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• Abraham Frank, Amsterdam († 1945)
• Alberta Carolina Elisabeth BURGERS († 1909)
• Alfons Jan Baptist Meeusen, Baarle-Hertog (België) († 1984)
• Allagonna Elizabeth ( of Alagonne?) Zwaneveld, Kolham, Slochteren († 1982)
• Adriana Boogerman, Rotterdam, Zuid Holland, The Netherlands († 1933)
• Agnes SMITH, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, United States of America († 1966)
• Adolf Hänschen, Amsterdam († 1964)
• Alma Isobel Maddox, Kaeo, Mangonui, New Zealand († 1982)
• Amalia Hooff, Soerakarta, Indonesië († 1960)
• Adrianus Johannes van der Voort, Monster, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• Antje VEENIS (70), Markenbinnen (Uitgeest), Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Maria Korstjaans (0), Sevenum
• Anna Cornelia Wesenbeek (61), Hoeven
• (Antonia) Maria Koning (78), Ruurlo,Gd
• Bina Sissingh (90), Winschoten, Groningen, Nederland
• Arnoldus Hubertus van Soest (64), Grubbenvorst, LI.NL
• Berend Harms (0), Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Cornelia AMMERLAAN (71), Pijnacker
• Aaltje Maat (50), Schoterland
• Antje Lieuwes Huisman (28), Oudwoude, Kollumerland en Nieuwkruisland, Friesland, Nederland

• 1894 » Sofoklis Venizelos, Greek captain and politician, 133rd Prime Minister of Greece († 1964)
• 1894 » William George Barker, Canadian pilot and colonel, Victoria Cross recipient († 1930)
• 1896 » Gustaf Tenggren, Swedish-American illustrator and animator († 1970)
• 1899 » Gleb Wataghin, Ukrainian-Italian physicist and academic († 1986)
• 1899 » Ralph Greenleaf, American billiards player († 1950)
• 1899 » Rezső Seress, Hungarian pianist and composer († 1968)
• 1900 » Adolf Dassler, German businessman, founded Adidas († 1978)
• 1901 » André Malraux, French historian, theorist, and author († 1976)
• 1901 » Leopold III of Belgium († 1983)
• 1901 » Lionel Hitchman, Canadian ice hockey player († 1969)

• 1869 » Andreas Kalvos, Greek poet and playwright (b. 1792)
• 1890 » Ulrich Ochsenbein, Swiss lawyer and politician, 1st President of the Swiss National Council (b. 1811)
• 1891 » Louis Lucien Bonaparte, English-Italian philologist and politician (b. 1813)
• 1900 » Carrie Steele Logan, American philanthropist, founder of the oldest black orphanage in the United States (b. ~1829)
• 1914 » Georg Trakl, Austrian-Polish pharmacist and poet (b. 1887)
• 1917 » Léon Bloy, French author and poet (b. 1846)
• 1918 » Aleksandr Lyapunov, Russian mathematician and physicist (b. 1857)
• 1926 » Annie Oakley, American entertainer and target shooter (b. 1860)
• 1927 » Karel Matěj Čapek-Chod, Czech journalist and author (b. 1860)
• 1929 » Olav Aukrust, Norwegian poet and educator (b. 1883)

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.
• January 31 » Czechoslav Trade Union Association is founded in Prague.
• 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.
• August 21 » Oldsmobile, an American automobile manufacturer and marque, is founded.
• December 6 » London becomes the world's first city to host licensed taxicabs.
• December 9 » Activist Marguerite Durand founds the feminist daily newspaper La Fronde in Paris.

The temperature on November 3, 1897 was about -0.4 °C. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 98%.