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• Adriana Johanna Maria Frerejean, Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands († 1961)
• Anna Catharina Dierckx, Geel, België
• Aleida Jacoba Post, Wageningen
• Anna Antoinette Lith, van, Soerabaja, Indonesië († 1990)
• Alletta Maria Wieffering, Den Haag, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands († 1900)
• Aletta Louisa Herselman, Humansdorp
• Aaltje Boeve, Heerde, Nederland († 1981)
• Aafje de Leeuw, Den Helder
• Alberdina Edens, Farmsum (gem. Eemsdelta)
• Alma Jeanette Corpman, Washington County-Iowa (USA) († 1983)

• Adriana van der Neut (49), Bodegraven, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Carl Naude (79), Krugersdorp, Transvaal, South Africa
• Jacob Geensen (0), Axel, Zeeland, Nederland
• Baby Boy Bossenbroek (0), Waupun, Wisconsin, Verenigde Staten
• Adriana Pieternella van der Graaf (88), Sint Maartensdijk, Zeeland, Nederland
• Andries WOLTERS (64), Kessel, Limburg, Netherlands
• Aart Kop (69), Leiderdorp
• Aart Kop (69), Leiderdorp,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• baby boy Bossenbroek (0), Waupun-Wisc (US)
• Arie Veken (0), Avenhorn, in de afdeeling Grosthuizen, huis nummer 37

• 1890 » Eino Kaila, Finnish philosopher and psychologist, attendant of the Vienna circle († 1958)
• 1896 » Erich Hückel, German physicist and chemist († 1980)
• 1896 » Jean Piaget, Swiss psychologist and philosopher († 1980)
• 1899 » P. L. Travers, Australian-English author and actress († 1996)
• 1901 » Charles Farrell, American actor and singer († 1990)
• 1902 » Panteleimon Ponomarenko, Russian general and politician († 1984)
• 1902 » Zino Francescatti, French violinist († 1991)
• 1905 » Leo Genn, British actor and barrister († 1978)
• 1909 » Vinayaka Krishna Gokak, Indian scholar, author, and academic († 1992)
• 1909 » Willa Beatrice Player, American educator, first Black woman college president († 2003)

• 1861 » Vincent Novello, English composer and publisher (b. 1781)
• 1886 » Samuel Ferguson, Irish lawyer and poet (b. 1810)
• 1910 » Huo Yuanjia, Chinese martial artist, co-founded the Chin Woo Athletic Association (b. 1868)
• 1919 » Ruggero Leoncavallo, Italian composer and educator (b. 1857)
• 1920 » Samuel Griffith, Welsh-Australian politician, 9th Premier of Queensland (b. 1845)
• 1932 » John Charles Fields, Canadian mathematician, founder of the Fields Medal (b. 1863)
• 1942 » Edith Stein, German nun and saint (b. 1891)
• 1943 » Chaim Soutine, Belarusian-French painter and educator (b. 1893)
• 1945 » Harry Hillman, American runner and coach (b. 1881)
• 1945 » Robert Hampton Gray, Canadian lieutenant and pilot, Victoria Cross recipient (b. 1917)

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 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.
• April 20 » U.S. President William McKinley signed a joint resolution to Congress for declaration of war against Spain, beginning the Spanish–American War.
• June 10 » Spanish–American War: In the Battle of Guantánamo Bay, U.S. Marines begin the American invasion of Spanish-held Cuba.
• August 23 » The Southern Cross Expedition, the first British venture of the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration, departs from London.
• October 18 » The United States takes possession of Puerto Rico from Spain.
• December 26 » Marie and Pierre Curie announce the isolation of radium.

The temperature on August 9, 1898 was about 18.7 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 68%.