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• Aalt Pul, Horst († 1984)
• Aarnout Klaasse, Biggekerke, Walcheren, NL († 1912)
• Alice Sarah Richards, Panguitch, Garfield County, Utah, United States of America († 1966)
• Agatha (Aagje) Blankendaal, Harenkarspel († 1988)
• Adriana Buijnsters, Etten-Leur
• Dekker, Hoogeveen, Drenthe, The Netherlands († 1897)
• Alida Hendrika Maria Dweelaard, Amsterdam, Nederland
• Abraham Piller, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1944)
• Aaltje van Hattem, Doornspijk, Nederland († 1979)
• Abraham Ruis, Aarlanderveen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1956)

• Aagje Visser (30), Utrecht, Nederland
• Addison McRae (36), De Kalb, Kemper County, Mississippi, Verenigde Staten
• Scholten (0), Noordbarge (Emmen)
• Adriana Johanna Christina Zaalberg (75), Leiden
• Anna SCHREUR (71), Steggerda, Weststellingwerf, Fryslân, Netherlands 8395
• Adrianus Henricus Keller (24), 's-Hertogenbosch
• Alberdina Wiltink (44), Overwetering nr 23 Olst
• Adriana Johanna Christina Zaalberg (75), Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aafje Van Klaveren (73), Boskoop, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aart van Gent (78), Rotterdam

• 1885 » Chester W. Nimitz, American admiral († 1966)
• 1885 » Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz, Polish author, poet, and painter († 1939)
• 1890 » Marjorie Main, American actress († 1975)
• 1896 » Richard Thorpe, American director and screenwriter († 1991)
• 1898 » Kurt Tank, German pilot and engineer († 1983)
• 1900 » Irmgard Bartenieff, German-American dancer and physical therapist, leading pioneer of dance therapy († 1981)
• 1903 » Vladimir Bartol, Italian-Slovene author and playwright († 1967)
• 1908 » Telford Taylor, American general, lawyer, and historian († 1998)
• 1909 » August Derleth, American anthologist and author († 1971)
• 1914 » Ralph Erskine, English-Swedish architect, designed The Ark and Byker Wall († 2005)

• 1856 » Nikolai Lobachevsky, Russian mathematician and academic (b. 1792)
• 1876 » Joseph Jenkins Roberts, American-Liberian politician, 1st President of Liberia (b. 1809)
• 1879 » Shiranui Kōemon, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 11th Yokozuna (b. 1825)
• 1910 » Osman Hamdi Bey, Greek archaeologist and painter (b. 1842)
• 1914 » Joshua Chamberlain, American general and politician, 32nd Governor of Maine (b. 1828)
• 1925 » Hjalmar Branting, Swedish journalist and politician, 16th Prime Minister of Sweden, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1860)
• 1927 » Edward Marshall Hall, English lawyer and politician (b. 1858)
• 1929 » André Messager, French pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1853)
• 1930 » Hermann von Ihering, German-Brazilian zoologist (b. 1850)
• 1953 » Robert La Follette Jr., American politician, senator of Wisconsin (b. 1895)

• 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.
• June 16 » A treaty annexing the Republic of Hawaii to the United States is signed; the Republic would not be dissolved until a year later.
• 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.
• August 31 » Thomas Edison patents the Kinetoscope, the first movie projector.
• December 6 » London becomes the world's first city to host licensed taxicabs.

The temperature on February 24, 1897 was about 6.4 °C. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 94%.