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• Alida Catharina van Geest, 's-Gravenzande († 1897)
• Adrianus Ignatius van Munster, Utrecht († 1899)
• Alida Petronella Sanders, Schiedam, Nederland († 1983)
• Alexander Burrell, Scotland († 1950)
• * Catharina Bakker, Zwijndrecht († 1974)
• Adriana Barendregt, Rotterdam († 1898)
• Aart Jan De Jager, Alblasserdam
• Adriana Maria Willemsen, Schiedam († 1963)
• Adriana Maria Willemsen, Schiedam († 1963)
• Nn Hooijer, Zuidwolde

• Auguste Edmond Joseph BOUTEN (17), Wijtschate,8953,West Vlaanderen,Vlaams Gewest,Belgie
• Andy Brass (0)
• Arien Joffer (81), Nieuwe Niedorp
• Aalt Overeem (31), Amersfoort
• Berendina Gerarda van der Veer (0), Zeist, Utrecht, Nederland
• Amos Brown (67), Adams, Wisconsin
• Bernardina Helena Kok (71), Weesperkarspel, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Bernardus Jelgersma (15), Sneek, Friesland, Nederland
• Anna Hendrika BOS (74), Ede,, Gelderland, Nederland
• Boy NIESSEN (0), Baarlo, Limburg, Netherlands

• 1894 » Arthur Fadden, Australian accountant and politician, 13th Prime Minister of Australia († 1973)
• 1894 » Joie Ray, American runner († 1978)
• 1896 » Fred Barnett, English footballer († 1982)
• 1897 » Werner Voss, German lieutenant and pilot († 1917)
• 1899 » Alfred Mosher Butts, American architect and game designer, created Scrabble († 1993)
• 1899 » Harold Osborn, American high jumper and decathlete († 1975)
• 1900 » Pierre Molinier, French painter and photographer († 1976)
• 1900 » Sorcha Boru, American potter and ceramic sculptor († 2006)
• 1901 » Alan Watt, Australian public servant and diplomat, Australian Ambassador to Japan († 1988)
• 1901 » Jacques Lacan, French psychiatrist and psychoanalyst († 1981)

• 1880 » Robert Fortune, Scottish botanist and author (b. 1813)
• 1882 » Bruno Bauer, German historian and philosopher (b. 1809)
• 1886 » John Humphrey Noyes, American religious leader, founded the Oneida Community (b. 1811)
• 1890 » Samuel J. Randall, American captain, lawyer, and politician, 33rd Speaker of the United States House of Representatives (b. 1828)
• 1899 » James Service, Scottish-Australian politician, 12th Premier of Victoria (b. 1823)
• 1909 » Whitley Stokes, Anglo-Irish lawyer and scholar (b. 1830)
• 1910 » William Quiller Orchardson, Scottish-English painter and educator (b. 1835)
• 1911 » George Washington Glick, American lawyer and politician, 9th Governor of Kansas (b. 1827)
• 1911 » John McLane, Scottish-American politician, 50th Governor of New Hampshire (b. 1852)
• 1912 » Takuboku Ishikawa, Japanese poet and author (b. 1886)

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.
• May 26 » The original manuscript of William Bradford's history, "Of Plymouth Plantation" is returned to the Governor of Massachusetts by the Bishop of London after being taken during the American Revolutionary War.
• August 21 » Oldsmobile, an American automobile manufacturer and marque, is founded.
• September 1 » The Tremont Street Subway in Boston opens, becoming the first underground rapid transit system in North America.
• September 11 » After months of pursuit, generals of Menelik II of Ethiopia capture Gaki Sherocho, the last king of Kaffa, bringing an end to that ancient kingdom.
• September 12 » Tirah Campaign: In the Battle of Saragarhi, ten thousand Pashtun tribesmen suffer several hundred casualties while attacking 21 Sikh soldiers in British service.
• December 9 » Activist Marguerite Durand founds the feminist daily newspaper La Fronde in Paris.

The temperature on April 13, 1897 was about 15.8 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 50%.