About the day » Saturday October 2, 1897Calender converter

• Abraham van den Ham, Culemborg
• Aartje Huisman, Numansdorp, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1976)
• Huijsing
• Adolf Lewy, Berlin, Brandenburg, Germany († 1944)
• Albert Kok, Noordwolde (gem. Weststellingwerf)
• Aaftje~Cdr Bak, Broek op L'dijk († 1982)
• Adriaan KOMMERS, Raamsdonk, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1924)
• Adriana Henriëtta HONCOOP, Zundert († 1898)
• van Genesen, Zevenbergen
• Aaltje van Dijk, Grootegast

• Antonia Schets (59), Terheijden, Noord-Brabant, The Netherlands
• Bertus Veen (0), Utrecht
• Bartholomeus Rond (5), Den Haag, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• VAN EE (0), Reeuwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Cornelisdr van Egmond│RK (73), Woubrugge
• Adrianus Willemse (18), Drunen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anthonia Elisabeth Bekker (88), Zeist, Utrecht, Nederland
• Bertha Ruhemann (71)
• Catalena Willemina van den Berg (55), Noordgouwe (Zld)
• Albertus van der Meij (76)

• 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.
• August 21 » Oldsmobile, an American automobile manufacturer and marque, is founded.
• 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.
• 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.
• December 9 » Activist Marguerite Durand founds the feminist daily newspaper La Fronde in Paris.

The temperature on October 2, 1897 was about 12.4 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 79%.