About the day » Sunday July 4, 1897Calender converter

• Andrew (Ed) LOCKER Lzn, Paterson, Passaic, US-NJ († 1925)
• * Pieter de Leeuw den Bouter, Ammerstol († 1962)
• Anna Franziska Maria Keijsers, Freisenbruch, Duitsland
• Constantia Maria Pharailda Baert, Koewacht († 1947)
• Aaltje Timmerman, Steenwijkerwold
• Aafje Aleide Klaar, Dordrecht, Gemeente Dordrecht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1993)
• Aart Brouwer, Vlaardingen († 1974)
• Maria Ludovica Nooijens, Merxplas
• Aaltje Gerbers, Emmercompascom († 1990)
• Aaltje Timmerman *, Steenwijkerwold

• Dennis Fox White (46), Whiteley Twp, Greene Cnty, Pennsylvania, Verenigde Staten
• Aleida van den Berg (45), Zwolle
• Anna Elisabeth Van den Brande (72), Bevel, 2560, België
• Aaltje Ebeles Ybeles) van Wijk (64), Woudsend, Wymbritseradeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Bart Dikstaal (63), Bloemendaal, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adrianus Mommers (50), Tilburg
• anna angelina scheepmans (85), Lubbeek, Flemish Region, Belgium
• Dora Ann Hadley (20), Independence, Montgomery County, Kansas
• Cornelia Dingenouts (68), Oudenbosch
• Anna Elizabeth van Eeden (70), Haarlem

• 1895 » Irving Caesar, American songwriter and composer († 1996)
• 1896 » Mao Dun, Chinese journalist, author, and critic († 1981)
• 1897 » Alluri Sitarama Raju, Indian activist († 1924)
• 1898 » Gertrude Lawrence, British actress, singer, and dancer († 1952)
• 1898 » Gertrude Weaver, American supercentenarian († 2015)
• 1898 » Gulzarilal Nanda, Indian politician († 1998)
• 1898 » Pilar Barbosa, Puerto Rican-American historian and activist († 1997)
• 1900 » Belinda Dann, Indigenous Australian who was one of the Stolen Generation, reunited with family aged 107 († 2007)
• 1900 » Nellie Mae Rowe, American folk artist († 1982)
• 1902 » Meyer Lansky, American gangster († 1983)

• 1881 » Johan Vilhelm Snellman, Finnish philosopher and politician (b. 1806)
• 1882 » Joseph Brackett, American composer and author (b. 1797)
• 1886 » Poundmaker, Canadian tribal chief (b. 1797)
• 1891 » Hannibal Hamlin, American lawyer and politician, 15th Vice President of the United States (b. 1809)
• 1901 » Johannes Schmidt, German linguist and academic (b. 1843)
• 1902 » Vivekananda, Indian monk and saint (b. 1863)
• 1905 » Élisée Reclus, French geographer and author (b. 1830)
• 1910 » Giovanni Schiaparelli, Italian astronomer and historian (b. 1835)
• 1910 » Melville Fuller, American lawyer and jurist, Chief Justice of the United States (b. 1833)
• 1916 » Alan Seeger, American soldier and poet (b. 1888)

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 » Dracula, a Gothic horror novel by Irish author Bram Stoker, is published.
• June 22 » British colonial officers Charles Walter Rand and Lt. Charles Egerton Ayerst are assassinated in Pune, Maharashtra, India by the Chapekar brothers and Mahadeo Vinayak Ranade, who are later caught and hanged.
• 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 10 » Lattimer massacre: A sheriff's posse kills 19 unarmed striking immigrant miners in Lattimer, Pennsylvania, United States.
• 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.

The temperature on July 4, 1897 was about 16.7 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 60%.