About the day » Thursday September 2, 1897Calender converter

• Adam Adrianus Kramer, Westmaas, Zuid-Holland, The Netherlands († 1928)
• Adriana Francisca Jansen, Helmond († 1970)
• Alida Krabbendam, Rotterdam († 1992)
• Alain + comte d'Oultremont, Ixelles († 1897)
• Alfred Izachar Szyff (born Schiff), Częstochowa, Częstochowa County, Silesian Voivodeship, Poland († 1982)
• Alida Barbara Theresia Lingemann, Meppel
• Andries Berg, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Alma Lucy Kirsch, Pittsburgh, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, Verenigde Staten († 1995)
• Adrianus Spindler, Rotterdam
• Aaltje van ZWEEDEN, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland

• Aleida Antonia Christina Heuitink (1), Groenlo, Gelderland, Netherlands
• Anna Dymphena Moerkens (0), Woensdrecht, Netherlands
• Anthonie Dalmeijer (0), Nieuw-Lekkerland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Berend Johan Löhr (73), Middenweg gem. Veendam (73jr)
• Adriaan Cornelis Koeman (0), Wormerveer, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adriana Francisca Saasen (0), Geldrop
• Benjamin Nicholas Todd (57), Beaver, Pennsylvania
• Adrianus Hylkema (27), Sneek
• Adriaan Cornelis Koeman (0), Wormerveer, 1521, Nederland
• Adelia Electa Troendly (30), Ohio, United States

• 1884 » Frank Laubach, American missionary and mystic († 1970)
• 1892 » Dezső Kertész, Hungarian actor and film director († 1965)
• 1894 » Joseph Roth, Austrian journalist and author († 1939)
• 1897 » Fazlollah Zahedi, Iranian general and statesman, 36th Prime Minister of Iran († 1963)
• 1901 » Adolph Rupp, American basketball player and coach († 1977)
• 1901 » Andreas Embirikos, Greek psychoanalyst and poet († 1975)
• 1904 » August Jakobson, Estonian author and politician († 1963)
• 1907 » Pertev Naili Boratav, Turkish author and educator († 1998)
• 1908 » Ruth Bancroft, American landscape and garden designer († 2017)
• 1910 » Paul Saagpakk, Estonian linguist, lexicographer, and academic († 1996)

• 1865 » William Rowan Hamilton, Irish physicist, astronomer, and mathematician (b. 1805)
• 1872 » N. F. S. Grundtvig, Danish pastor, philosopher, and author (b. 1783)
• 1877 » Constantine Kanaris, Greek admiral and politician, 16th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1793)
• 1885 » Giuseppe Bonavia, Maltese architect (b. 1821)
• 1898 » Wilford Woodruff, American religious leader, 4th President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (b. 1807)
• 1910 » Henri Rousseau, French painter (b. 1844)
• 1918 » John Forrest, Australian politician, 1st Premier of Western Australia (b. 1847)
• 1921 » Henry Austin Dobson, English poet and critic (b. 1840)
• 1922 » Henry Lawson, Australian poet and author (b. 1867)
• 1927 » Umegatani Tōtarō II, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 20th Yokozuna (b. 1878)

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.
• April 30 » J. J. Thomson of the Cavendish Laboratory announces his discovery of the electron as a subatomic particle, over 1,800 times smaller than a proton (in the atomic nucleus), at a lecture at the Royal Institution in London.
• 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 10 » Lattimer massacre: A sheriff's posse kills 19 unarmed striking immigrant miners in Lattimer, Pennsylvania, United States.
• December 6 » London becomes the world's first city to host licensed taxicabs.
• December 30 » The British Colony of Natal annexes Zululand.

The temperature on September 2, 1897 was about 15.6 °C. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 84%.