About the day » Sunday February 28, 1897Calender converter

• , Nieuw-Buinen, Drenthe, Holland
• Albertha Catharina Boerema, Ezinge († 1983)
• Andreas Daniel Koek, Zwolle
• Alewijn de Jager, Rotterdam (akte 1773-1897 c024v)
• Adrianus Gosinus SMIT (SCHMIDTS), Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland
• Adriana van Starkenburg, Rijnsburg, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1987)
• Albert de Lange, Arrien (Ambt Ommen)
• Jansen, Toldijk (Steenderen) (GL) Achterhoek († 1897)
• Hubertus Dirven, Terheijden
• Alice Rosetta Fort, Bow, London, UK († 1981)

• Bernard Hendrik Weenink (49), Terborg, Nederland
• Betje Oudt (1), De Rijp
• Antoni Hollander (1), Exloërmond Borger-Odoorn Drenthe Nederland
• Arend Jan Lammertink (73), Markelo, Hof van Twente,, Overijssel, Nederland
• Alieda van Zijtveld (65), Baarn
• Adrianus VAN HAL (78), Alphen, Alphen-Chaam, Province of North Brabant, Netherlands
• Anna Dekker (1), Heerhugowaard
• Antje Hiddes de Vries (87)
• Anna Catharina Cornelia Kraal (84), Rosmalen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Catharina ROBAEY (79), Eernegem

• 1887 » William Zorach, Lithuanian-American sculptor and painter († 1966)
• 1894 » Ben Hecht, American director, producer, and screenwriter († 1964)
• 1895 » Marcel Pagnol, French author, playwright and director († 1974)
• 1896 » Philip Showalter Hench, American physician and endocrinologist, Nobel Prize laureate († 1965)
• 1898 » Zeki Rıza Sporel, Turkish footballer († 1969)
• 1900 » Wolf Hirth, German pilot and engineer, co-founded Schempp-Hirth († 1959)
• 1901 » Linus Pauling, American chemist and activist, Nobel Prize laureate († 1994)
• 1903 » Vincente Minnelli, American director and screenwriter († 1986)
• 1906 » Bugsy Siegel, American gangster († 1947)
• 1907 » Milton Caniff, American cartoonist († 1988)

• 1857 » André Dumont, Belgian geologist and academic (b. 1809)
• 1869 » Alphonse de Lamartine, French author and poet (b. 1790)
• 1879 » Hortense Allart, Italian-French author (b. 1801)
• 1891 » George Hearst, American businessman and politician (b. 1820)
• 1916 » Henry James, American novelist, short writer, and critic (b. 1843)
• 1925 » Friedrich Ebert, German politician, 1st President of Germany (b. 1871)
• 1929 » Clemens von Pirquet, Austrian physician and immunologist (b. 1874)
• 1932 » Guillaume Bigourdan, French astronomer and academic (b. 1851)
• 1935 » Chiquinha Gonzaga, Brazilian pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1847)
• 1936 » Charles Nicolle, French biologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1866)

• 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.
• May 26 » Dracula, a Gothic horror novel by Irish author Bram Stoker, is published.
• 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.
• 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 6 » London becomes the world's first city to host licensed taxicabs.

The temperature on February 28, 1897 was about 8.6 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 81%.