About the day » Sunday August 21, 1898Calender converter

• Adrianus van der Meer, Naaldwijk, Westland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adriana Groffen, Halsteren († 1973)
• Adriana Lauwrina MOELKER, Rilland Bath, Zeeland, Nederland
• Aaltje van de Weerthof, Veenendaal, Veenendaal, Utrecht, Nederland († 1938)
• Abraham Marinus Quist, Rilland Bath, Zeeland, Nederland NED († 1977)
• Adriaantje Jacoba Korteweg, Ooltgensplaat, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aaltje Lubbers, Hellendoorn, Overijssel, Nederland († 1988)
• Adrian Lauwrina Moelker, Rillans Bath. Zld
• Joseph Hendrikus van Steenderen, Rotterdam
• Adrianus Marinus van der Aa, Rossum († 1978)

• Arend Reezigt (0), Brink en Orden (Apeldoorn)
• Adrianus Adams (33), Vught
• Aloïse Dehullu (0), Izegem
• Bartholomeus Verboom, Nieuw Lekkerland, Zuid Holland, The Netherlands
• ... Post (0), Kats
• Antje Bijl (0), Sint-Nicolaasga, Friesland, Nederland
• Adrianus Theodorus Couwenhoven (0), Den Haag, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anthonie Groen (6), Delft
• ARIE RIEGMAN (36), ROTTERDAM
• Adriana Greve Kurver (26), Herpt en Bern

• 1891 » Emiliano Mercado del Toro, Puerto Rican-American soldier († 2007)
• 1892 » Charles Vanel, French actor and director († 1989)
• 1894 » Christian Schad, German painter († 1982)
• 1895 » Blossom Rock, American actress († 1978)
• 1897 » Keith Arbuthnott, 15th Viscount of Arbuthnott, Scottish soldier and peer († 1966)
• 1902 » Angel Karaliychev, Bulgarian author († 1972)
• 1903 » Kostas Giannidis, Greek pianist, composer, and conductor († 1984)
• 1904 » Count Basie, American pianist, composer, and bandleader († 1984)
• 1905 » Bipin Gupta, Indian actor and producer († 1981)
• 1906 » Friz Freleng, American animator, director, and producer († 1995)

• 1867 » Juan Álvarez, Mexican general and president (1855) (b. 1790)
• 1870 » Ma Xinyi, Chinese general and politician, Viceroy of Liangjiang (b. 1821)
• 1888 » James Farnell, Australian politician, 8th Premier of New South Wales (b. 1825)
• 1905 » Alexander von Oettingen, Estonian theologian and statistician (b. 1827)
• 1910 » Bertalan Székely, Hungarian painter and academic (b. 1835)
• 1919 » Laurence Doherty, English tennis player (b. 1875)
• 1935 » John Hartley, English tennis player (b. 1849)
• 1940 » Ernest Thayer, American poet and author (b. 1863)
• 1940 » Hermann Obrecht, Swiss lawyer and politician (b. 1882)
• 1940 » Leon Trotsky, Russian theorist and politician, founded the Red Army (b. 1879)

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.
• January 13 » Émile Zola's J'accuse…! exposes the Dreyfus affair.
• February 27 » King George I of Greece survives an assassination attempt.
• May 8 » The first games of the Italian football league system are played.
• June 10 » Spanish–American War: In the Battle of Guantánamo Bay, U.S. Marines begin the American invasion of Spanish-held Cuba.
• August 11 » Spanish–American War: American troops enter the city of Mayagüez, Puerto Rico.
• September 10 » Empress Elisabeth of Austria is assassinated by Luigi Lucheni.

The temperature on August 21, 1898 was about 16.7 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 99%.