About the day » Tuesday May 25, 1897Calender converter

• Achiel Opsomer, De Moeren († 1982)
• Aaltje Boelens, Grouw († 1978)
• Abtonius Buitenhuis, Apeldoorn
• Aime Auguste Marie PETITFRERE, Limerle, Province du Luxembourg, Walloon Region, Belgie
• Alberic Camiel Mortier, Moorslede,8890,West-Vlaanderen,België († 1980)
• Albert Moes, Oranjedorp (Emmen) († 1963)
• Evert Jurgen Bernardus Blokhoff, Den Helder († 1956)
• Adrianus BEENHAKKER, Alblasserdam († 1897)
• Adrianus Laterveer, Leiden,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1897)
• Albert Moes, Oranjedorp (Emmen) († 1963)

• Aloysius Vercauteren (47), Sint-Niklaas
• Adrianus Boeren (0), Ginneken en Bavel
• Aaltje Motshagen (1), Putten
• Alice Charlotte Koepke (32), Torgau
• Aafje Visser (32), Grootebroek, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Arie Lauwrens (Arien) Laan (63), Hauwert, Nederland
• (Stillborn) BOTMA (0), Oostdongeradeel Friesland Netherlands
• Andries Polak (55), Bloemendaal
• Anna Huriaux (34), Wasmes, Colfontaine, Hainaut, Belgique
• Aart Jan van den Hoek (26), LEERBROEK (Vijfheerenlanden), Utrecht, Nederland

• 1887 » Padre Pio, Italian priest and saint († 1968)
• 1888 » Miles Malleson, English actor and screenwriter († 1969)
• 1889 » Günther Lütjens, German admiral († 1941)
• 1889 » Igor Sikorsky, Russian-American aircraft designer, founded Sikorsky Aircraft († 1972)
• 1893 » Ernest "Pop" Stoneman, American country musician († 1968)
• 1897 » Alan Kippax, Australian cricketer († 1972)
• 1897 » Gene Tunney, American boxer and soldier († 1978)
• 1898 » Bennett Cerf, American publisher and television game show panelist; co-founded Random House († 1971)
• 1899 » Kazi Nazrul Islam, Bengali poet, author, and flute player († 1976)
• 1900 » Alain Grandbois, Canadian poet and author († 1975)

• 1895 » Ahmed Cevdet Pasha, Ottoman sociologist, historian, and jurist (b. 1822)
• 1899 » Rosa Bonheur, French painter and sculptor (b. 1822)
• 1912 » Austin Lane Crothers, American educator and politician, 46th Governor of Maryland (b. 1860)
• 1917 » Maksim Bahdanovič, Belarusian poet and critic (b. 1891)
• 1919 » Eliza Pollock, American archer (b. 1840)
• 1919 » Madam C. J. Walker, American businesswoman and philanthropist, founded the Madame C.J. Walker Manufacturing Company (b. 1867)
• 1924 » Lyubov Popova, Russian painter and illustrator (b. 1889)
• 1926 » Symon Petliura, Ukrainian journalist and politician (b. 1879)
• 1927 » Payne Whitney, American businessman and philanthropist (b. 1876)
• 1930 » Randall Davidson, Scottish-English archbishop (b. 1848)

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.
• June 16 » A treaty annexing the Republic of Hawaii to the United States is signed; the Republic would not be dissolved until a year later.
• July 11 » Salomon August Andrée leaves Spitsbergen to attempt to reach the North Pole by balloon. He later crashes and dies.
• 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.
• December 6 » London becomes the world's first city to host licensed taxicabs.

The temperature on May 25, 1897 was about 12.4 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 79%.