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• Adrianus Marinus van der Zanden, Sint-Oedenrode († 1979)
• Albert Henry Brewer, Knightsbridge, South Australia († 1974)
• Aafke Nienhuis, Loppersum
• Albertus Leijgraf, Millingen aan de Rijn, Gelderland, Nederland
• Petrus(Piet) Van der Weegen, Steenbergen († 1977)
• Aaltje Hummel, Adorp († 1978)
• Bellens, Olen, Antwerpen, België
• Bakker, Oude Niedorp
• Adrianus Petrus de Prenter, Roosendaal en Nispen († 1985)
• Agnew Humphrey, Bedhampton, Hampshire, Engeland († 1965)

• Adrianus OOSTERLING Hzn (0)
• Cornelia Johanna Buis (1), Arnhem
• Constantia Gesina Parker (51), Zwolle
• Bintje van der Wielen (0), Marssum
• Carolus Bertinus Joannes DEPUYT (51), Oostende (B)
• Catharina Tromp (37)
• Albertus Smit (67), Den Hoorn (Texel, NH)
• Carolus Bertinus Joannes Depuyt (51), Oostende
• Adrianus Petrus Dirven (0), Etten-Leur, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Aaltje van Schepen (0), Surhuizum, gem. Achtkarspelen, Friesland, Nederland

• 1892 » Leverett Saltonstall, American lieutenant and politician, 55th Governor of Massachusetts († 1979)
• 1893 » Yasuo Kuniyoshi, Japanese-American painter and photographer († 1953)
• 1895 » Engelbert Zaschka, German engineer and designer, invented the Human-powered aircraft († 1955)
• 1896 » A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, Indian religious leader, founded the International Society for Krishna Consciousness († 1977)
• 1897 » Andy Kennedy, Irish footballer († 1963)
• 1898 » Violet Carson, English actress and singer († 1983)
• 1899 » Richard Arlen, American actor († 1976)
• 1902 » Kazimierz Dąbrowski, Polish psychiatrist and psychologist († 1980)
• 1904 » George Biswell, English footballer († 1981)
• 1904 » Johnny Mack Brown, American football player and actor († 1974)

• 1838 » William Clark, American soldier, explorer, and politician, 4th Governor of Missouri Territory (b. 1770)
• 1839 » Izidor Guzmics, Hungarian theologian and educator (b. 1786)
• 1868 » Ferenc Gyulay, Hungarian-Austrian commander and politician (b. 1799)
• 1922 » Samu Pecz, Hungarian architect and academic (b. 1854)
• 1930 » Peeter Põld, Estonian scientist and politician, 1st Estonian Minister of Education (b. 1878)
• 1943 » Charles Atangana, Cameroonian ruler (b. 1880)
• 1947 » Frederick Russell Burnham, American soldier and adventurer (b. 1861)
• 1953 » Bernard O'Dowd, Australian journalist, author, and poet (b. 1866)
• 1967 » Siegfried Sassoon, English captain and poet (b. 1886)
• 1969 » Drew Pearson, American journalist and author (b. 1897)

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.
• 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 12 » Tirah Campaign: In the Battle of Saragarhi, ten thousand Pashtun tribesmen suffer several hundred casualties while attacking 21 Sikh soldiers in British service.
• 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.
• December 9 » Activist Marguerite Durand founds the feminist daily newspaper La Fronde in Paris.

The temperature on September 1, 1897 was about 17.8 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 70%.