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• Aike Harms Dik, Wedde, Groningen, Nederland
• * Petrus de Wilt, 's Hertogenbosch († 1957)
• Adriana Helena Maria Jansen, 's Hertogenbosch († 1961)
• Anna Vermaas, Middelharnis Goeree-Overflakkee Zuid-Holland Nederland
• Adriana Maria van den Boogaard, Boxtel (Liempde) (Noord Brabant) († 1898)
• abraham cornelis POOT, schipluiden
• Alice Rebecca Reinhardt, Pennsylvania, Verenigde Staten († 1964)
• Aleida Johanna Hueting, Middachtersteeg, Nederland
• Adriana van Driel, Rotterdam
• Adriana Gladdines, Steenbergen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• Alberta Sophia Maria Wouters (0), Nijmegen
• Bernardus Kettelarij (73), Vorden
• Adrianus Carel Melsert (0), 's-Gravenhage
• Arnoldus Siep (40), Arnhem,Arnhem,Gelderland,Nederland
• Benjamin van der Meulen (0), Huizum
• Anthonia Weerdenburg (68), Utrecht,, Utrecht, Nederland
• Arendje Dijkhuizen (1), 's-Gravenhage
• Camilius Deneweth (1), Wingene
• Antonie Hendriks (34), Loon op Zand, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Berendina Johanna Elisabeth BECKS (0), Arnhem (NL/GE)

• 1890 » Man Ray, American-French photographer and painter († 1976)
• 1895 » Andreas Alföldi, Hungarian archaeologist and historian († 1981)
• 1896 » Kenji Miyazawa, Japanese author and poet († 1933)
• 1896 » Léon Theremin, Russian physicist and engineer, invented the Theremin († 1993)
• 1898 » Gaspard Fauteux, Canadian businessman and politician, 19th Lieutenant Governor of Quebec († 1963)
• 1899 » C. S. Forester, English novelist († 1966)
• 1904 » Alar Kotli, Estonian architect († 1963)
• 1904 » John Hay Whitney, American businessman, publisher, and diplomat, founded J.H. Whitney & Company († 1982)
• 1904 » Norah Lofts, English author († 1983)
• 1905 » Aris Velouchiotis, Greek soldier († 1945)

• 1865 » Thomas Chandler Haliburton, Canadian judge and politician (b. 1796)
• 1871 » William Whiting Boardman, American lawyer and politician (b. 1794)
• 1875 » William Chapman Ralston, American businessman and financier, founded the Bank of California (b. 1826)
• 1891 » Samuel C. Pomeroy, American businessman and politician (b. 1816)
• 1903 » Kusumoto Ine, first Japanese female doctor of Western medicine (b. 1827)
• 1909 » Emil Christian Hansen, Danish physiologist and mycologist (b. 1842)
• 1922 » Reşat Çiğiltepe, Turkish colonel (b. 1879)
• 1929 » Herman Potočnik, Croatian-Austrian engineer (b. 1892)
• 1931 » Frank Harris, Irish-American journalist and author (b. 1856)
• 1931 » Willem Hubert Nolens, Dutch priest and politician (b. 1860)

• 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 1 » New York, New York annexes land from surrounding counties, creating the City of Greater New York. The four initial boroughs, Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, and The Bronx, are joined on January 25 by Staten Island to create the modern city of five boroughs.
• March 16 » In Melbourne the representatives of five colonies adopted a constitution, which would become the basis of the Commonwealth of Australia.
• May 1 » Spanish–American War: Battle of Manila Bay: The Asiatic Squadron of the United States Navy destroys the Pacific Squadron of the Spanish Navy after a seven-hour battle. Spain loses all seven of its ships, and 381 Spanish sailors die. There are no American vessel losses or combat deaths.
• June 12 » Philippine Declaration of Independence: General Emilio Aguinaldo declares the Philippines' independence from Spain.
• July 4 » En route from New York to Le Havre, the SS La Bourgogne collides with another ship and sinks off the coast of Sable Island, with the loss of 549 lives.
• November 10 » Beginning of the Wilmington insurrection of 1898, the only instance of a municipal government being overthrown in United States history.

The temperature on August 27, 1898 was about 19.7 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 80%.