About the day » Tuesday January 26, 1897Calender converter

• Albertus Ronteltap, Schiedam († 1942)
• Albertus Ronteltap, Schiedam († 1942)
• Abraham Huizer, Oosthuizen, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1950)
• Aaltje Eelses AAKSTER, Lettelbert (Leek) Groningen Netherlands († 1972)
• Aaltje Posthumus, Westernieland, Eenrum, Groningen, Nederland († 1948)
• Agatha Lammerdina Cornelia DRIEHUIJS, Utrecht
• Aartje Bijl, Pernis, Zuid Holland, Nederland
• Alfonsina Damiana (Mosa) ROOI, Curacao-Vijfde District-Barber--,-, NA-
• Aartje van den Berg, Hattem († 1971)
• Aafje Dekker, Zaandam, Noord-Holland, Nederland

• Asse Bruins (81), Apeldoorn
• Berend Jan Heimink (87), Wierden
• Berend Hoeks (74), Ten Boer, Groningen, Nederland
• Anke Canter Visscher (52), Bolsward, Friesland, Nederland
• Aaltje Cornelia de Kruijf (19), Utrecht {UT}
• Bastiaan LUNSHOF (0), Eext,Anloo
• Albertus Buijtenhuijs (26), Utrecht {UT}
• Anton J Alt (3), Fort Wayne, Allen, Indiana, Verenigde Staten
• Alida Bes (73), Hazerswoude
• Anke Canter Visscher (52), Bolswarde

• 1891 » August Froehlich, German priest and martyr († 1942)
• 1891 » Frank Costello, Italian-American mob boss († 1973)
• 1891 » Wilder Penfield, American-Canadian neurosurgeon and academic († 1976)
• 1892 » Bessie Coleman, American pilot († 1926)
• 1893 » Giuseppe Genco Russo, Italian mob boss († 1976)
• 1899 » Günther Reindorff, Russian-Estonian graphic designer and illustrator († 1974)
• 1900 » Karl Ristenpart, German conductor († 1967)
• 1902 » Menno ter Braak, Dutch author († 1940)
• 1904 » Ancel Keys, American physiologist and nutritionist († 2004)
• 1904 » Seán MacBride, Irish lawyer and politician, Irish Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade Nobel Prize laureate († 1988)

• 1869 » Duncan Gordon Boyes, English soldier; Victoria Cross recipient (b. 1846)
• 1870 » Victor de Broglie, French politician, 9th Prime Minister of France (b. 1785)
• 1885 » Charles George Gordon, English general and politician (b. 1833)
• 1885 » Edward Davy, English-Australian physician and engineer (b. 1806)
• 1886 » David Rice Atchison, American general and politician (b. 1807)
• 1887 » Anandi Gopal Joshi, One of the first female Indian physicians (b. 1865)
• 1891 » Nicolaus Otto, German engineer, invented the Internal combustion engine (b. 1833)
• 1893 » Abner Doubleday, American general (b. 1819)
• 1895 » Arthur Cayley, English mathematician and academic (b. 1825)
• 1904 » Whitaker Wright, English businessman (b. 1846)

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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.

The temperature on January 26, 1897 was about -2.8 °C. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 79%.