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• Alberta van Ommen, Harsewinkel Dld († 1989)
• Adrianus Nugteren, Alblasserdam
• Abraham Brouwer, Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1980)
• Abraham Abrahamsz Brouwer, Leiden
• Alagonda Geertruida Adriani, Oosterbeek,Gemeente Renkum,Gelderland,Netherlands
• Aaltje Butter, Nibbixwoud, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Alagonda Geertruida Adriani, Oosterbeek (gem. Renkum)
• Adriana Verduijn, Capelle, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1984)
• Adriana Elisabeth Johanna Engbersen, Breda († 1963)
• Adriana van Meer, Prinsenbeek († 1952)

• Arie Willem Noordam (1), Delft,-
• Alfred Lagasse (4)
• Arie van der Linden (78)
• Alberta Johanna van Wijk (65), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Agatha van der Zon (69), Den Haag, Zuid-Holland, Nederland Nederland
• Alberta Johanna van der Gang (64), Amsterdam
• Annie Hester Sophia HOFMEYR (26), Mochudi
• Albertje Elles (89), Oudehorne
• Anna Maria Vervoort (49), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Annechien Mensinga (1), Groningen

• 1894 » Harry Heilmann, American baseball player and sportscaster († 1951)
• 1895 » Allen Bathurst, Lord Apsley, English politician († 1942)
• 1896 » Ralph Horween, American football player and coach († 1997)
• 1899 » Louis Chiron, Monegasque race car driver († 1979)
• 1900 » Ernie Pyle, American soldier and journalist († 1945)
• 1900 » John T. Scopes, American educator († 1970)
• 1901 » John C. Stennis, American lawyer and politician († 1995)
• 1901 » Stefan Wyszyński, Polish cardinal († 1981)
• 1902 » David Buttolph, American film composer († 1983)
• 1902 » Regina Jonas, German rabbi († 1944)

• 1877 » William B. Ogden, American businessman and politician, 1st Mayor of Chicago (b. 1805)
• 1879 » Joseph Severn, English painter (b. 1793)
• 1894 » George Inness, American painter (b. 1825)
• 1913 » William Lyne, Australian politician, 13th Premier of New South Wales (b. 1844)
• 1916 » Roger Casement, Irish poet and activist (b. 1864)
• 1917 » Ferdinand Georg Frobenius, German mathematician and academic (b. 1849)
• 1920 » Peeter Süda, Estonian organist and composer (b. 1883)
• 1922 » Ture Malmgren, Swedish journalist and politician (b. 1851)
• 1924 » Joseph Conrad, Polish-born British novelist (b. 1857)
• 1925 » William Bruce, Australian cricketer (b. 1864)

• 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.
• March 16 » In Melbourne the representatives of five colonies adopted a constitution, which would become the basis of the Commonwealth of Australia.
• July 7 » US President William McKinley signs the Newlands Resolution annexing Hawaii as a territory of the United States.
• August 12 » The Hawaiian flag is lowered from ʻIolani Palace in an elaborate annexation ceremony and replaced with the flag of the United States to signify the transfer of sovereignty from the Republic of Hawaii to the United States.
• August 25 » Seven hundred Greek civilians, 17 British guards and the British Consul of Crete are killed by a Turkish mob in Heraklion, Greece.
• September 10 » Empress Elisabeth of Austria is assassinated by Luigi Lucheni.
• September 18 » The Fashoda Incident triggers the last war scare between Britain and France.

The temperature on August 3, 1898 was about 15.2 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 97%.