About the day » Thursday December 9, 1897Calender converter

• Adriana Vrolijk, HIILEGERSBERG (Rotterdam), Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1959)
• Abraham Schoon, Velsen, Noord Holland, Nederland
• Aaltje van Veen, Den Helder († 1993)
• Adriana Vrolijk, Hillegersberg
• , Ginneken-Bavel († 1986)
• Cornelis Johannes van Loon, Raamsdonkveer († 1898)
• Alida Maria Feddema, Maarssen († 1898)
• Albert Farr, St. Johns, Apache, Arizona Territory, United States († 1971)
• Abraham Schoon, Velsen
• Adriana Susanna van Rumph, willemstad (noord brabant)

• "Johannes" Jan Jan (71), Huissen, NL
• Adrianus Theodorus Herman Keijenberg (13), Rotterdam
• Aleida Gardina PAS (54), Den Bosch,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Antje Boutkam, Oostvoorne
• Annette Wilhelmina De Lenne (62), Enschede, Niederlande
• Arend SMITS (79), Velp
• Antonius Josephus Vloothuis (0), Amsterdam
• adrianus VISSER (0), zuid beijerland
• Catherine LEHE (71), Illfurth, 68, Haut Rhin, Alsace, France
• Albert Mosk (73), Barsingerhorn

• 1895 » Conchita Supervía, Spanish soprano and actress († 1936)
• 1895 » Dolores Ibárruri, Spanish activist, journalist and politician († 1989)
• 1897 » Hermione Gingold, English actress and singer († 1987)
• 1898 » Emmett Kelly, American clown and actor († 1979)
• 1898 » Irene Greenwood, Australian radio broadcaster and feminist and peace activist († 1992)
• 1899 » Jean de Brunhoff, French author and illustrator († 1937)
• 1900 » Albert Weisbord, American activist, founded the Communist League of Struggle († 1977)
• 1900 » Margaret Brundage, American illustrator, known for illustrating pulp magazine Weird Tales († 1976)
• 1901 » Ödön von Horváth, Hungarian-German author and playwright († 1938)
• 1901 » Jean Mermoz, French pilot and politician († 1936)

• 1858 » Robert Baldwin, Canadian lawyer and politician, 3rd Premier of Canada West (b. 1804)
• 1887 » Mahmadu Lamine, Senegalese religious leader
• 1906 » Ferdinand Brunetière, French author and critic (b. 1849)
• 1916 » Natsume Sōseki, Japanese author and poet (b. 1867)
• 1924 » Bernard Zweers, Dutch composer and educator (b. 1854)
• 1930 » Rube Foster, American baseball player and manager (b. 1879)
• 1932 » Begum Rokeya, Bangladeshi social worker and author (b. 1880)
• 1932 » Karl Blossfeldt, German photographer, sculptor, and educator (b. 1865)
• 1935 » Walter Liggett, American journalist and activist (b. 1886)
• 1937 » Lilias Armstrong, English phonetician (b. 1882)

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.
• 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 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 10 » Lattimer massacre: A sheriff's posse kills 19 unarmed striking immigrant miners in Lattimer, Pennsylvania, United States.
• December 9 » Activist Marguerite Durand founds the feminist daily newspaper La Fronde in Paris.

The temperature on December 9, 1897 was about 2.6 °C. The airpressure was 74 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 94%.