About the day » Sunday January 17, 1897Calender converter

• Adriana Groen, Herwijnen
• de Rooij, Loon op Zand, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Vermeeren Maria Antonia, Loenhout, Antwerpen, België († 1974)
• Albert Jacob Hornstra, Schiermonnikoog (Frl)
• Aaltje Mulder, Dwingeloo
• Abram Reinders, Sappemeer {GR} († 1898)
• adrianus hubertus holthuisen, venlo († 1981)
• Alexander Hubertus Murrer, Maastricht
• Abram Reinders, Sappemeer († 1898)
• Adriana Redelaar, Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands († 1988)

• Aleida Lodeweges (68), Laren, Gelderland, Nederland
• Anna Maria Berendsen (21), Avereest
• Adriana Johanna Paulen (44), Vught, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Agnes Eva BOYD (35), Aberdeen Scotland
• Anna Maria Embregts (57), Standdaarbuiten
• Adrianus Struijke (74), Princenhage, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anthonie Huizendveld (76), Epe
• Anna Catharina+ Willms+ (32), Werne-Unna, Germany
• Anje van der VEEN (59), Oosterdiep (NL)
• Alijda Lodeweges (68), Laren

• 1897 » Marcel Petiot, French physician and serial killer († 1946)
• 1898 » Lela Mevorah, Serbian librarian († 1972)
• 1899 » Al Capone, American mob boss († 1947)
• 1899 » Nevil Shute, English engineer and author († 1960)
• 1899 » Robert Maynard Hutchins, American philosopher and academic († 1977)
• 1901 » Aron Gurwitsch, Lithuanian-American philosopher and author († 1973)
• 1904 » Hem Vejakorn, Thai painter and illustrator († 1969)
• 1905 » Eduard Oja, Estonian composer, conductor, educator, and critic († 1950)
• 1905 » Peggy Gilbert, American saxophonist and bandleader († 2007)
• 1905 » Ray Cunningham, American baseball player († 2005)

• 1878 » Edward Shepherd Creasy, English historian and jurist (b. 1812)
• 1884 » Hermann Schlegel, German ornithologist and herpetologist (b. 1804)
• 1887 » William Giblin, Australian lawyer and politician, 13th Premier of Tasmania (b. 1840)
• 1888 » Big Bear, Canadian tribal chief (b. 1825)
• 1891 » George Bancroft, American historian and politician, 17th United States Secretary of the Navy (b. 1800)
• 1893 » Rutherford B. Hayes, American general, lawyer, and politician, 19th President of the United States (b. 1822)
• 1903 » Ignaz Wechselmann, Hungarian architect and philanthropist (b. 1828)
• 1908 » Ferdinand IV, Grand Duke of Tuscany (b. 1835)
• 1909 » Francis Smith, Australian lawyer, judge, and politician, 4th Premier of Tasmania (b. 1819)
• 1911 » Francis Galton, English polymath, anthropologist, and geographer (b. 1822)

• 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 » 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 21 » Oldsmobile, an American automobile manufacturer and marque, is founded.
• August 31 » Thomas Edison patents the Kinetoscope, the first movie projector.
• September 1 » The Tremont Street Subway in Boston opens, becoming the first underground rapid transit system in North America.
• December 6 » London becomes the world's first city to host licensed taxicabs.

The temperature on January 17, 1897 was about -0.2 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 96%.