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• Adolphe Virgile Warte († 1973)
• "Hugues" François Xavier Rochette de Lempdes, Vertaizon, Puy-de-Dôme, France († 1989)
• Aafje Bakker, Grootebroek, Stede Broec, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Albertje van der Leest, Tietjerksteradeel († 1963)
• Albertje Pieters van der Leest, Bergum († 1963)
• Wijnands, Amersfoort, Utrecht, Netherlands († 1993)
• Aaltje Kist, Steenwijk
• Alberta Regeling, Gramsbergen († 1966)
• Geurts († 1897)
• Adrianus Petrus Burger, Naaldwijk († 1899)

• Anna Margaretha Posthumus (39), Leeuwarden, Friesland, Netherlands
• Bryan M Spencer, Utica, Winona co, MN
• Berendina Maria van den Brink (0), Uddel (Apeldoorn)
• Adrianus Kremers (1), Zevenbergen
• Aafke Smit (61), Stedum, Groningen, Nederland
• Arnoldina Boekhorst (42), Doornenburg, Nederland
• Alida Petronella de Bruin (0), Delft
• Geurts (0), Stokkum, Gelderland, Nederland
• Berendina Maria van den Brink (0), Apeldoorn, Uddel
• Anna Cornelia Aarts (42), Hoogeloon, Hapert en Casteren

• 1892 » Francisco Franco, Spanish general and dictator, Prime Minister of Spain († 1975)
• 1892 » Liu Bocheng, Chinese commander and politician († 1986)
• 1893 » Herbert Read, English poet and critic († 1968)
• 1895 » Feng Youlan, Chinese philosopher and academic († 1990)
• 1897 » Robert Redfield, American anthropologist of Mexico († 1958)
• 1899 » Charlie Spencer, English footballer and manager († 1953)
• 1899 » Karl-Günther Heimsoth, German physician and politician († 1934)
• 1903 » Cornell Woolrich, American author († 1968)
• 1904 » Albert Norden, German journalist and politician († 1982)
• 1908 » Alfred Hershey, American bacteriologist and geneticist, Nobel Prize laureate († 1997)

• 1893 » John Tyndall, Irish-English physicist and chemist (b. 1820)
• 1897 » Griffith Rhys Jones, Welsh conductor (b. 1834)
• 1902 » Charles Dow, American journalist and publisher, co-founded the Dow Jones & Company (b. 1851)
• 1926 » Ivana Kobilca, Slovenian painter (b. 1861)
• 1933 » Stefan George, German-Swiss poet and translator (b. 1868)
• 1935 » Charles Richet, French physiologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1850)
• 1935 » Johan Halvorsen, Norwegian violinist, composer, and conductor (b. 1864)
• 1938 » Tamanishiki San'emon, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 32nd Yokozuna (b. 1903)
• 1942 » Fritz Löhner-Beda, Jewish Austrian librettist, lyricist and writer (b. 1883)
• 1942 » Juhan Kukk, Estonian politician, 3rd Head of State of Estonia (b. 1885)

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.
• 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.
• 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.
• September 1 » The Tremont Street Subway in Boston opens, becoming the first underground rapid transit system in North America.
• November 1 » The first Library of Congress building opens its doors to the public; the library had previously been housed in the Congressional Reading Room in the U.S. Capitol.
• December 9 » Activist Marguerite Durand founds the feminist daily newspaper La Fronde in Paris.

The temperature on December 4, 1897 was about -2.3 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 87%.