About the day » Tuesday August 2, 1898Calender converter

• Alfred Edwin JAGO, Western Creek, Tasmania, Australia († 1970)
• Agnes van Rossum, Utrecht
• Alberdina Jantina Alberts, Steendijk, Assen, Drenthe, Netherlands († 1988)
• Alcina Garcia, São Paulo, Brasil († 1989)
• Albert Blok, Onstwedde
• Van Vlerken, Overpelt († 1898)
• Aaltje Pieters van der Velde, Stavoren, gem. Stavoren, Friesland, Nederland
• Aleida Geertruida Johanna van den Bogaard, Driebergen († 1973)
• Alfonsa Maria Tromp, Aruba († 1973)
• Angus Franklin Willardsen, Mayfield, Sanpete, Utah, United States († 1934)

• Adrianus Koppenol (0), Naaldwijk
• Antoon Tebarts (60), Bergen (Limburg), Limburg, Nederland
• Alida Klasina Vach (69), Barsingerhorn
• Bernardus de Visser (4), Rotterdam
• Barbara Joanna Limpens (25), Aalst
• Caleb Malsberry Rakestraw (77), Metz, York Twn.Steuben Co.Indiana
• Catharina MERTENS (76), Haelen, Limburg, Nederland
• Adriaan Schoonis (53), Veghel
• Andriesje Stoffels (67), Frederiksoord
• Christina Voortman (0), Amersfoort

• 1894 » Bertha Lutz, Brazilian feminist and scientist (d.1976)
• 1895 » Matt Henderson, New Zealand cricketer († 1970)
• 1897 » Karl-Otto Koch, German SS officer († 1945)
• 1897 » Max Weber, Swiss lawyer and politician († 1974)
• 1898 » Ernő Nagy, Hungarian fencer († 1977)
• 1899 » Charles Bennett, English director and screenwriter († 1995)
• 1900 » Helen Morgan, American actress and singer († 1941)
• 1900 » Holling C. Holling, American author and illustrator († 1973)
• 1902 » Mina Rees, American mathematician (d.1997)
• 1902 » Pope Cyril VI of Alexandria († 1971)

• 1876 » "Wild Bill" Hickok, American sheriff (b. 1837)
• 1889 » Eduardo Gutiérrez, Argentinian author (b. 1851)
• 1890 » Louise-Victorine Ackermann, French poet and author (b. 1813)
• 1903 » Edmond Nocard, French veterinarian and microbiologist (b. 1850)
• 1903 » Eduard Magnus Jakobson, Estonian missionary and engraver (b. 1847)
• 1913 » Ferenc Pfaff, Hungarian architect and academic, designed Zagreb Central Station (b. 1851)
• 1915 » John Downer, Australian politician, 16th Premier of South Australia (b. 1843)
• 1917 » Jaan Mahlapuu, Estonian military pilot (b. 1894)
• 1921 » Enrico Caruso, Italian tenor and actor (b. 1873)
• 1922 » Alexander Graham Bell, Scottish-Canadian engineer, invented the telephone (b. 1847)

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.
• February 7 » Dreyfus affair: Émile Zola is brought to trial for libel for publishing J'Accuse…!.
• February 27 » King George I of Greece survives an assassination attempt.
• July 8 » The death of crime boss Soapy Smith, killed in the Shootout on Juneau Wharf, releases Skagway, Alaska from his iron grip.
• 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.
• October 14 » The steam ship SSMohegan sinks near the Lizard peninsula, Cornwall, killing 106.

The temperature on August 2, 1898 was about 18.2 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 84%.