About the day » Saturday December 25, 1897Calender converter

• Albert Knol, Wanneperveen, Netherlands († 1968)
• Anna Wilhelmina Antonia Zandvliet, Den Haag
• Anna Stremler, Ottawa Michigan, Verenigde Staten († 1936)
• Agnes Margaret Farrell, Shantavney, Ballygawley, Clogher, Co. Tyrone, N. Ireland († 1941)
• Anna Maria Heins, Rotterdam
• Alida Maria Hendrika Tieril, Amsterdam
• Aaldert van Remmerden, Eck en Wiel, Gelderland, Nederland
• Adriana Hoogendoorn, Oudewater, Nederland
• Adrianus Broeders, Loon op Zand, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1929)
• Anna de Wit, Meppel, Drenthe, Nederland

• Adriaan Cornelis van de Put (58), Tilburg, Gemeente Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Albertje Alberts Jansen (85), Emmen,Drenthe,Niederlande
• Anton Christiaan Boekelman (1), Amsterdam
• Anna Catharina WELLENS (59), Vorst
• Anna Christina van Muijlwijk (65), Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Netherlands
• Bartha Spiegelaar (26), Emmen, Drenthe, Netherlands
• Aaltje Soer (30), Smilde
• Arijaantje Verschoor (74), Capelle aan de ijssel
• Ardina Godefrida van de Waarenburg (41), Helmond
• Antonie Jacobsz. Proost (89), Pernis, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 1890 » Noel Odell, English geologist and mountaineer († 1987)
• 1890 » Robert Ripley, American anthropologist and publisher († 1949)
• 1891 » Clarrie Grimmett, New Zealand-Australian cricketer († 1980)
• 1891 » Kenneth Arthur Noel Anderson, Indian-English general and politician, Governor of Gibraltar († 1959)
• 1899 » Humphrey Bogart, American actor († 1957)
• 1901 » Princess Alice, Duchess of Gloucester († 2004)
• 1902 » Barton MacLane, American actor, playwright, and screenwriter († 1969)
• 1902 » William Bell, American tuba player and educator († 1971)
• 1903 » Antiochos Evangelatos, Greek composer and conductor († 1981)
• 1904 » Gerhard Herzberg, German-Canadian physicist and chemist, Nobel Prize laureate († 1999)

• 1868 » Linus Yale, Jr., American engineer and businessman (b. 1821)
• 1875 » Young Tom Morris, Scottish golfer (b. 1851)
• 1880 » Fridolin Anderwert, Swiss lawyer and politician, President of the Swiss National Council (b. 1828)
• 1916 » Albert Chmielowski, Polish saint, founded the Albertine Brothers (b. 1845)
• 1921 » Vladimir Korolenko, Russian journalist, author, and activist (b. 1853)
• 1925 » Karl Abraham, German psychoanalyst and author (b. 1877)
• 1926 » Emperor Taishō of Japan (b. 1879)
• 1928 » Miles Burke, American boxer (b. 1885)
• 1930 » Jakob Mändmets, Estonian journalist and author (b. 1871)
• 1933 » Francesc Macià, Catalan colonel and politician, 122nd President of Catalonia (b. 1859)

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 1 » Shinhan Bank, the oldest bank in South Korea, opens in Seoul.
• 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 » Dracula, a Gothic horror novel by Irish author Bram Stoker, is published.
• August 2 » Anglo-Afghan War: The Siege of Malakand ends when a relief column is able to reach the British garrison in the Malakand states.
• 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 9 » Activist Marguerite Durand founds the feminist daily newspaper La Fronde in Paris.

The temperature on December 25, 1897 was about -3.8 °C. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 98%.