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• Aarnout Hobo, Voorburg, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1897)
• Adrianus Leendert Rietveld, ochten (gelderland)
• Aaltje Tienkamp, Hoogezand († 1974)
• Aaltje Bunschoten, Hobreede, Noord Holland, Netherlands († 1975)
• Adrianus Christiaan Smit, Uithoorn († 1968)
• Aaltje Tienkamp, Hoogezand († 1974)
• Alfred Oliver Kirton, Aberdeenshire, Scotland († 1952)
• Albert Scholten, Voorst
• Agatha Dijkman, Laren, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1978)
• Alberdina Stoffers, Schuilingsoord gem.Zuidlaren († 1988)

• Albert Roelofs Yben (77), Weststellingwerf
• Arie Reedijk (74), s Gravendeel
• Baukje Lolkes Muller* (54), Franeker, gem. Franekeradeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Albert Hoenderken (78), Paterswolde, Tynaarlo, Drenthe, Nederland
• Albert Hoenderken (78), Paterswolde ( Eelde)
• Benjamin Franklin Forbes (30)
• Albert Josef Eloot (0), Hillegem Oost-Vlaanderen
• Adriana Wolfs (22), Vlijmen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anna Catharina DIRIX (73), Hasselt, Provincie Limburg, Flanders, Belgie
• Aaltje Henderika Braak (53), Den Haag

• 1892 » Guo Moruo, Chinese historian, author, and poet († 1978)
• 1894 » Bobby Cruickshank, American golfer († 1975)
• 1894 » Richard von Coudenhove-Kalergi, Austrian philosopher and politician († 1972)
• 1895 » Paul Hindemith, German violinist, composer, and conductor († 1963)
• 1896 » Joan Lindsay, Australian author and critic († 1984)
• 1896 » Lawrence Tibbett, American actor and singer († 1960)
• 1896 » Oswald Mosley, English fascist leader and politician († 1980)
• 1897 » Choudhry Rahmat Ali, Indian-Pakistani academic († 1951)
• 1899 » Mary Margaret McBride, American radio host († 1976)
• 1900 » Eliška Junková, Czechoslovakian race car driver († 1994)

• 1878 » Princess Marie of Hesse and by Rhine (b. 1874)
• 1884 » František Chvostek, Czech-Austrian soldier and physician (b. 1835)
• 1885 » Louis Riel, Canadian lawyer and politician (b. 1844)
• 1903 » Princess Elisabeth of Hesse and by Rhine (b. 1895)
• 1907 » Robert I, Duke of Parma (b. 1848)
• 1908 » Henri-Gustave Joly de Lotbinière, French-Canadian lawyer and politician, 4th Premier of Quebec (b. 1829)
• 1911 » A. A. Ames, American physician and politician, 9th Mayor of Minneapolis (b. 1842)
• 1911 » Lawrence Feuerbach, American shot putter (b. 1879)
• 1913 » George Barham, English businessman, founded Express County Milk Supply Company (b. 1836)
• 1922 » Max Abraham, Polish-German physicist and academic (b. 1875)

• 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.
• January 31 » Czechoslav Trade Union Association is founded in Prague.
• April 30 » J. J. Thomson of the Cavendish Laboratory announces his discovery of the electron as a subatomic particle, over 1,800 times smaller than a proton (in the atomic nucleus), at a lecture at the Royal Institution in London.
• 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.
• July 11 » Salomon August Andrée leaves Spitsbergen to attempt to reach the North Pole by balloon. He later crashes and dies.
• 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.

The temperature on November 16, 1897 was about 3.3 °C. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 95%.