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• Adriana HOOGTEIJLING, Gouda († 1988)
• († 1959)
• Adriana Maria Johanna Geboers, Tilburg, Gemeente Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Aaltje Alice, Oosterbierum
• "Antoinette" Marie Anne Aubert de Vincelles († 1976)
• Aaltje Kraaijo, Oud-Beijerland († 1926)
• Adriana Maria Johanna Antonia Geboers, Tilburg
• Akke Van Der Ploeg, Haulerwijk
• Aaltje Alice Dijkstra, Oosterbierum
• Aaltje Dijkstra, Oosterbierum, Friesland, Nederland († 1980)

• Abe Abes Jellema (1), Beetgum, Menaldumadeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Antonius Andreas Nicolaas Gout (0), Blerick
• Adriana Groenewald (82), IJsselstein
• Alida de Wilde (1), Nieuwer-Amstel, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Agatha Adriana Andriessen (4), Nieuwer-Amstel, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Aleida Witte (0), Enschede
• Anna Hendrika van Meer (0), Zevenbergen, Noord Brabant
• Anna Johanna Benjamina Boon (0), 's-Gravenzande, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
• Adam Frans Graaf van der Duijn (62), Nice, Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur
• Andries van den Boogaard (66)

• 1892 » Tudor Davies, Welsh tenor and actor († 1958)
• 1894 » Thorleif Schjelderup-Ebbe, Norwegian zoologist and comparative psychologist († 1976)
• 1895 » Manuel Alonso Areizaga, Spanish tennis player († 1984)
• 1895 » Nima Yooshij, Iranian poet and academic († 1960)
• 1896 » Salim Ali, Indian ornithologist and author († 1987)
• 1897 » Karl Marx, German composer and conductor († 1985)
• 1898 » Leon Štukelj, Slovenian gymnast († 1999)
• 1900 » Stanley Graham, New Zealand mass murderer († 1941)
• 1901 » James Luther Adams, American minister and theologian († 1994)
• 1903 » Jack Oakie, American actor († 1978)

• 1847 » William Christopher Zeise, Danish chemist who prepared Zeise's salt, one of the first organometallic compounds (b. 1789)
• 1865 » Elizabeth Gaskell, English author (b. 1810)
• 1896 » Joseph James Cheeseman, Liberian politician, 12th President of Liberia (b. 1843)
• 1902 » William Henry Barlow, English engineer (b. 1812)
• 1916 » Percival Lowell, American astronomer, mathematician, and author (b. 1855)
• 1933 » F. Holland Day, American photographer and publisher (b. 1864)
• 1933 » John Cady, American golfer (b. 1866)
• 1939 » Norman Bethune, Canadian physician and humanitarian (b. 1890)
• 1946 » Albert Bond Lambert, American golfer and pilot (b. 1875)
• 1946 » Madan Mohan Malaviya, Indian academic and politician, President of the Indian National Congress (b. 1861)

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. Wilhelmus
15. Hendrikus
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.
• May 26 » The original manuscript of William Bradford's history, "Of Plymouth Plantation" is returned to the Governor of Massachusetts by the Bishop of London after being taken during the American Revolutionary War.
• 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 21 » Oldsmobile, an American automobile manufacturer and marque, is founded.
• 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.
• December 9 » Activist Marguerite Durand founds the feminist daily newspaper La Fronde in Paris.
• December 30 » The British Colony of Natal annexes Zululand.

The temperature on November 12, 1897 was about 10.9 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 77%.