About the day » Saturday October 2, 1897Calender converter

• Agatha Pieternella Endenburg, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1954)
• Adriaan Kommers, Raamsdonkveer († 1924)
• Adriana Henri�tta Honkoop (Honcoop), Zundert, Nederland († 1898)
• Albert Biddle, MacLean, New South Wales, Australia († 1969)
• "levenloos", Bloemendaal († 1897)
• Adriana Henriette HONCOOP, Zundert, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1898)
• van Herk, Nieuwpoort, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1966)
• Aaftje Bak
• Albert Hielke WERKMAN, Kortezwaag (Opsterland) Friesland Netherlands († 1977)
• Abraham van den Ham, Culemborg, Gelderland, Nederland

• Antonia Schets (59), Terheijden, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anthonia Elisabeth Bekker (88), Zeist, Utrecht, Nederland
• Catharina Meijer (65), Arnhem, Nederland
• Adriana Kraaijeveld (12), Zaandam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Bregtje Bronkema (45), Ulrum, Groningen, Nederland
• Anna Maria Peeters (65), Riethoven (gemeente Bergeijk)
• Antonie Roowaan (0), Utrecht
• Bertus Veen (0), Utrecht
• Anna Elizabeth Bennis (28), Gouda
• Anna Maria PEETERS (65), Riethoven, 4138, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• 1890 » Groucho Marx, American comedian and actor († 1977)
• 1893 » Leroy Shield, American composer and conductor († 1962)
• 1895 » Ruth Cheney Streeter, American colonel († 1990)
• 1897 » Bud Abbott, American comedian († 1974)
• 1902 » John G. Crommelin, American admiral and politician († 1996)
• 1902 » Leopold Figl, Austrian engineer and politician, 18th Chancellor of Austria († 1965)
• 1904 » Graham Greene, English novelist, playwright, and critic († 1991)
• 1904 » Lal Bahadur Shastri, Indian academic and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of India († 1966)
• 1905 » Franjo Šeper, Croatian cardinal († 1981)
• 1906 » Thomas Hollway, Australian politician, 36th Premier of Victoria († 1971)

• 1850 » Sarah Biffen, English painter (b. 1784)
• 1853 » François Arago, French mathematician, physicist, astronomer, and politician, 25th Prime Minister of France (b. 1786)
• 1920 » Max Bruch, German composer and conductor (b. 1838)
• 1927 » Svante Arrhenius, Swedish physicist and chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1859)
• 1938 » Alexandru Averescu, Romanian field marshal and politician, 24th Prime Minister of Romania (b. 1859)
• 1938 » André Lagache, French race car driver and engineer (b. 1885)
• 1943 » John Evans, English-Australian politician, 21st Premier of Tasmania (b. 1855)
• 1947 » P. D. Ouspensky, Russian-English mathematician and philosopher (b. 1878)
• 1953 » John Marin, American painter (b. 1870)
• 1955 » Humphrey Barclay, English priest (b. 1882)

• 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.
• February 28 » Queen Ranavalona III, the last monarch of Madagascar, is deposed by a French military force.
• May 26 » Dracula, a Gothic horror novel by Irish author Bram Stoker, is published.
• 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 11 » After months of pursuit, generals of Menelik II of Ethiopia capture Gaki Sherocho, the last king of Kaffa, bringing an end to that ancient kingdom.
• 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 October 2, 1897 was about 12.4 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 79%.