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• Anna Elizabeth Sommer († 1960)
• Adriana Huibregtse, Westkapelle, Walcheren, NL († 1958)
• Anna Catharina Peulen, Koningsbosch, Netherlands († 1979)
• Anna van Veen, Ellertsveld († 1980)
• Adriana Petronilla Haans, Tilburg
• Aldina Antunes Fernandes, Dom Feliciano, Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil
• Adriana Huibregtse, Westkapelle († 1958)
• Adrianus Johannes Knijnenburg, Wassenaar († 1898)
• Abe Steinberg, Russia († 1971)
• Lenssen, Nuth († 1897)

• Arnoldus Dassen (36), Stein, Nederland
• Carolus Ludovicus Vercauteren (42), Sint-Niklaas
• Bernardus Arentzen (55), Aalten, Gelderland (NL.)
• Berendina Jeltina Kampen (23), Groningen, Groningen, Nederland
• Lenssen (0), Nuth
• Adrianus van der Heiden (0), Oudewater
• Anna maria Bouten (69), Velden
• Alardus de Boer (49), Kuinre
• Blondina Pattyn (64), St.-Michiels (Brugge)
• Aaltje Slagter (76), Den Haag

• 1894 » Charles Robberts Swart, South African lawyer and politician, 1st State President of South Africa († 1982)
• 1895 » Elbert Frank Cox, American mathematician and academic († 1969)
• 1896 » Ann Nolan Clark, American historian, author, and educator († 1995)
• 1896 » Carl Ferdinand Cori, Czech-American biochemist and pharmacologist, Nobel Prize laureate († 1984)
• 1897 » Gershom Scholem, German-Israeli philosopher and historian († 1982)
• 1897 » Nunnally Johnson, American director, producer, and screenwriter († 1977)
• 1898 » Grace Moore, American soprano and actress († 1947)
• 1898 » Josh Malihabadi, Indian-Pakistani poet and translator († 1982)
• 1900 » Jimmy Dimmock, English footballer († 1972)
• 1901 » Walt Disney, American animator, director, producer, and screenwriter, co-founded The Walt Disney Company († 1966)

• 1870 » Alexandre Dumas, French novelist and playwright (b. 1802)
• 1887 » Eliza R. Snow, American poet and songwriter (b. 1804)
• 1891 » Pedro II of Brazil (b. 1825)
• 1917 » Jean Sandberg(b.1952)
• 1918 » Schalk Willem Burger, South African commander, lawyer, and politician, 6th President of the South African Republic (b. 1852)
• 1925 » Władysław Reymont, Polish novelist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1867)
• 1926 » Claude Monet, French painter (b. 1840)
• 1931 » Vachel Lindsay, American poet (b. 1879)
• 1940 » Jan Kubelík, Czech violinist and composer (b. 1880)
• 1941 » Amrita Sher-Gil, Hungarian-Pakistani painter (b. 1913)

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 28 » Queen Ranavalona III, the last monarch of Madagascar, is deposed by a French military force.
• July 26 » Anglo-Afghan War: The Pashtun fakir Saidullah leads an army of more than 10,000 to begin a siege of the British garrison in the Malakand Agency of the North West Frontier Province of India.
• August 21 » Oldsmobile, an American automobile manufacturer and marque, is founded.
• September 1 » The Tremont Street Subway in Boston opens, becoming the first underground rapid transit system in North America.
• September 10 » Lattimer massacre: A sheriff's posse kills 19 unarmed striking immigrant miners in Lattimer, Pennsylvania, United States.
• December 6 » London becomes the world's first city to host licensed taxicabs.

The temperature on December 5, 1897 was about 1.6 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 94%.