• Agnes Elisabeth Christine Kolster, Batavia, Jakarta Raya (Djakarta Raya), Indonesië
• Aart van den Oever, Zaltbommel, GL, Nederland
• Anna Maria Van Tulden, turnhout
• Alida Elisabeth Kuijs, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1984)
• Hessels, Eijsden
• Jager, Nieuw-Scheemda, Groningen, Nederland († 1897)
• Anna Gesina Robin
• Aaltje de Lang, Workum, Friesland, Netherlands
• Aloïsius Cornelius Plésier, Westouter,, West-Vlaanderen, Belgique († 1957)
• Albert Humphreys CHAPMAN, Queensland, Australia

• Annigje Hoogenberg (1)
• Annigje Hogenberg (1), Weerdingerveen
• Bor van der Zande (0), Apeldoorn
• Aart van Gendt (44), Leerdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adolph Zuijderwijk (77), Den Haag (Z-H), Nederland
• Adolf (Adolph) Zuiderwijk (77), Den Haag
• Jager (0), Nieuw-Scheemda, Groningen, Nederland
• antonia SLAGMOLEN (63), rotterdam
• Bernholdus Johannes van der Bree (81), Gouda,Gouda,Zuid-Holland,Nederland
• Adriana Cornelia van der Kroft (18), Wassenaar

• 1890 » Dwight D. Eisenhower, American general and politician, 34th President of the United States († 1969)
• 1892 » Sumner Welles, American politician and diplomat, 11th Under Secretary of State († 1961)
• 1893 » Lillian Gish, American actress († 1993)
• 1894 » E. E. Cummings, American poet and playwright († 1962)
• 1894 » Victoria Drummond, British marine engineer († 1978)
• 1897 » Alicja Dorabialska, Polish chemist († 1975)
• 1898 » Thomas William Holmes, Canadian sergeant and pilot, Victoria Cross recipient († 1950)
• 1900 » W. Edwards Deming, American statistician, author, and academic († 1993)
• 1902 » Learco Guerra, Italian cyclist and manager († 1963)
• 1904 » Christian Pineau, French politician, French Minister of Foreign Affairs († 1995)

• 1911 » John Marshall Harlan, American lawyer and politician (b. 1833)
• 1923 » Marcellus Emants, Dutch-Swiss author, poet, and playwright (b. 1848)
• 1929 » Henri Berger, German composer and bandleader (b. 1844)
• 1930 » Samuel van Houten, Dutch lawyer and politician, Dutch Minister of the Interior (b. 1837)
• 1942 » Noboru Yamaguchi, Japanese mob boss (b. 1902)
• 1943 » Sobibór uprising:
• 1944 » Erwin Rommel, German field marshal (b. 1891)
• 1953 » Émile Sarrade, French rugby player and tug of war competitor (b. 1877)
• 1953 » Kyuichi Tokuda, Japanese lawyer and politician (b. 1894)
• 1958 » Douglas Mawson, Australian geologist, academic, and explorer (b. 1882)

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. Hendrikus
15. Wilhelmus
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.
• April 18 » The Greco-Turkish War is declared between Greece and the Ottoman Empire.
• 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.
• July 11 » Salomon August Andrée leaves Spitsbergen to attempt to reach the North Pole by balloon. He later crashes and dies.
• August 31 » Thomas Edison patents the Kinetoscope, the first movie projector.
• December 6 » London becomes the world's first city to host licensed taxicabs.

The temperature on October 14, 1897 was about 13.2 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 85%.