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• Albert Louis Erzfeld, Apple Creek, Mo († 1985)
• Adrianus Pieter Hoogwerf, Opsterland, Friesland, Nederland († 1967)
• Ada Mary Harris, Okains Bay, Banks Peninsula, Canterbury, New Zealand († 1980)
• Achiel Theofiel Deschoemaeker, Woumen
• Adriane Willemina Bouwmeesters, Randwijk (GL)
• Albert Jacob Mars, Huizinge, Middelstum, Groningen, Nederland († 1988)
• Albertus Mast, Groningen, Groningen, Nederland
• "Xavier" Marie Joseph Louis Henri de Vaugiraud, Baynes, Sainte-Marguerite-d'Elle, Calvados, France († 1985)
• Adriana Daalhuizen, Breukelen-Nijenrode († 1959)
• Adriana Daalhuizen, Breukelen-Nijenrode, Utrecht, Nederland († 1959)

• Cornelia van Baalen (Balen) (91), Oostvoorne
• Adriaan Pruijsers (50), 's Gravenmoer
• Adrianus Nuijten (31), Hooge en Lage Zwaluwe
• Adrianus Smit (0), Standdaarbuiten
• Anna Helena Knoll (1), Lindloh, Haren (Ems)
• Albertus van Sijl (74), Utrecht
• Cleveland Smith Bone (35), Union Township, Lawrence County, Ohio, Verenigde Staten
• Albertus van Zijl (74), Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland
• Anthonius Binnedicte van Weijgerden (0), Rotterdam
• Bertha Robers (20), Lonneker, Enschede, Overijssel, Nederland

• 1895 » Johnny Mokan, American baseball player († 1985)
• 1895 » Miron Merzhanov, Russian architect and engineer († 1975)
• 1897 » Paul Delvaux, Belgian painter († 1994)
• 1897 » Walter Pidgeon, Canadian-American actor and singer († 1984)
• 1898 » Les Haylen, Australian journalist and politician († 1977)
• 1899 » Louise Nevelson, American sculptor († 1988)
• 1899 » Tom C. Clark, American lawyer and judge, 59th Attorney General of the United States († 1977)
• 1900 » Bill Stone, English soldier († 2009)
• 1901 » Jaroslav Seifert, Czech poet and journalist, Nobel Prize laureate († 1986)
• 1902 » Su Buqing, Chinese mathematician and academic († 2003)

• 1870 » Prosper Mérimée, French archaeologist and historian (b. 1803)
• 1871 » Louis-Joseph Papineau, Canadian lawyer and politician (b. 1786)
• 1873 » Jean Chacornac, French astronomer (b. 1823)
• 1877 » Urbain Le Verrier, French mathematician and astronomer (b. 1811)
• 1889 » Wilkie Collins, English novelist, short story writer, and playwright (b. 1824)
• 1900 » William Marsh Rice, American businessman, founded Rice University (b. 1816)
• 1913 » Donato Álvarez, Argentinian general (b. 1825)
• 1917 » Werner Voss, German lieutenant and pilot (b. 1897)
• 1929 » Richard Adolf Zsigmondy, Austrian-German chemist, physicist, and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1865)
• 1939 » Sigmund Freud, Austrian neurologist and psychiatrist (b. 1856)

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.
• May 26 » Dracula, a Gothic horror novel by Irish author Bram Stoker, is published.
• 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.
• 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).
• September 10 » Lattimer massacre: A sheriff's posse kills 19 unarmed striking immigrant miners in Lattimer, Pennsylvania, United States.
• 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.

The temperature on September 23, 1897 was about 12.8 °C. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 91%.