About the day » Monday March 1, 1897Calender converter

• Aaltje Huisman, Steenwijkerwold
• Aleida Elisabeth Maria Philomena Kersten, Ubbergen, Gelderland, Nederland
• Anna Dalen van, Schaijk, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands († 1983)
• Adriana Levina den Hamer, Axel
• Adriana Christina Kouveld, Gorinchem, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adrianus Otten, Gemeente IJsselstein, Utrecht, Nederland
• Anna Maria Scheenaard, Lisse († 1898)
• Aaltje Dijkema, Helpman (Gem. Haren Gr.)
• Adriana Apeldoorn, Egmond Binnen (gem. Bergen, NH) († 1898)
• Aaltje Goudriaan, krimpen aan den ijssel (zuid holland) († 1914)

• Anthonius van Gaalen (0), Wateringen, Westland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adriaan Van Gestel (70), Tilbnurg
• Alida van Bemmel (2), Jutphaas, Utrecht, Nederland
• AMELIA WEYN (69), BEVEREN-WAAS,OOST-VLAANDEREN,BELGIE
• Degens
• Anthoon (Anton) Kersten (74), Keppeln, Deutschland
• Adriana Maria van Beurden (43), Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Aldegundis Blank (59), Geel 2440, Antwerpen, Belgie
• Alfred Tessier dit Lavigne (46), Monteregie, Canada, Quebec, Canada
• Antonie Schiebergen (85), Arnhem

• 1889 » Tetsuro Watsuji, Japanese historian and philosopher († 1960)
• 1890 » Theresa Bernstein, Polish-American painter and author († 2002)
• 1891 » Ralph Hitz, Austrian-American hotelier († 1940)
• 1892 » Ryūnosuke Akutagawa, Japanese author and educator († 1927)
• 1893 » Mercedes de Acosta, American author, poet, and playwright († 1968)
• 1896 » Dimitri Mitropoulos, Greek pianist, composer, and conductor († 1960)
• 1896 » Moriz Seeler, German playwright and producer († 1942)
• 1899 » Erich von dem Bach-Zelewski, German SS officer († 1972)
• 1904 » Glenn Miller, American trombonist, composer, and bandleader († 1944)
• 1904 » Paul Hartman, American actor, singer, and dancer († 1973)

• 1862 » Peter Barlow, English mathematician and physicist (b. 1776)
• 1875 » Tristan Corbière, French poet and educator (b. 1845)
• 1882 » Theodor Kullak, German pianist, composer, and educator (b. 1818)
• 1884 » Isaac Todhunter, English mathematician and academic (b. 1820)
• 1906 » José María de Pereda, Spanish author (b. 1833)
• 1911 » Jacobus Henricus van 't Hoff, Dutch-German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1852)
• 1914 » Gilbert Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 4th Earl of Minto, English soldier and politician, 8th Governor General of Canada (b. 1845)
• 1920 » John H. Bankhead, American lawyer and politician (b. 1842)
• 1922 » Pichichi, Spanish footballer (b. 1892)
• 1932 » Frank Teschemacher, American Jazz musician (b. 1906)

1. Johannes
2. Jan
3. Hendrik
4. Cornelis
5. Willem
6. Pieter
7. Gerrit
8. Petrus
9. Jacob
10. Adrianus
11. Jacobus
12. Arie
13. Dirk
14. Wilhelmus
15. Hendrikus
16. Gerardus

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Cornelia
5. Wilhelmina
6. Hendrika
7. Elisabeth
8. Adriana
9. Catharina
10. Aaltje
11. Neeltje
12. Petronella
13. Jacoba
14. Grietje
15. Geertruida
16. Trijntje

• 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 May 9, 1894 to July 27, 1897 the cabinet Roëll, with Jonkheer mr. J. Roëll (oud-liberaal) as prime minister.
• 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.
• June 16 » A treaty annexing the Republic of Hawaii to the United States is signed; the Republic would not be dissolved until a year later.
• July 11 » Salomon August Andrée leaves Spitsbergen to attempt to reach the North Pole by balloon. He later crashes and dies.
• August 21 » Oldsmobile, an American automobile manufacturer and marque, is founded.
• December 6 » London becomes the world's first city to host licensed taxicabs.
• December 9 » Activist Marguerite Durand founds the feminist daily newspaper La Fronde in Paris.
• December 30 » The British Colony of Natal annexes Zululand.

The temperature on March 1, 1897 was about 5.8 °C. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 94%.