About the day » Wednesday December 8, 1897Calender converter

• Anna Henderika van Haeringen, Avereest, Overijssel, Nederland († 1971)
• Adriana Kouters, Zevenbergen († 1929)
• Adriana Maria Willemse, Hooge en Lage Zwaluwe († 1968)
• Aleida Frederika Klootwijk, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Achiel Breyne, Staden
• Albert Vlietstra, Hoogeveen, Drenthe, Nederland († 1996)
• Aaltje Elbertsen, Velp ( Rheden )
• Anna Elisabeth Maria Hulsker, 's-Gravenhage († 1968)
• Alyda Kosters, Sioux Center, Sioux County, Iowa († 1987)
• Aafje Jaspers Jensma, Ferwerd († 1961)

• Ankjen Lambarts (71), Rottevalle (De Rottefalle), Friesland, Nederland
• Agnes Everaers (0), Maastricht
• Anna Maria CLERCKX, Zichem
• Anna Catharina Quak (88), Den Helder
• Andreas van den Brand (76), Rosmalen
• Ankjen Rinderts Lambarts (71), Smallingerland, Friesland, Nederland
• *Petrus Jacobus van der Ham (64), Den Haag, Z.H
• Annechien de Haan (0), Tolbert
• Barnet L Solomon (91), Manhattan, New York, Verenigde Staten
• Ansche Siedzes Halma (64), Marrum

• 1890 » Bohuslav Martinů, Czech-American pianist and composer († 1959)
• 1892 » Marcus Lee Hansen, American historian, author, and academic († 1938)
• 1894 » E. C. Segar, American cartoonist, created Popeye († 1938)
• 1894 » James Thurber, American humorist and cartoonist († 1961)
• 1899 » Arthur Leslie, English-Welsh actor and playwright († 1970)
• 1899 » John Qualen, Canadian-American actor († 1987)
• 1900 » Ants Oras, Estonian-American author and academic († 1982)
• 1900 » Sun Li-jen, Chinese general and politician († 1990)
• 1902 » Wifredo Lam, Cuban-French painter († 1982)
• 1903 » Zelma Watson George, Black American opera singer († 1994)

• 1885 » William Henry Vanderbilt, American businessman and philanthropist (b. 1821)
• 1886 » Isaac Lea, American conchologist, geologist, and publisher (b. 1792)
• 1894 » Pafnuty Chebyshev, Russian mathematician and theorist (b. 1821)
• 1903 » Herbert Spencer, English biologist, anthropologist, sociologist, and philosopher (b. 1820)
• 1907 » Oscar II of Sweden (b. 1829)
• 1913 » Camille Jenatzy, Belgian race car driver (b. 1868)
• 1914 » Maximilian von Spee, Danish-German admiral (b. 1861)
• 1914 » Melchior Anderegg, Swiss mountain guide (b. 1828)
• 1917 » Mendele Mocher Sforim, Russian author (b. 1836)
• 1918 » Josip Štadler, Croatian archbishop (b. 1843)

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.
• February 1 » Shinhan Bank, the oldest bank in South Korea, opens in Seoul.
• April 18 » The Greco-Turkish War is declared between Greece and the Ottoman Empire.
• 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.
• July 11 » Salomon August Andrée leaves Spitsbergen to attempt to reach the North Pole by balloon. He later crashes and dies.
• September 1 » The Tremont Street Subway in Boston opens, becoming the first underground rapid transit system in North America.

The temperature on December 8, 1897 was about 7.9 °C. The airpressure was 74 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 96%.