution to Congress for declaration of war against Spain, beginning the Spanish–American War.
• June 17 » The United States Navy Hospital Corps is established.
• September 21 » Empress Dowager Cixi seizes power and ends the Hundred Days' Reform in China.
• November 5 » Negrese nationalists revolt against Spanish rule and establish the short-lived Republic of Negros.

The temperature on August 11, 1898 was about 16.5 °C. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 92%.