About the day » Monday November 15, 1897Calender converter

• Bakker, Valthermond († 1897)
• Anna Maria Petronella Busser, Hatert ( Gemeente Nijmegen)
• Aaltje van Unen, Oldebroek
• Agnes Matilda Jones († 1982)
• Adriana Bruinooge, Borssele, Zeeland, Netherlands († 1986)
• Annie Belle McDonald, Hickory, Newton, Mississippi, United States († 1998)
• Alfred "Fred" Aldwell Anderson, Spring Green, Sauk Co. Wisconsin († 1981)
• Velthuizen, Hoogland († 1897)
• Aartje Hendrika Zeist, van, Apeldoorn
• Anna Maria Petronella Busser, Nijmegen

• Barbara De Jong (29), Moordrecht,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Alberdina Siebers (79), Groningen, Groningen, Nederland
• Aaltje Feddes Kroon (78), Stadskanaal
• Anna Tamis (0), Zijpe, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Asje Lode (4), Zwolle, Overijssel, Nederland
• Adriana van Erp (64), Schijndel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Annetje Dijkman (62), Bussum, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adriana Bon (79), Schiedam
• Antje Sip (62), Opheusden (Gelderland)
• Adriana van GASTEL (80), Hoeven,Noord-Brabant,NEDERLAND

• 1891 » Erwin Rommel, German field marshal († 1944)
• 1891 » W. Averell Harriman, American businessman and politician, 11th United States Secretary of Commerce († 1986)
• 1892 » Naomi Childers, American actress († 1964)
• 1895 » Antoni Słonimski, Polish journalist, poet, and playwright († 1976)
• 1895 » Grand Duchess Olga Nikolaevna of Russia († 1918)
• 1896 » Leonard Lord, English businessman († 1967)
• 1897 » Aneurin Bevan, Welsh journalist and politician, Secretary of State for Health († 1960)
• 1897 » Sacheverell Sitwell, English author and critic († 1988)
• 1899 » Avdy Andresson, Estonian-American soldier and diplomat, Estonian Minister of War († 1990)
• 1903 » Stewie Dempster, New Zealand cricketer and coach († 1974)

• 1892 » Thomas Neill Cream, Scottish-Canadian serial killer (b. 1850)
• 1897 » Alfred Kennerley, English-Australian politician, 10th Premier of Tasmania (b. 1810)
• 1908 » Cixi, China empress dowager and regent (b. 1835)
• 1910 » Wilhelm Raabe, German author (b. 1831)
• 1916 » Henryk Sienkiewicz, Polish journalist and author, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1846)
• 1917 » Émile Durkheim, French sociologist, psychologist, and philosopher (b. 1858)
• 1919 » Alfred Werner, French-Swiss chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1866)
• 1919 » Mikhail Dolivo-Dobrovolsky, Polish-Russian engineer, electrician, and inventor (b. 1862)
• 1919 » Mohammad Farid, Egyptian lawyer and politician (b. 1868)
• 1922 » Dimitrios Gounaris, Greek lawyer and politician, 94th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1866)

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.
• February 1 » Shinhan Bank, the oldest bank in South Korea, opens in Seoul.
• April 18 » The Greco-Turkish War is declared between Greece and the Ottoman Empire.
• 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.
• June 22 » British colonial officers Charles Walter Rand and Lt. Charles Egerton Ayerst are assassinated in Pune, Maharashtra, India by the Chapekar brothers and Mahadeo Vinayak Ranade, who are later caught and hanged.
• December 6 » London becomes the world's first city to host licensed taxicabs.
• December 30 » The British Colony of Natal annexes Zululand.

The temperature on November 15, 1897 was about 10.9 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 98%.