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Born on Tuesday December 14, 1897
- Albert Mulder, Diever († 1979)
- Adrianus Jacobus van Zuylen, Oudewater,, Utrecht, Nederland († 1947)
- Anne-Marie comtesse de Briey, Bruxelles († 1974)
- Ailhelmus Antonius Kievits, Bemmel, Lingewaard, Gelderland, Nederland
- Anna Rozemeijer, Velsen, Noord-Holland, Nederland
- Annechien Timmer, Eursinge, Nederland († 1918)
- Albert Jacobus Marie Brands, Zevenaar, Gelderland, Nederland († 1956)
- Alphonsus Arnoldus SMEETS, Hasselt,Provincie Limburg,Flanders,Belgi († 1976)
- Albert John Kuhn, Cheviot, Hamilton, Ohio, United States
- Albert Mulder, Diever
Died on Tuesday December 14, 1897
- Aaltje Eijkelboom (1), Zwolle
- Alexander Reens (58), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
- Albertus (Bart) van Walderveen (59), Ruwiel {UT} (gemeente tot 1964)
- Antoinette Wilhelmina Fredrika de Haas (0), Rotterdam
- Aldegonda Voesten (33), Meerlo, Li.NL
- Albert Bakker (1), Zuidwolde, Drenthe, Nederland
- Anna Francisca van Lier (0), Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
- Albert Jitses WALSTRA (0), Leeuwarden Friesland Netherlands
- anna maria van seenus (62), haarlem
- Albertus van Walderveen (59), Ruwiel,, Utrecht, Nederland
Source: Delpher (KB | national library) Newspapers from December 14, 1897 at Delpher
- Het nieuws van den dag : kleine courant
- Rotterdamsch nieuwsblad
- Algemeen Handelsblad
- Algemeen Handelsblad
- De Tijd : godsdienstig-staatkundig dagblad
- Leeuwarder courant
- Middelburgsche courant
- Nieuwsblad van het Noorden
- Bataviaasch nieuwsblad
- Java-bode : nieuws, handels- en advertentieblad voor Nederlandsch-Indie
Born on December 14
- 1894 » Alexander Nelke, Estonian-American painter and carpenter († 1974)
- 1895 » George VI of the United Kingdom († 1952)
- 1895 » Paul Éluard, French poet and author († 1952)
- 1896 » Jimmy Doolittle, American general and pilot, Medal of Honor recipient († 1993)
- 1897 » Kurt Schuschnigg, Italian-Austrian lawyer and politician, 15th Federal Chancellor of Austria († 1977)
- 1897 » Margaret Chase Smith, American educator and politician († 1995)
- 1899 » DeFord Bailey, American Hall of Fame country and blues musician († 1982)
- 1901 » Henri Cochet, French tennis player († 1987)
- 1901 » Paul of Greece († 1964)
- 1902 » Frances Bavier, American actress († 1989)
Died on December 14
- 1860 » George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen, Scottish-English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1784)
- 1861 » Albert, Prince Consort of the United Kingdom (b. 1819)
- 1865 » Johan Georg Forchhammer, Danish geologist and mineralogist (b. 1794)
- 1873 » Louis Agassiz, Swiss-American zoologist and geologist (b. 1807)
- 1878 » Princess Alice of the United Kingdom (b. 1843)
- 1912 » Belgrave Edward Sutton Ninnis, English lieutenant and explorer (b. 1887)
- 1917 » Phil Waller, Welsh rugby player (b. 1889)
- 1920 » George Gipp, American football player (b. 1895)
- 1927 » Julian Sochocki, Russian mathematician and academic (b. 1842)
- 1929 » Henry B. Jackson, British admiral (b. 1855)
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Names that were popular for girls in 1897
Source: Wikipedia Historical events 1897
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- August 31 » Thomas Edison patents the Kinetoscope, the first movie projector.
- September 1 » The Tremont Street Subway in Boston opens, becoming the first underground rapid transit system in North America.
- 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.
Weather December 14, 1897
The temperature on December 14, 1897 was about 10.5 °C. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 88%.