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• Aletta Hendrika van Maanen, Veenendaal, Gelderland, Nederland († 1972)
• Abraham van Haren, Rotterdam
• * Albertus Antonius ( Karel) van Delft, Rotterdam († 1975)
• Adrianus Franciscus Van den Broeck, Turnhout, België
• (Stillborn) Mol († 1897)
• Aaltje Hopman († 1984)
• Adrianus PRINS, Dubbeldam († 1957)
• Adriana Schaap, Den Haag, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Agatha Dijkshoorn, Vlaardinger-Ambacht, 3135, Nederland († 1918)
• Albertus Karel Antonius van Delft, Rotterdam († 1975)

• Amaziah Arthur (76), Dearborne, Platte County, Missouri
• Albert L. Harrelson (25), Brunswick County, North Carolina
• Aaltje Westerbaan (80), Groningen, Groningen, Nederland
• Albert Bosman (18), Hasselt
• Alof Adolph Stoer (75), Beekbergen, Nederland
• Anna den Braber (70), Oudenbosch, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Absalom B Dickerson (76), Stony Point, Hawkins, Tennessee, United States
• Anna Julia Cecilia van Keyserlingk (61)
• Aleida Rotman (62), Vroomshoop (Den Ham)
• Aafje Luijt (29), Amsterdam

• 1890 » Nina Hamnett, Welsh-English painter and author († 1956)
• 1891 » Katherine Stinson, American aviator († 1977)
• 1892 » Radola Gajda, Czech commander and politician († 1948)
• 1894 » Jack Benny, American actor and producer († 1974)
• 1895 » Max Horkheimer, German philosopher and sociologist († 1973)
• 1895 » Wilhelm Burgdorf, German general († 1945)
• 1898 » Bill Tilman, English mountaineer and explorer († 1977)
• 1898 » Fritz Zwicky, Swiss-American physicist and astronomer († 1974)
• 1900 » Jessica Dragonette, American singer († 1980)
• 1903 » Stuart Erwin, American actor († 1967)

• 1870 » St. John Richardson Liddell, American general (b. 1815)
• 1881 » Fernando Wood, American merchant and politician, 73rd Mayor of New York City (b. 1812)
• 1884 » Lydia Hamilton Smith, African-American businesswoman (b. 1813)
• 1885 » Jules Vallès, French journalist and author (b. 1832)
• 1891 » William Tecumseh Sherman, American general (b. 1820)
• 1894 » Eugène Charles Catalan, Belgian-French mathematician and academic (b. 1814)
• 1901 » Edward Stafford, Scottish-New Zealand educator and politician, 3rd Prime Minister of New Zealand (b. 1819)
• 1910 » Giovanni Passannante, Italian anarchist (b. 1849)
• 1922 » Heikki Ritavuori, Finnish lawyer and politician (b. 1880)
• 1929 » Thomas Burke, American sprinter, coach, and lawyer (b. 1875)

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.
• 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.
• September 10 » Lattimer massacre: A sheriff's posse kills 19 unarmed striking immigrant miners in Lattimer, Pennsylvania, United States.
• September 12 » Tirah Campaign: In the Battle of Saragarhi, ten thousand Pashtun tribesmen suffer several hundred casualties while attacking 21 Sikh soldiers in British service.
• December 30 » The British Colony of Natal annexes Zululand.

The temperature on February 14, 1897 was about 2.9 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 100%.