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• Anna Maria van der Schouw, Houten, Utrecht, Nederland
• Anna-Magdalena Van Weehaege, Kortrijk († 1971)
• Anna Maria van de Port, Nederweert, Limburg, Nederland († 1898)
• Vyvey, Eernegem, Ichtegem, West-Vlaanderen, België († 1982)
• Abraham van der Ende, Vlaardingen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1970)
• Adrianus Arnoldus Dijkhuis, Amersfoort, Utrecht, Nederland
• Lamme, loosdrecht (noord holland)
• Adrianus Arnoldus Dijkhuis, Amersfoort, Utrecht, Nederland († 1915)
• Anne Tamminga, Menaldumadeel († 1935)
• Albertus Hillen, Lonneker († 1981)

• Aaltje Koerts Zuiderweg (62), Muntendam, Groningen, Nederland
• Anna Jacoba van Winkelen (0), Serooskerke, Nederland
• Aart Jacob Bijsterbosch (20), Epe
• Anna Maria Zehender Traus (19), Arnhem
• Adrianus Gerardus Fredericus Esser (50), Utrecht
• Adriaan van Oirschot (79), Hilvarenbeek
• Antje Jansma (3), Oostermeer, Friesland, Netherlands
• Anna Sybilla ALBERTS (66), Limbricht, Gemeente Sittard-Geleen, Limburg, Nederland
• Adriaan Louwerse (0), Zoutelande, Zeeland, NL
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• 1894 » Harry Heilmann, American baseball player and sportscaster († 1951)
• 1895 » Allen Bathurst, Lord Apsley, English politician († 1942)
• 1896 » Ralph Horween, American football player and coach († 1997)
• 1899 » Louis Chiron, Monegasque race car driver († 1979)
• 1900 » Ernie Pyle, American soldier and journalist († 1945)
• 1900 » John T. Scopes, American educator († 1970)
• 1901 » John C. Stennis, American lawyer and politician († 1995)
• 1901 » Stefan Wyszyński, Polish cardinal († 1981)
• 1902 » David Buttolph, American film composer († 1983)
• 1902 » Regina Jonas, German rabbi († 1944)

• 1877 » William B. Ogden, American businessman and politician, 1st Mayor of Chicago (b. 1805)
• 1879 » Joseph Severn, English painter (b. 1793)
• 1894 » George Inness, American painter (b. 1825)
• 1913 » William Lyne, Australian politician, 13th Premier of New South Wales (b. 1844)
• 1916 » Roger Casement, Irish poet and activist (b. 1864)
• 1917 » Ferdinand Georg Frobenius, German mathematician and academic (b. 1849)
• 1920 » Peeter Süda, Estonian organist and composer (b. 1883)
• 1922 » Ture Malmgren, Swedish journalist and politician (b. 1851)
• 1924 » Joseph Conrad, Polish-born British novelist (b. 1857)
• 1925 » William Bruce, Australian cricketer (b. 1864)

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.
• 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 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.
• August 2 » Anglo-Afghan War: The Siege of Malakand ends when a relief column is able to reach the British garrison in the Malakand 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 August 3, 1897 was about 26.9 °C. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 55%.