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• Adrianus Silvester van der Wielen, Nijmegen († 1898)
• Albert Moorlag, Lutjeloo (gem. Westerwolde)
• Adriana Meijdam, Alblasserdam Z.H
• Veldman, Zwolle († 1981)
• Alida Elizabeth van Rijn, Rotterdam († 1909)
• Adriana MATTHIJSSEN, WOUW, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1899)
• Aartje de Snaijer, Rotterdam
• Albert Schepers, Slagharen († 1902)
• Albert van Dasselaar, Nijkerk, Gelderland, Nederland († 1956)
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• Abraham van de Velde (0), Axel, Zeeland, Nederland
• Anna Maria Immaculata Elisabeth Anthonia Josepha Francesca Scolastica Agathe Leonarda Borghese Prinses Aldobrandini (23), Ariccia, Latium
• Aaltje van Gerrevink
• Antonius Wilhelmus Dikker (1), Zevenaar, Gelderland, Nederland
• Adrianus KALKMAN (66), Lekkerkerk (Z.-H.), Neth
• Akke (Piers) Leistra (0), Gerkesklooster, Friesland, Nederland
• Arendje van Weel (52), Piershil, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Maria Catharina Gertruda van Nunen (58), Enschot
• Abraham Hyrum Wright (97), Alba, Tex
• Anna Hendrika Brouwer (0), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland

• 1897 » Earl Webb, American baseball player and coach († 1965)
• 1900 » Hedwig Ross, New Zealand-born educator and political activist, founding member of the Communist Party of New Zealand († 1971)
• 1900 » Hughie Critz, American baseball player († 1980)
• 1900 » J. Willard Marriott, American businessman, founded the Marriott Corporation († 1985)
• 1900 » Lena Frances Edwards, African-American physician, awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom († 1986)
• 1900 » Martha Ostenso, Canadian screenwriter and novelist († 1963)
• 1901 » Francis Chichester, English pilot and sailor († 1972)
• 1902 » Bea Miles, Australian author († 1973)
• 1903 » Frank O'Connor, Irish short story writer, novelist, and poet († 1966)
• 1903 » Karel Miljon, Dutch boxer († 1984)

• 1878 » Orélie-Antoine de Tounens, French lawyer and adventurer (b. 1825)
• 1879 » Eugène Viollet-le-Duc, French architect and theorist (b. 1814)
• 1894 » Deng Shichang, Chinese captain (b. 1849)
• 1899 » Charles Alfred Pillsbury, American businessman, co-founded the Pillsbury Company (b. 1842)
• 1907 » Edmonia Lewis, American sculptor (b. 1844)
• 1907 » Ignaz Brüll, Czech-Austrian pianist and composer (b. 1846)
• 1908 » Henri Julien, Canadian cartoonist (b. 1852)
• 1908 » Thomas Selfridge, American lieutenant and pilot (b. 1882)
• 1909 » Thomas Bent, Australian businessman and politician, 22nd Premier of Victoria (b. 1838)
• 1911 » Edmonia Lewis, American sculptor (b. 1844)

• 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 27 » King George I of Greece survives an assassination attempt.
• 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 11 » The Hundred Days' Reform, a planned movement to reform social, political, and educational institutions in China, is started by the Guangxu Emperor, but is suspended by Empress Dowager Cixi after 104 days. (The failed reform led to the abolition of the Imperial examination in 1905.)
• July 1 » Spanish–American War: The Battle of San Juan Hill is fought in Santiago de Cuba, 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.
• August 25 » Seven hundred Greek civilians, 17 British guards and the British Consul of Crete are killed by a Turkish mob in Heraklion, Greece.

The temperature on September 17, 1898 was about 18.3 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 73%.