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• Gijsbertus Johannes Antonius Nollen, Raamsdonkveer
• Aderjanus Tol, Groningen († 1899)
• Adriana Kortleven, Vlaardingen († 1985)
• Adriaan Eliza Slaager, Burgh (Gem.Schouwen-Duiveland), Zeeland, Nederland Nederland († 1898)
• Albert de Jonge, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1899)
• Adrianus Petrus Feskens, Breda († 1898)
• Adriana Cornelia Maria van Roessel, Tilburg († 1982)
• Amelia Dumerniet, 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1991)
• ADRIANA KORTLEVEN, VLAARDINGEN
• Alida Adaucta Maria Bolmer, Nw Pekela

• Adriana Cornelia Fortuin (5), Colijnsplaat
• Arthur Currie (31)
• Adriana Cornelia Mes (0), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Catharina Klazina Bottelier (0), Schoten
• Augusto Pompeu Burlamaqui (78)
• Anna Maria Peeters (39), Dessel
• Adriana de Koning (0), Papekop, Utrecht, Nederland
• Bernardus Gerardus Venneman (0), Nederhorst den Berg
• Adrianus Bogaerts (0), Duizel en Steensel
• Antje Man (50), Nibbixwoud

• 1891 » Karl Dönitz, German admiral and politician, President of Germany († 1980)
• 1891 » Stephanie von Hohenlohe, Austrian-German spy († 1972)
• 1893 » Albert Szent-Györgyi, Hungarian-American physiologist and biochemist, Nobel Prize laureate († 1986)
• 1893 » Alexander Korda, Hungarian-English director, producer, and screenwriter († 1956)
• 1895 » Zainal Abidin Ahmad, Malaysian author and scholar († 1973)
• 1897 » Milt Franklyn, American composer († 1962)
• 1898 » H. A. Rey, American author and illustrator, co-created Curious George († 1977)
• 1899 » Hans Swarowsky, Hungarian-Austrian conductor and educator († 1975)
• 1901 » Josef Schächter, Austrian rabbi and philosopher from the Vienna Circle († 1994)
• 1905 » Vladimír Holan, Czech poet and author († 1980)

• 1865 » Christian de Meza, Danish general (b. 1792)
• 1887 » Sakaigawa Namiemon, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 14th Yokozuna (b. 1841)
• 1896 » Antônio Carlos Gomes, Brazilian composer (b. 1836)
• 1896 » Pavlos Kalligas, Greek jurist and politician, Foreign Minister of Greece (b. 1814)
• 1898 » Ramón Emeterio Betances, Puerto Rican surgeon and politician (b. 1827)
• 1911 » Edward Whymper, English-French mountaineer, explorer, and author (b. 1840)
• 1914 » C. X. Larrabee, American businessman (b. 1843)
• 1925 » Alexander Friedmann, Russian physicist and mathematician (b. 1888)
• 1925 » Leo Fall, Czech-Austrian composer (b. 1873)
• 1931 » Omar Mukhtar, Libyan theorist and educator (b. 1862)

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.
• April 25 » Spanish–American War: The United States declares war on Spain.
• 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.
• August 28 » Caleb Bradham's beverage "Brad's Drink" is renamed "Pepsi-Cola".
• September 18 » The Fashoda Incident triggers the last war scare between Britain and France.
• October 14 » The steam ship SSMohegan sinks near the Lizard peninsula, Cornwall, killing 106.
• 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 September 16, 1898 was about 25.9 °C. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 52%.