About the day » Monday August 29, 1898Calender converter

• Albertha Ferdinanda Josephine Schoonheyt, Oud-Beijerland († 1992)
• Amandine Maria Vandecandelaere, Passendale († 1986)
• Alberdina Tellegen († 1983)
• Adriana, Cornelia Harteveld, 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Alida,Cornelia de Ruijter, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1984)
• Anna Bruins, Rijswijk, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1986)
• Amber Floye {Vroman} Thwing, Jackson, Adams County, Wisconsin, United States of America († 1998)
• Anna Louise Wilhelmina Kriegenbergh, von, Bodjolali, Soerakarta, Ned. Indië
• Adriana van Daatselaar, Leusden, Utrecht, NL
• Anna Dorothea Raap, Purmerend

• Antonetta Maas (48), Mierlo, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands
• Anna Joanna Meert (65), Aalst, Alost, Oost-Vlaanderen, Belgium
• Aurelie Frederique Clifford (10)
• Anna Kost (1), Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Alice Allen (0), Openshaw, Manchester, Lancashire, England
• Arthur Marshall Chambers (55), Scarborough, Yorkshire
• Carel Georges Vleugels (70), Margraten, Limburg, Nederland
• Aaltje Henrikdr Waiboer (12), Winkel
• anthonie de REUS (0), piershil
• Apolina SCHOUTEN (65), Pella, Iowa

• 1887 » Jivraj Narayan Mehta, Indian physicians and politician, 1st Chief Minister of Gujarat († 1978)
• 1888 » Salme Dutt, Estonian-English politician († 1964)
• 1890 » Peder Furubotn, Norwegian Communist and anti-Nazi Resistance leader (d.1975)
• 1891 » Marquis James, American journalist and author († 1955)
• 1898 » Preston Sturges, American director and producer († 1959)
• 1901 » Aurèle Joliat, Canadian ice hockey player and referee († 1986)
• 1904 » Werner Forssmann, German physician and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1979)
• 1905 » Arndt Pekurinen, Finnish activist († 1941)
• 1905 » Dhyan Chand, Indian field hockey player († 1979)
• 1910 » Vivien Thomas, American surgeon and academic († 1985)

• 1866 » Tokugawa Iemochi, Japanese shōgun (b. 1846)
• 1877 » Brigham Young, American religious leader, 2nd President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (b. 1801)
• 1889 » Stefan Dunjov, Bulgarian colonel (b. 1815)
• 1891 » Pierre Lallement, French businessman, invented the bicycle (b. 1843)
• 1892 » William Forbes Skene, Scottish historian and author (b. 1809)
• 1904 » Murad V, Ottoman sultan (b. 1840)
• 1911 » Mir Mahboob Ali Khan, 6th Nizam of Hyderabad (b.1866)
• 1917 » George Huntington Hartford, American businessman (b. 1833)
• 1930 » William Archibald Spooner, English priest and author (b. 1844)
• 1931 » David T. Abercrombie, American businessman, co-founded Abercrombie & Fitch (b. 1867)

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…!.
• 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.
• 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.
• July 3 » A Spanish squadron, led by Pascual Cervera y Topete, is defeated by an American squadron under William T. Sampson in the Battle of Santiago de Cuba.
• December 18 » Gaston de Chasseloup-Laubat sets the first officially recognized land speed record of 39.245mph (63.159km/h) in a Jeantaud electric car.

The temperature on August 29, 1898 was about 15.1 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 73%.