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• Aaltje Groen, Onstwedde († 1953)
• Alberdina van Oost, Muntendam († 1966)
• Amelia VAN TIGGELEN, Oostmalle, Malle, Province of Antwerp (Middle Brabant), Belgium († 1992)
• Aartje Kortlever, Meerkerk
• Adrianus Marinus Heijboer, Rotterdam
• Alfred Frank, Nenderoth, Lahn-Dill-Kreis, Hesse, Germany
• Alberdina van Oost, Muntendam († 1966)
• Adrianus Johannes David van Nooij, 's-Gravenhage, ZH, Nederland († 1962)
• Adriana Christina Jansen, Nijmegen
• Agatha Maria Korver, Zijpe († 1937)

• Anna Cornelia Arnouts (31), Brasschaat
• Aafje van Nek (0), Nieuwendam
• Alix Marie Louise Françoise Budes de Guébriant (80), Saint-Symphorien
• Jalink, Groesbeek
• Adriaanus van Uden (68), Uden, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands
• Adrianus Cornelis Zwaans (73), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Alida Cornelia Goeijer (63), Delft, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adrianus van Uden (68), Uden, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Alfred Dignus Johan Jonkheer Calkoen (60), Zandvoort, N.H
• Alfred Dignus Joan Calkoen (60), Zandvoort

• 1889 » Robert A. Taft, American lawyer and politician († 1953)
• 1894 » John Samuel Bourque, Canadian soldier and politician († 1974)
• 1894 » Willem Pijper, Dutch composer and critic († 1947)
• 1896 » Howard Dietz, American publicist and songwriter († 1983)
• 1897 » Jimmie Rodgers, American singer-songwriter and guitarist († 1933)
• 1900 » Claude Pepper, American lawyer and politician († 1989)
• 1900 » Tilly Devine, English-Australian organised crime boss († 1970)
• 1901 » Hendrik Verwoerd, Dutch-South African journalist and politician, 7th Prime Minister of South Africa († 1966)
• 1903 » Jane Arbor, English author († 1994)
• 1906 » Andrei Kirilenko, Russian engineer and politician († 1990)

• 1853 » Frédéric Ozanam, French scholar, co-founded the Society of Saint Vincent de Paul (b. 1813)
• 1882 » Joseph Liouville, French mathematician and academic (b. 1809)
• 1894 » Hermann von Helmholtz, German physician and physicist (b. 1821)
• 1909 » Vere St. Leger Goold, Irish tennis player (b. 1853)
• 1916 » Friedrich Baumfelder, German pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1836)
• 1933 » Faisal I of Iraq (b. 1883)
• 1935 » Carl Weiss, American physician (b. 1906)
• 1940 » Hemmo Kallio, Finnish actor (b. 1863)
• 1942 » Rıza Nur, Turkish surgeon and politician (b. 1879)
• 1943 » Julius Fučík, Czech journalist (b. 1903)

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.
• June 22 » Spanish–American War: In a chaotic operation, 6,000 men of the U.S. Fifth Army Corps begins landing at Daiquirí, Cuba, about 16 miles (26km) east of Santiago de Cuba. Lt. Gen. Arsenio Linares y Pombo of the Spanish Army outnumbers them two-to-one, but does not oppose the landings.
• July 25 » Spanish-American War: The American invasion of Spanish-held Puerto Rico begins, as United States Army troops under General Nelson A. Miles land and secure the port at Guánica.
• August 13 » Spanish–American War: Spanish and American forces engage in a mock battle for Manila, after which the Spanish commander surrendered in order to keep the city out of Filipino rebel hands.
• September 21 » Empress Dowager Cixi seizes power and ends the Hundred Days' Reform in China.
• November 5 » Negrese nationalists revolt against Spanish rule and establish the short-lived Republic of Negros.

The temperature on September 8, 1898 was about 30.0 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 48%.