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• van der Laan, groningen († 1898)
• Anna Albertha Hendrika Goselink, Coevorden
• Alva Ellsworth Gerdes, Chandlerville, Cass, Illinois, United States († 1981)
• Adrianus Karel Prudon, rotterdam (zuid holland)
• Albert Hennink, Brummen
• Adriana Maria Merkx, Drunen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1991)
• Aleida Kers, Hattem, Gelderland, Nederland († 1986)
• Adrianus Kroon, Rotterdam
• Agnes Dahmen, Morsbach,W√ºrselen,North Rhine-Westphalia,Duitsland († 1991)
• Albert Hennink, Brummen († 1965)

• Adrianus Constantijn Michel Theijsen (36), Rotterdam,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• August Hendrik Meijer (46), Loon op Zand, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adrianus van den Broek (0), Rhoon, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Christina van de Pass (56), Venray, Limburg, Nederland
• Antonius Johannes Duijs (0), Afferden, Gelderland, Nederland
• Anna Christina van de Pass (Pasch) (56), Venray
• Adriana Maria van Hooijdonk (0), Bergen op Zoom, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Albartus Steenbeek (0), De Glind (Barneveld)
• Duurkoop (0), Zwolle
• Adrianus Cornelis Anthonius Jongeneelen (0), Delft,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 1895 » Johnny Mokan, American baseball player († 1985)
• 1895 » Miron Merzhanov, Russian architect and engineer († 1975)
• 1897 » Paul Delvaux, Belgian painter († 1994)
• 1897 » Walter Pidgeon, Canadian-American actor and singer († 1984)
• 1898 » Les Haylen, Australian journalist and politician († 1977)
• 1899 » Louise Nevelson, American sculptor († 1988)
• 1899 » Tom C. Clark, American lawyer and judge, 59th Attorney General of the United States († 1977)
• 1900 » Bill Stone, English soldier († 2009)
• 1901 » Jaroslav Seifert, Czech poet and journalist, Nobel Prize laureate († 1986)
• 1902 » Su Buqing, Chinese mathematician and academic († 2003)

• 1870 » Prosper Mérimée, French archaeologist and historian (b. 1803)
• 1871 » Louis-Joseph Papineau, Canadian lawyer and politician (b. 1786)
• 1873 » Jean Chacornac, French astronomer (b. 1823)
• 1877 » Urbain Le Verrier, French mathematician and astronomer (b. 1811)
• 1889 » Wilkie Collins, English novelist, short story writer, and playwright (b. 1824)
• 1900 » William Marsh Rice, American businessman, founded Rice University (b. 1816)
• 1913 » Donato Álvarez, Argentinian general (b. 1825)
• 1917 » Werner Voss, German lieutenant and pilot (b. 1897)
• 1929 » Richard Adolf Zsigmondy, Austrian-German chemist, physicist, and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1865)
• 1939 » Sigmund Freud, Austrian neurologist and psychiatrist (b. 1856)

• 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 17 » The United States Navy Hospital Corps is established.
• July 8 » The death of crime boss Soapy Smith, killed in the Shootout on Juneau Wharf, releases Skagway, Alaska from his iron grip.
• November 10 » Beginning of the Wilmington insurrection of 1898, the only instance of a municipal government being overthrown in United States history.

The temperature on September 23, 1898 was about 15.5 °C. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 70%.