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• Ada Jane Quayle, Millom, Cumberland, England
• Adrianus Gerardus Joseph v. Veen, Tilburg († 1934)
• DYKHUIZEN, Lafayette Tippecanoe County Indiana U.S.A
• Adriana van Hintum, Berghem, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1932)
• Adriana (Jaantje) BIEREN, Alblasserdam († 1982)
• Agnes Joanna Verhoeven, Tilburg, NB, Nederland († 1898)
• Adriana Maria Idema, Wateringen
• Aafke van Warners, Uithuizen, Groningen, Nederland († 1985)
• Agnes Joanna Verhoeven, Tilburg († 1898)
• Adriana Cornelia Beljaars, Tilburg

• Catharina van den Boom (87), Antwerpen
• Anna Maria den Brok (72), Oss
• Bijgje Doorneweerd (46), Doornspijk, Gelderland, Netherlands
• Drent (0), Groningen
• Adriaan Lievense (26), Nieuwerkerk (Schouwen-Duiveland), Zeeland, Nederland NED
• Aldegondis Elisabeth Philtjens (52), Alken, België
• Ana Eufrosina de Oliveira (43), Jau, São Paulo, Brasil
• Antje Tjepkes Nieuwenhuis (77), Midlum, Friesland, Nederland
• Antje Tjipkes Nieuwenhuis (77), Midlum, Franekeradeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Anna Berendina van der Kragt (68), Duiven, Gelderland, Nederland

• 1891 » Edith Stein, Polish nun and martyr; later canonized († 1942)
• 1891 » Fumimaro Konoe, Japanese soldier and politician, 39th Prime Minister of Japan († 1945)
• 1892 » Gilda dalla Rizza, Italian soprano and actress († 1975)
• 1893 » Velvalee Dickinson, American spy († 1980)
• 1894 » Elisabeth of Romania, queen consort of Greece († 1956)
• 1896 » Eugenio Montale, Italian poet and translator, Nobel Prize laureate († 1981)
• 1903 » Josephine Hutchinson, American actress († 1998)
• 1904 » Ding Ling, Chinese author and educator († 1986)
• 1904 » Lester Dent, American journalist and author († 1959)
• 1906 » Joe Cronin, American baseball player and manager († 1984)

• 1870 » Robert E. Lee, American general (b. 1807)
• 1875 » Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux, French sculptor and painter (b. 1827)
• 1896 » Christian Emil Krag-Juel-Vind-Frijs, Danish lawyer and politician, 9th Council President of Denmark (b. 1817)
• 1898 » Calvin Fairbank, American minister and activist (b. 1816)
• 1914 » Margaret E. Knight, American inventor (b. 1838)
• 1915 » Edith Cavell, English nurse (b. 1865)
• 1923 » Bunny Lucas, English cricketer (b. 1857)
• 1924 » Anatole France, French journalist, novelist, and poet, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1844)
• 1926 » Edwin Abbott Abbott, English theologian and author (b. 1838)
• 1933 » John Lister, English philanthropist and politician (b. 1847)

• 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.
• May 26 » Dracula, a Gothic horror novel by Irish author Bram Stoker, is published.
• June 22 » British colonial officers Charles Walter Rand and Lt. Charles Egerton Ayerst are assassinated in Pune, Maharashtra, India by the Chapekar brothers and Mahadeo Vinayak Ranade, who are later caught and hanged.
• August 10 » German chemist Felix Hoffmann discovers an improved way of synthesizing acetylsalicylic acid (aspirin).
• August 21 » Oldsmobile, an American automobile manufacturer and marque, is founded.
• 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 October 12, 1897 was about 11.0 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 76%.