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• Kuipers, Middelstum, Loppersum, Groningen, Nederland († 1897)
• Aagje Metselaar, Hazerswoude, Nederland
• Adrianus Dielesen, Woensel (Eindhoven)
• Aaltje Dienaar, Den Helder († 1900)
• Albertus Petrus Nijbacker, den haag
• Albert Pierre Henri ZIMMERMANN, Bilzen (Limburg) (B) († 1973)
• Aletta Helena van Winkel, Ter Aar († 1967)
• Aletta Helena van Winkel, Ter Aar († 1967)
• Adrianus Lambertus Derksen, Elst, Utrecht, Netherlands († 1974)
• Jantje Boertien, Hollandscheveld († 1945)

• Aagje de Neef (16), Rotterdam
• Kuipers (0), Middelstum, Loppersum, Groningen, Nederland
• Aalt Woutersen (71), Hierden
• Antonius Teunissen (71), Angeren
• Andreas Alphonsus Meuffels (0), Sittard, Nederland
• Antonia Gesina Catharina de la Mar (0), Arnhem
• Aale de Vries (24), Burum, gem. Kollumerland c.a., Friesland, Nederland
• Aartje Strijk (65), Apeldoorn,Gemeente Apeldoorn, Gelderland, Nederland
• Amelia Pamela Swingley (62), Clayton Cemetery, Clayton Township, Payne, Oklahoma, United States
• Antje Jordan (41)

• 1893 » Dorothy Whipple, English novelist († 1966)
• 1893 » Wallace Fard Muhammad, American religious leader, founded the Nation of Islam (disappeared 1934)
• 1896 » Andrei Zhdanov, Ukrainian-Russian civil servant and politician († 1948)
• 1899 » Max Petitpierre, Swiss jurist and politician, 54th President of the Swiss Confederation († 1994)
• 1900 » Fritz Wiessner, German-American mountaineer († 1988)
• 1900 » Halina Konopacka, Polish discus thrower and poet († 1989)
• 1902 » Jean Bruller, French author and illustrator, co-founded Les Éditions de Minuit († 1991)
• 1903 » Giulio Natta, Italian chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1979)
• 1903 » Orde Wingate, English general († 1944)
• 1906 » Madeleine Carroll, English actress († 1987)

• 1864 » Louis-Hippolyte Lafontaine, Canadian jurist and politician, 3rd Premier of Canada East (b. 1807)
• 1883 » Alexandros Koumoundouros, Greek lawyer and politician, 56th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1817)
• 1887 » Anandi Gopal Joshi, First Indian women physician (b. 1865)
• 1889 » Karl Davydov, Russian cellist and composer (b. 1838)
• 1903 » Richard Jordan Gatling, American engineer, invented the Gatling gun (b. 1818)
• 1906 » Jean Lanfray, Swiss convicted murderer (b. 1874)
• 1913 » Felix Draeseke, German composer and academic (b. 1835)
• 1921 » Carl Menger, Polish-Austrian economist and academic (b. 1840)
• 1930 » Mary Whiton Calkins, American philosopher and psychologist (b. 1863)
• 1931 » Otto Wallach, German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1847)

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.
• 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.
• May 26 » Dracula, a Gothic horror novel by Irish author Bram Stoker, is published.
• September 1 » The Tremont Street Subway in Boston opens, becoming the first underground rapid transit system in North America.
• September 11 » After months of pursuit, generals of Menelik II of Ethiopia capture Gaki Sherocho, the last king of Kaffa, bringing an end to that ancient kingdom.

The temperature on February 26, 1897 was about 9.2 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 92%.