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• Aleida Geertruida Molenveld, Haaksbergen, Overijssel, Nederland († 1988)
• Alida Krabbendam, Rotterdam († 1992)
• Aartje du Pré, Rhenen
• * Petrus (1) Baars, Benschop, Utrecht, NL († 1897)
• Amandus Franciscus Lecomte, Oostende 8400, West-Vlaanderen, Belgie
• Alphonsus Franciscus VANDENRIJT, Hasselt,Provincie Limburg,Flanders,Belgi
• (1) Maria Rosalie Cornelia Pouchele, Gijverinkhove (W-VL) België († 1922)
• Graus, Ohé en Laak († 1992)
• Adriana Francisca Jansen, Helmond († 1970)
• Aartje du Pré, Rhenen

• Aleida Antonia Christina Heuitink (1), Groenlo, Gelderland, Netherlands
• Abraham Luteijn (61), Kruiningen
• Apolonia Hendrikse (24), Vlissingen, Walcheren, NL
• Adriaan Cornelis Koeman (0), Wormerveer, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Apolonia Hendrikse (24), Vlissingen
• Berend Johan Löhr (73), Middenweg gem. Veendam (73jr)
• Adriaan Cornelis Koeman (0), Wormerveer, 1521, Nederland
• Antoinette Joanna BINK (1), Rotterdam
• Beekelaar (0), Nieuweroord
• Albert Voortman (0), Rijssen

• 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.
• January 31 » Czechoslav Trade Union Association is founded in Prague.
• February 1 » Shinhan Bank, the oldest bank in South Korea, opens in Seoul.
• 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.
• 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.
• August 10 » German chemist Felix Hoffmann discovers an improved way of synthesizing acetylsalicylic acid (aspirin).

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