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Born on Sunday January 3, 1897
- van de Water, Varik West Betuwe (GL) († 1897)
- Alard Boks, Olst († 1967)
- Agatha Cornelia van der Windt, Vlaardingen († 1981)
- Adriana Looijen, Apeldoorn (GL) († 1987)
- Abraham Snoek, Vlaardingen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
- Adriaan Steen, Enschede († 1958)
- ?? Ju, Rotterdam († 1897)
- AGATHA CORNELIA VAN DER WINDT, VLAARDINGEN († 1981)
- Pronk, Scheveningen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
- Aaltje Uit den Bogaard, (GL) Apeldoorn
Died on Sunday January 3, 1897
- Antonius Bernardus Van Heemert (54), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
- Anna Cornelia Looijmans (62), Oudenbosch
- Arend Roelofs Klaster (83), Wapserveen gem. Havelte
- Anna Cornelia Looijmans Loomans (62), Oudenbosch, Noord-Brabant, NEDERLAND
- Alberta Berendina Oudbier (0), Doesburg
- Aaltje Joosten (0), Ede, Nederland
- Aaltje Roelofje Post (9), Kampen
- Arij Bibbe (65), Sayville,Suffolk County, New York, United States
- Anna Maria Smits (84), Horst, Netherlands
- Snelting (0)
Source: Delpher (KB | national library) Newspapers from January 3, 1897 at Delpher
Born on January 3
- 1887 » August Macke, German-French painter († 1914)
- 1892 » J.R.R. Tolkien, English writer, poet, and philologist († 1973)
- 1894 » ZaSu Pitts, American actress († 1963)
- 1897 » Marion Davies, American actress and comedian († 1961)
- 1898 » Carlos Keller, Chilean historian, academic, and politician († 1974)
- 1898 » Carolyn Haywood, American author and illustrator († 1990)
- 1900 » Donald J. Russell, American businessman († 1985)
- 1901 » Ngô Đình Diệm, Vietnamese lawyer and politician, 1st President of the Republic of Vietnam († 1963)
- 1905 » Anna May Wong, American actress († 1961)
- 1905 » Dante Giacosa, Italian engineer († 1996)
Died on January 3
- 1871 » Kuriakose Elias Chavara, Indian priest and saint (b. 1805)
- 1875 » Pierre Larousse, French lexicographer and publisher (b. 1817)
- 1882 » William Harrison Ainsworth, English author (b. 1805)
- 1895 » James Merritt Ives, American lithographer and businessman, co-founded Currier and Ives (b. 1824)
- 1903 » Alois Hitler, Austrian civil servant (b. 1837)
- 1911 » Alexandros Papadiamantis, Greek author and poet (b. 1851)
- 1915 » James Elroy Flecker, English poet, author, and playwright (b. 1884)
- 1916 » Grenville M. Dodge, American general and politician (b. 1831)
- 1922 » Wilhelm Voigt, German criminal (b. 1849)
- 1923 » Jaroslav Hašek, Czech journalist and author (b. 1883)
Names that were popular for boys in 1897
- Johannes
- Jan
- Cornelis
- Hendrik
- Willem
- Pieter
- Petrus
- Jacobus
- Gerrit
- Adrianus
- Jacob
- Antonius
- Wilhelmus
- Hendrikus
- Gerardus
- Joseph
Names that were popular for girls in 1897
- Maria
- Johanna
- Cornelia
- Anna
- Catharina
- Elisabeth
- Wilhelmina
- Hendrika
- Adriana
- Jacoba
- Petronella
- Geertruida
- Helena
- Margaretha
- Aaltje
- Antonia
Source: Wikipedia Historical events 1897
- 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.
- 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 31 » Thomas Edison patents the Kinetoscope, the first movie projector.
- 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 weather on Sunday January 3, 1897
The temperature on January 3, 1897 was about -2.6 °C. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 100%.
Source: KNMI
Source: KNMI