About the day » Sunday October 24, 1897Calender converter

• Adrianus Metz-, Buren, Nederland
• "Alexis" Pierre Trimouille, Bellegarde, Loiret, France († 1975)
• ? Hobo, Nederhemert, Nederland († 1897)
• Anna van Stiphout, Erp, Nederland († 1898)
• Albertus Pater, Driebergen
• Anna Maria Broeders, Raamsdonk
• Albert Dingstee, Meppel († 1898)
• Aloïs Cottenie, Heule († 1991)
• Aaltje Willems VAN DER HEIDE, Lettelbert (Leek) Groningen Netherlands († 1984)
• Alicia Deconinck, Ichtegem († 1974)

• Anna Maria van Eldere (84)
• Antonius van den Heuvel (4), 's-Hertogenbosch
• Antonia van Elk (1), Nijmegen
• Hobo (0), Nederhemert, Gelderland, Nederland
• Anna Maria Brits (82), Niel, Antwerpen, België
• Adrianus den Hollander (56), Wassenaar
• Anna de Herder (0), Rijssen, Overijssel, Nederland
• Aaltje Tiemens (9), Noordhorn gem. Zuidhorn Groningen, Nederland
• Alexander Martin (52), aged 52 years, Gulgong, NSW, AU
• Anna Adelheid Koers (26), Wietmarschen

• 1891 » Brenda Ueland, American journalist, author, and educator († 1985)
• 1891 » Rafael Trujillo, Dominican soldier and politician, 36th President of the Dominican Republic († 1961)
• 1894 » Bibhutibhushan Mukhopadhyay, Indian author, poet, and playwright († 1987)
• 1895 » Jack Warner, English actor and singer († 1981)
• 1896 » Marjorie Joyner, American make-up artist and businesswoman († 1994)
• 1898 » Peng Dehuai, Chinese general, 1st Minister of National Defense of the People's Republic of China († 1974)
• 1901 » Gilda Gray, Polish-American actress, singer, and dancer († 1959)
• 1903 » Melvin Purvis, American FBI agent († 1960)
• 1904 » A.K. Golam Jilani, Bangladeshi activist († 1932)
• 1904 » Moss Hart, American director and playwright († 1961)

• 1852 » Daniel Webster, American lawyer and politician, 14th United States Secretary of State (b. 1782)
• 1875 » Raffaello Carboni, Italian-Australian author and poet (b. 1817)
• 1898 » Pierre Puvis de Chavannes, French painter and illustrator (b. 1824)
• 1915 » Désiré Charnay, French archaeologist and photographer (b. 1828)
• 1917 » James Carroll Beckwith, American painter and academic (b. 1852)
• 1922 » George Cadbury, English businessman (b. 1839)
• 1935 » Dutch Schultz, American mob boss (b. 1902)
• 1937 » Nils Wahlbom, Swedish actor (b. 1886)
• 1938 » Ernst Barlach, German sculptor and playwright (b. 1870)
• 1943 » Hector de Saint-Denys Garneau, Canadian poet and painter (b. 1912)

• 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.
• 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.
• July 2 » British-Italian engineer Guglielmo Marconi obtains a patent for radio in London.
• 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.
• August 31 » Thomas Edison patents the Kinetoscope, the first movie projector.
• December 9 » Activist Marguerite Durand founds the feminist daily newspaper La Fronde in Paris.

The temperature on October 24, 1897 was about 12.8 °C. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 77%.