About the day » Tuesday March 2, 1897Calender converter

• KEETON, Nanango,South Burnett,Queensland,Australi († 1997)
• Adrianus Jozef (Arie) Kuilenburg, Wilnis, Utrecht, Nederland († 1989)
• Alfred James WADHAM, Goodwood, South Australia, Australia
• Adriaan Opdam-, Haarlem, Nederland († 1897)
• Andries de Visser, Axel (Terneuzen), Zeeland, Nederland († 1960)
• Andries de Visser, Axel († 1960)
• Andries Tegelaar, Leiden
• Adrianus Johannes Ekels, 's-Hertogenbosch
• Albertus de Moet, Den Haag († 1901)
• Amon Smith, Hoskinston, Leslie County, Kentucky, Verenigde Staten († 1947)

• Adrianus Leeuwenburg (54), Heinenoord, Nederland
• Adrianus Leeuwenburgh (54), Heinenoord
• Albert Bakker (79), Zuidbroek
• Schonewille (0), Hoogeveen nederland
• Aaltje Boon (45), Den Helder, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adrianus Anthonius Arkesteijn (0), Hof van Delft
• Aldilis Beernaert (0), Pittem,8740,West-Vlaanderen,België
• Anna Elisabeth Lakeberg (35), Melstrup
• Angelina Van Avondt (67), Schriek, Antwerpen, Belgique
• Adriaan van DORST (77), Roosendaal-Nispen,Noord-Brabant,NEDERLAND

• 1886 » Kurt Grelling, German logician and philosopher († 1942)
• 1886 » Willis H. O'Brien, American animator and director († 1962)
• 1900 » Kurt Weill, German-American pianist and composer († 1950)
• 1901 » Grete Hermann, German mathematician and philosopher († 1984)
• 1902 » Edward Condon, American physicist and academic († 1974)
• 1902 » Moe Berg, American baseball player and spy († 1972)
• 1904 » Dr. Seuss, American children's book writer, poet, and illustrator († 1991)
• 1905 » Geoffrey Grigson, English poet and critic († 1985)
• 1905 » Marc Blitzstein, American composer and songwriter († 1964)
• 1908 » Walter Bruch, German engineer († 1990)

• 1855 » Nicholas I, Russian emperor (b. 1796)
• 1864 » Ulric Dahlgren, American colonel (b. 1842)
• 1865 » Carl Sylvius Völkner, German-New Zealand priest and missionary (b. 1819)
• 1880 » John Benjamin Macneill, Irish engineer (b. 1790)
• 1895 » Berthe Morisot, French painter (b. 1841)
• 1895 » Isma'il Pasha, Egyptian politician (b. 1830)
• 1896 » Jubal Early, American general (b. 1816)
• 1921 » Champ Clark, American lawyer and politician, 41st Speaker of the United States House of Representatives (b. 1850)
• 1930 » D. H. Lawrence, English novelist, poet, playwright, and critic (b. 1885)
• 1938 » Ben Harney, American pianist and composer (b. 1871)

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.
• April 30 » J. J. Thomson of the Cavendish Laboratory announces his discovery of the electron as a subatomic particle, over 1,800 times smaller than a proton (in the atomic nucleus), at a lecture at the Royal Institution in London.
• July 26 » Anglo-Afghan War: The Pashtun fakir Saidullah leads an army of more than 10,000 to begin a siege of the British garrison in the Malakand Agency of the North West Frontier Province of India.
• August 2 » Anglo-Afghan War: The Siege of Malakand ends when a relief column is able to reach the British garrison in the Malakand states.
• August 31 » Thomas Edison patents the Kinetoscope, the first movie projector.
• November 1 » The first Library of Congress building opens its doors to the public; the library had previously been housed in the Congressional Reading Room in the U.S. Capitol.
• December 9 » Activist Marguerite Durand founds the feminist daily newspaper La Fronde in Paris.

The temperature on March 2, 1897 was about 1.9 °C. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 84%.