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• Adriana Ros, Scheveningen ('s-Gravenhage) († 1902)
• Adriana van Marel, Monster, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1953)
• Aart Velthuizen, Arnhem
• Adriana de Kraker, Niew en Sint Joosland, Zeeland, Netherlands († 1969)
• Aaltje Woudenberg, Apeldoorn
• Aagje VERLOOP, Katwijk aan Zee († 1906)
• Alberta Maria Oldenhof, Rotterdam
• Adelaide Meis
• Albertje Emming, Odoorn, Drenthe, Nederland
• Alice BRUMMEL, Hull, Iowa, US

• Alida Slijkerman (26), Zijpe
• Antje Jacobs van der Ploeg (27), Oostdongeradeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Catherine Stover Friedt (69)
• Antonij Willemsen (70), Erve ... Rande
• Berdina Petronella Luijpen (0), Dreumel
• Bernardus van Kralingen (41), Boskoop
• (Maria) Johanna la Grouw (77), St. Malo (Zw.)
• Albertus van Essen (7), Meppel
• Auke Krijgsveld (3), Vlagtwedde
• Arend Kleine (0), Hoogeveen

• 1889 » Olave Baden-Powell, English scout leader, founded the Girl Guides († 1977)
• 1889 » R. G. Collingwood, English historian and philosopher († 1943)
• 1891 » Vlas Chubar, Russian economist and politician († 1939)
• 1892 » Edna St. Vincent Millay, American poet and playwright († 1950)
• 1895 » Víctor Raúl Haya de la Torre, Peruvian politician († 1979)
• 1897 » Karol Świerczewski, Polish general († 1947)
• 1899 » George O'Hara, American actor and screenwriter († 1966)
• 1900 » Luis Buñuel, Spanish-Mexican director and producer († 1983)
• 1903 » Frank P. Ramsey, English economist, mathematician, and philosopher († 1930)
• 1903 » Morley Callaghan, Canadian author and playwright († 1990)

• 1875 » Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot, French painter and illustrator (b. 1796)
• 1888 » Anna Kingsford, English physician and activist (b. 1846)
• 1890 » Carl Bloch, Danish painter and academic (b. 1834)
• 1890 » John Jacob Astor III, American businessman and philanthropist (b. 1822)
• 1897 » Charles Blondin, French tightrope walker and acrobat (b. 1824)
• 1898 » Heungseon Daewongun, Korean king (b. 1820)
• 1903 » Hugo Wolf, Austrian composer (b. 1860)
• 1904 » Leslie Stephen, English historian, author, and critic (b. 1832)
• 1913 » Ferdinand de Saussure, Swiss linguist and author (b. 1857)
• 1913 » Francisco I. Madero, Mexican president and author (b. 1873)

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.
• February 28 » Queen Ranavalona III, the last monarch of Madagascar, is deposed by a French military force.
• May 26 » Dracula, a Gothic horror novel by Irish author Bram Stoker, is published.
• July 2 » British-Italian engineer Guglielmo Marconi obtains a patent for radio in London.
• August 10 » German chemist Felix Hoffmann discovers an improved way of synthesizing acetylsalicylic acid (aspirin).
• September 10 » Lattimer massacre: A sheriff's posse kills 19 unarmed striking immigrant miners in Lattimer, Pennsylvania, United States.

The temperature on February 22, 1897 was about 7.0 °C. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 99%.