About the day » Thursday November 18, 1897Calender converter

• Adriaan Johan Filippo, Leiden,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1970)
• ? van den Heuvel, Antwerpen, België († 1898)
• Aleida Frederica Holsbeek, Oldenzaal, 7570, Nederland († 1978)
• Amelia Van Gelder, Schaffen, 3290, Diest, België († 1979)
• Kiffers, Zwolle Ov. NL († 1897)
• Albert Johan Aldenkamp, Lonneker († 1978)
• Alida Kuijper, Amsterdam
• Aaltje SCHURING, Holthe (Beilen), Drenthe, Nederland
• Anna Klinger, South Dakota († 1992)
• Adriana van Es, Katwijk

• Bernardus Wassink (36), Arnhem, Gelderland, Nederland
• Alida Maria van Onselen (28), Rotterdam, Nederland
• Carolina Helena BENTINCK (81), Wijhe, Overijssel, Nederland NL
• Auguste Margaretha Liebrecht (68), Wiesbaden, Hessen
• Aaltje Maassen van den Brink (0), Velp
• Anna Philomena MENNER (0), IN, Verenigde Staten
• Anske Nolkes van Asperen (43), Sneek, Friesland, Nederland
• Kiffers (0), Zwolle Ov. NL
• Alexander Gilmore McCleve (43), Taylor, Navajo, Arizona, Verenigde Staten
• (68), Brugge

• 1891 » Gio Ponti, Italian architect, industrial designer, furniture designer, artist, and publisher.(† 1979)
• 1897 » Patrick Blackett, Baron Blackett, English physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1974)
• 1899 » Eugene Ormandy, Hungarian-American violinist and conductor († 1985)
• 1899 » Howard Thurman, American author, philosopher and civil rights activist († 1981)
• 1901 » Craig Wood, American golfer († 1968)
• 1901 » George Gallup, American statistician and academic († 1984)
• 1901 » V. Shantaram, Indian actor, director, producer, and screenwriter († 1984)
• 1902 » Franklin Adreon, American film and television director († 1979)
• 1904 » Alan Lennox-Boyd, 1st Viscount Boyd of Merton, English lieutenant and politician, Secretary of State for the Colonies († 1983)
• 1904 » Masao Koga, Japanese composer and guitarist († 1978)

• 1886 » Chester A. Arthur, American general, lawyer, and politician, 21st President of the United States (b. 1829)
• 1889 » William Allingham, Irish-English poet and scholar (b. 1824)
• 1909 » Renée Vivien, English-French poet (b. 1877)
• 1922 » Marcel Proust, French author and critic (b. 1871)
• 1927 » Scipione Borghese, 10th Prince of Sulmona Italian race car driver, explorer, and politician (b. 1871)
• 1936 » V. O. Chidambaram Pillai, Indian lawyer and politician (b. 1872)
• 1940 » Ivane Javakhishvili, Georgian historian and academic (b. 1876)
• 1941 » Émile Nelligan, Canadian poet and author (b. 1879)
• 1941 » Chris Watson, Chilean-Australian journalist and politician, 3rd Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1867)
• 1941 » Walther Nernst, German chemist and physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1864)

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 28 » Queen Ranavalona III, the last monarch of Madagascar, is deposed by a French military force.
• April 18 » The Greco-Turkish War is declared between Greece and the Ottoman Empire.
• May 26 » Dracula, a Gothic horror novel by Irish author Bram Stoker, is published.
• July 2 » British-Italian engineer Guglielmo Marconi obtains a patent for radio in London.
• 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 18, 1897 was about 10.1 °C. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 99%.