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• Angelina Villone, New York, New York, Verenigde Staten
• Albert Wilms, Midwoud († 1974)
• Adolph Mater, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1963)
• Adriana Maria Antonia Mutsaers-, Tilburg, Nederland († 1986)
• Adrianus Johannes van Leeuwen, Woerden
• Abert Willems, Midwoud († 1974)
• Adriaantje Simons, Heerjansdam
• Ankje BROEKSTRA, Achtkarspelen Friesland Netherlands († 1977)
• Anko Kalk, Slochteren († 1968)
• "Domingos" Maria do Espírito Santo José Francisco de Paula de Sousa Holstein, Lisboa († 1969)

• Arnold Gielen (74), Hoepertingen
• Antonie van Oudenhoven (58), Tilburg, Gemeente Tilburg
• Albertien Wassen (85), Westerbork
• Anna Cornelia Jansen (0), Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adriaantje Quik (69), Hedel
• Annie W. Mentink (3), Lima Township, Sheboygan County, Wisconsin
• Antje Duinker (50), Buiksloterham ( Amsterdam)
• Berendina Willemsen (82), Arnhem
• Antonie van den Oudenhoven (58), Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Agnes Anna Piepers (0), Wijk aan Zee en Duin, Noord Holland, Nederland

• 1891 » Masti Venkatesha Iyengar, Indian author and academic († 1986)
• 1896 » Henry Allingham, English World War I soldier and supercentenarian († 2009).
• 1896 » Italo Balbo, Italian air marshal and politician († 1940)
• 1898 » Jacobus Johannes Fouché, South African politician, 2nd State President of South Africa († 1980)
• 1898 » Ninette de Valois, English ballerina, choreographer, and director († 2001)
• 1898 » Walter Abel, American actor († 1987)
• 1900 » Manfred Sakel, Ukrainian-American psychiatrist and physician († 1957)
• 1901 » Jan Struther, English author and hymnwriter († 1953)
• 1901 » Sukarno, Indonesian engineer and politician, 1st President of Indonesia († 1970)
• 1902 » Jimmie Lunceford, American saxophonist and bandleader († 1947)

• 1861 » Camillo Benso, Count of Cavour, Italian politician, 1st Prime Minister of Italy (b. 1810)
• 1862 » Turner Ashby, American colonel (b. 1828)
• 1865 » William Quantrill, American captain (b. 1837)
• 1878 » Robert Stirling, Scottish minister and engineer, invented the stirling engine (b. 1790)
• 1881 » Henri Vieuxtemps, Belgian violinist and composer (b. 1820)
• 1883 » Ciprian Porumbescu, Romanian composer and poet (b. 1853)
• 1891 » John A. Macdonald, Scottish-Canadian lawyer and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Canada (b. 1815)
• 1916 » Yuan Shikai, Chinese general and politician, 2nd President of the Republic of China (b. 1859)
• 1922 » Lillian Russell, American actress and singer (b. 1860)
• 1924 » William Pirrie, 1st Viscount Pirrie, Irish businessman and politician, Lord Mayor of Belfast (b. 1847)

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.
• January 31 » Czechoslav Trade Union Association is founded in Prague.
• 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.
• 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 6 » London becomes the world's first city to host licensed taxicabs.
• December 30 » The British Colony of Natal annexes Zululand.

The temperature on June 6, 1897 was about 15.5 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 63%.