About the day » Monday February 1, 1897Calender converter

• Agnes Hendriksdr. Smal, Rotterdam
• Adelaida Boone, San Buenaventura, Coahuila, México († 1935)
• Aafje Holman, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1981)
• adriaantje wilhelmina QUALM, pernis
• Adrianus Augustinus, Voorhout, Nederland
• Adriana Suzanna Lina de Ruijter, Rotterdam, Nederland († 1897)
• 00 Geurt Lammers, Rhenen, Utrecht, NL († 1917)
• Adriana Elizabeth van Dixhoorn, Zaamslag, Terneuzen, Zeeland, Netherlands († 1976)
• Acácio Souza Costa, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brasil († 1961)
• Adriana de Ruiter, Mijnsheerenland († 1982)

• Antonius Beentjes (0), Wijk aan Zee en Duin, Noord Holland, Nederland
• Arijana Tresson (58), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Coenradina Engel (48), Ginneken en Bavel
• adriana de WIT (39), zwijndrecht
• Antoon Cremers (75), Overloon, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Antonius Beentjes (0), Wijk aan Zee en Duin
• Aaldert Hannen (35), Weststellingwerf, Noordwolde
• Arie Van Rosse (0), Leiden,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adriana de Wit (39), Zwijndrecht (Z.-H.), Neth
• Ann Holmes (87)

• 1890 » Nikolai Reek, Estonian general and politician, 11th Estonian Minister of War († 1942)
• 1894 » James P. Johnson, American pianist and composer († 1955)
• 1894 » John Ford, American director and producer († 1973)
• 1895 » Conn Smythe, Canadian businessman († 1980)
• 1897 » Denise Robins, English journalist and author († 1985)
• 1898 » Leila Denmark, American pediatrician and author († 2012)
• 1901 » Clark Gable, American actor († 1960)
• 1901 » Frank Buckles, American soldier († 2011)
• 1902 » Langston Hughes, American poet, social activist, novelist, and playwright († 1967)
• 1902 » Therese Brandl, German concentration camp guard († 1947)

• 1871 » Alexander Serov, Russian composer and critic (b. 1820)
• 1893 » George Henry Sanderson, American lawyer and politician, 22nd Mayor of San Francisco (b. 1824)
• 1897 » Constantin von Ettingshausen, Austrian geologist and botanist (b. 1826)
• 1903 » Sir George Stokes, Anglo-Irish physicist, mathematician, and politician (b. 1819)
• 1907 » Léon Serpollet, French businessman (b. 1858)
• 1908 » Carlos I of Portugal (b. 1863)
• 1922 » William Desmond Taylor, American actor and director (b. 1872)
• 1924 » Maurice Prendergast, American painter (b. 1858)
• 1928 » Hughie Jennings, American baseball player and manager (b. 1869)
• 1936 » Georgios Kondylis, Greek general and politician, 128th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1878)

• 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.
• July 2 » British-Italian engineer Guglielmo Marconi obtains a patent for radio in London.
• 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.
• August 21 » Oldsmobile, an American automobile manufacturer and marque, is founded.
• December 6 » London becomes the world's first city to host licensed taxicabs.
• December 30 » The British Colony of Natal annexes Zululand.

The temperature on February 1, 1897 was about 0.2 °C. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 92%.