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• Aaltje Fikkert, Almelo, Ambt, Overijssel, Nederland († 1945)
• Anna Hellenbroich, Landkreis Düsseldorf, Rath, Rheinland, Deutschland († 1984)
• Adrianus Cornelis van Lint, Culemborg († 1984)
• Albert Land, Harkema-Opeinde, gem. Achtkarspelen, Friesland, Nederland († 1980)
• Huijgens, Bergen op Zoom († 1897)
• Huls, Amersfoort († 1897)
• Adrianus van Offenbeek, Middelburg († 1957)
• Aaltje Mosterdijk, Sliedrecht († 1926)
• Albert Alberts Land, Harkema Opeinde, Friesland, Nederland († 1980)
• Afiena Hillegonda Schuitema, Rotterdam († 1977)

• Aaltje van Rijn (0), Putten
• Anna Nagel (0), Eemnes
• Adelard (Joseph Adelard) Tremblay (2), Roberval, Quebec, Canada
• Adrianus Antonius Paulus Maria Brogtrop (0), Bergen op Zoom, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Arnoldus Bernards (73), Rotterdam, Nederland
• Arie Pancras (2), Heerhugowaard, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Arij Fillekes (62), Vlaardingen
• Antoinette Wouterina Perquin (0), Den Haag
• Alice Alberta Keith (36), Salina, Kings, New Brunswick, Canada
• Alicia Maria Vanduynslaegher (0), Mannekensvere

• 1892 » Louis de Broglie, French physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1987)
• 1893 » Leslie Comrie, New Zealand astronomer and academic († 1950)
• 1896 » Catherine Doherty, Russian-Canadian activist, founded the Madonna House Apostolate († 1985)
• 1896 » Gerty Cori, Czech-American biochemist and physiologist, Nobel Prize laureate († 1957)
• 1896 » Paul Outerbridge, American photographer and educator († 1958)
• 1898 » Jan Brzechwa, Polish author and poet († 1966)
• 1900 » Estelle Brody, American silent film actress († 1995)
• 1900 » Jack Tworkov, Polish-American painter and educator († 1982)
• 1901 » Arnulfo Arias Madrid, 21st president of the republic of Panamá († 1988)
• 1901 » Pyotr Novikov, Russian mathematician and theorist († 1975)

• 1859 » Nathaniel Claiborne, American farmer and politician (b. 1777)
• 1907 » Joseph Joachim, Hungarian violinist, composer, and conductor (b. 1831)
• 1909 » Euclides da Cunha, Brazilian sociologist and journalist (b. 1866)
• 1917 » Thomas J. Higgins, American sergeant, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1831)
• 1925 » Konrad Mägi, Estonian painter and educator (b. 1878)
• 1928 » Anatole von Hügel, Italian ethnologist and academic, co-founded St Edmund's College, Cambridge (b. 1854)
• 1935 » Paul Signac, French painter and author (b. 1863)
• 1935 » Wiley Post, American pilot (b. 1898)
• 1935 » Will Rogers, American actor, comedian, and screenwriter (b. 1879)
• 1936 » Grazia Deledda, Italian novelist and poet, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1871)

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 » Dracula, a Gothic horror novel by Irish author Bram Stoker, is published.
• 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.
• July 2 » British-Italian engineer Guglielmo Marconi obtains a patent for radio in London.
• 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.

The temperature on August 15, 1897 was about 19.8 °C. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 92%.