About the day » Saturday October 16, 1897Calender converter

• Adela Juliana De Saedeleer, Herzele († 1898)
• Aaltje Klaasdr Dekker, Oterleek († 1997)
• Aldert van der Knaap, Rotterdam († 1966)
• Adriana Hendrika Kraaijveld, Almkerk, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1989)
• Antonia Wouterina Verheijden, 's-Gevelduin-Capelle
• Adrianus Matton, Hagestein († 1989)
• Aloïsia Margaretha Loeys, Knokke, België († 1981)
• Aafje Modder, Hargen, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Broodman, Rotterdam
• Anna Alberta Maria Vaumont, Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Nederland

• Cornelia Adriana van der Pluijm (0), Hank, Altena, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Bastiaantje Stijnis (85), Sliedrecht
• Adof Hostmann (58), Hannover
• Antje Arjens de Jong (29), Oudega (Sma)
• Aart Versteeg (83), Meerveld (onder Garderen), Gelderland, Nederland
• Adriaantje Kroese (86), Zaandam, Gemeente Zaanstad, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Charles Henri Joseph Delvoye, Kortrijk
• Albert van Goor (2), Bonnerveen, Gieten, Drenthe, Nederland
• Annie Lee Bonner (14), Stewards Mill, Freestone County, Texas
• Aloys Jaecques (47), Houthulst

• 1890 » Maria Goretti, Italian martyr and saint († 1902)
• 1890 » Michael Collins, Irish general and politician, 2nd Irish Minister for Finance († 1922)
• 1890 » Paul Strand, American photographer and director († 1975)
• 1897 » Louis de Cazenave, French soldier († 2008)
• 1898 » William O. Douglas, American lawyer and jurist († 1980)
• 1900 » Edward Ardizzone, Vietnamese-English author and illustrator († 1979)
• 1900 » Goose Goslin, American baseball player and manager († 1971)
• 1900 » Primo Conti, Italian painter and poet († 1988)
• 1903 » Big Joe Williams, American Delta blues singer-songwriter and guitarist († 1982)
• 1903 » Cecile de Brunhoff, French author and pianist († 2003)

• 1877 » Théodore Barrière, French playwright (b. 1823)
• 1888 » John Wentworth, American journalist and politician, 19th Mayor of Chicago (b. 1815)
• 1904 » Haritina Korotkevich, Russian heroine (b. 1882)
• 1908 » Joseph Leycester Lyne, English monk (b. 1837)
• 1909 » Jakub Bart-Ćišinski, German poet and playwright (b. 1856)
• 1913 » Ralph Rose, American shot putter, discus, and hammer thrower (b. 1885)
• 1936 » Effie Adelaide Rowlands, British writer (b. 1859)
• 1937 » Jean de Brunhoff, French poet and playwright (b. 1899)
• 1946 » Nuremberg trial executions of the Main Trial:
• 1947 » Anna B. Eckstein, German peace activist (b. 1868)

• 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 30 » J. J. Thomson of the Cavendish Laboratory announces his discovery of the electron as a subatomic particle, over 1,800 times smaller than a proton (in the atomic nucleus), at a lecture at the Royal Institution in London.
• May 26 » Dracula, a Gothic horror novel by Irish author Bram Stoker, is published.
• August 21 » Oldsmobile, an American automobile manufacturer and marque, is founded.
• 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.
• December 9 » Activist Marguerite Durand founds the feminist daily newspaper La Fronde in Paris.

The temperature on October 16, 1897 was about 10.8 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 98%.