About the day » Monday August 9, 1897Calender converter

• Antonius Leeuwenkamp, Amersfoort
• Antoinette LENOIR, Paris,75000,Paris,ÎLE-de-FRANCE,FRANCE († 1992)
• Adrianus Wilhelmus Stokman, Vijfhuizen († 1897)
• Agnes Johanna van Dijen, Baarn († 1967)
• Addie Mae Waddell, Alabama († 1972)
• Alfons OLIEUX, Wielsbeke, West-Vlaanderen (BE) († 1980)
• Aleida Helena Rijnaarts, Alkmaar
• Annigje Wallaard, Delft {ZH}
• Alberdina Wilhelmina Johanna Went, Bergh (GEL)
• Adrianus Marianus Gijsberts, Elst (Gelderland) († 1960)

• Antonius Hollander (66), Rotterdam
• Andreeta Catharina Hakkert (50), Zwolle
• Albertus Magito (47), Rotterdam
• Anna Marie Olsdatter (73), Hamnvåg, Malangen, Balsfjord, Troms, Norway
• Albertje Roelofs Hummel (0), Nijeveen
• Anna Elisabeth Henriëtte Uloth (52), Amsterdam
• Arend Bosscha (63), Paasloo gem. Oldemarkt
• Anna Maria Kramer (48), Soerabaja
• Arend Jan Grotenhuis ten Harkel (72), Vorden
• Anna Elisabeth Henrietta Uloth (52), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland

• 1890 » Eino Kaila, Finnish philosopher and psychologist, attendant of the Vienna circle († 1958)
• 1896 » Erich Hückel, German physicist and chemist († 1980)
• 1896 » Jean Piaget, Swiss psychologist and philosopher († 1980)
• 1899 » P. L. Travers, Australian-English author and actress († 1996)
• 1901 » Charles Farrell, American actor and singer († 1990)
• 1902 » Panteleimon Ponomarenko, Russian general and politician († 1984)
• 1902 » Zino Francescatti, French violinist († 1991)
• 1905 » Leo Genn, British actor and barrister († 1978)
• 1909 » Vinayaka Krishna Gokak, Indian scholar, author, and academic († 1992)
• 1909 » Willa Beatrice Player, American educator, first Black woman college president († 2003)

• 1861 » Vincent Novello, English composer and publisher (b. 1781)
• 1886 » Samuel Ferguson, Irish lawyer and poet (b. 1810)
• 1910 » Huo Yuanjia, Chinese martial artist, co-founded the Chin Woo Athletic Association (b. 1868)
• 1919 » Ruggero Leoncavallo, Italian composer and educator (b. 1857)
• 1920 » Samuel Griffith, Welsh-Australian politician, 9th Premier of Queensland (b. 1845)
• 1932 » John Charles Fields, Canadian mathematician, founder of the Fields Medal (b. 1863)
• 1942 » Edith Stein, German nun and saint (b. 1891)
• 1943 » Chaim Soutine, Belarusian-French painter and educator (b. 1893)
• 1945 » Harry Hillman, American runner and coach (b. 1881)
• 1945 » Robert Hampton Gray, Canadian lieutenant and pilot, Victoria Cross recipient (b. 1917)

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.
• February 1 » Shinhan Bank, the oldest bank in South Korea, opens in Seoul.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.

The temperature on August 9, 1897 was about 16.1 °C. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 99%.