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• Alida Reindorp, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1943)
• Anna Karolina Marij Wevers, Enschede
• Andreas August Neels, Mol († 1970)
• Aaltje Dekker, Hoogeveen, Drenthe, Nederland († 1980)
• Adriana Margaretha Waleinda Kool, Utrecht († 1965)
• Aaltje Dekker, Hoogeveen, Drenthe, Netherlands(Noord)
• Jouke Douma, Weststellingwerf Friesland
• Anna Maria Bongarts, Tegelen, Limburg, Netherlands
• Anna Geertruida MEINDERS, Rijssen († 1971)
• Adrianus van 't Woudt, Overschie, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• Adriaan Scherpenisse (81)
• Albertus Hendrik Stil (0), Rijnsburg, South Holland, Netherlands
• Antonius Hoedjes (1), Tilburg
• Adriana Johanna van Wijngaarden
• Anna van Hees (2), Poppel B
• Abraham BOESVELD (2), Alphen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Arie Jan de Man (0), Spijkenisse
• Aaltjen Dormits (55), Den Bosch
• Baukje Dijkstra (77), Tjieterkstradeel
• Albertien Roseboom (6), Sleen,Drenthe,Niederlande,Zuidsleen

• 1886 » Rex Stout, American detective novelist († 1975)
• 1894 » Afrânio Pompílio Gastos do Amaral, Brazilian herpetologist († 1982)
• 1895 » Henry Williamson, English farmer, soldier, and author († 1977)
• 1896 » Georgy Zhukov, Russian general and politician, 2nd Minister of Defence for the Soviet Union († 1974)
• 1898 » Cyril Ritchard, Australian-American actor and singer († 1977)
• 1898 » Stuart Garson, Canadian lawyer and politician, 12th Premier of Manitoba († 1977)
• 1900 » Karna Maria Birmingham, Australian artist, illustrator and print maker († 1987)
• 1901 » Ilona Fehér, Hungarian-Israeli violinist and educator († 1988)
• 1903 » Nikolai Voznesensky, Soviet economic planner, member of the Politburo of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union († 1950)
• 1905 » Alex Wilson, Canadian sprinter and coach († 1994)

• 1865 » Abraham Emanuel Fröhlich, Swiss pastor, poet, and educator (b. 1796)
• 1866 » George Everest, Welsh geographer and surveyor (b. 1790)
• 1867 » Charles Gray Round, English lawyer and politician (b. 1797)
• 1884 » William Swainson, English-New Zealand lawyer and politician, Attorney-General of the Crown Colony of New Zealand (b. 1809)
• 1913 » Juhan Liiv, Estonian poet and author (b. 1864)
• 1914 » Alfred Thayer Mahan, American captain and historian (b. 1840)
• 1916 » Charles de Foucauld, French priest and martyr (b. 1858)
• 1923 » Virginie Loveling, Belgian author and poet (b. 1836)
• 1928 » José Eustasio Rivera, Colombian-American lawyer and poet (b. 1888)
• 1933 » Pekka Halonen, Finnish painter (b. 1865)

• 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.
• February 1 » Shinhan Bank, the oldest bank in South Korea, opens in Seoul.
• June 16 » A treaty annexing the Republic of Hawaii to the United States is signed; the Republic would not be dissolved until a year later.
• July 11 » Salomon August Andrée leaves Spitsbergen to attempt to reach the North Pole by balloon. He later crashes and dies.
• September 12 » Tirah Campaign: In the Battle of Saragarhi, ten thousand Pashtun tribesmen suffer several hundred casualties while attacking 21 Sikh soldiers in British service.
• December 6 » London becomes the world's first city to host licensed taxicabs.

The temperature on December 1, 1897 was about 5.1 °C. The airpressure was 74 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 92%.