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• Alexander Hendrik de HES, Meppel, Drenthe, Nederland († 1985)
• Alida Hartog, Baarn, Utrecht, Nederland
• -Jacques Joseph Becks, Amsterdam (NH/NL) († 1977)
• Alberdina Gritina Orsel, Valthermond(Gem. Odoorn) († 1952)
• Adriana Cornelia Janssen, ,, Loosduinen, Nederland († 1897)
• Alexander Hendrik de Hes, Meppel, Drenthe, The Netherlands († 1985)
• Adriana Cornelia Janssen, Loosduinen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1897)
• Adrianus GOMMERS, Capelle ('s-Grevelduin),Noord-Brabant,Nederland († 1995)
• Adrianus Molengraaf, Delft, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1983)
• Aartje Geurts, Putten

• Anna Maria Amelia Pennemans (44), Lommel
• Abram Bruins (82), Sappemeer (gem. Midden-Groningen)
• Anna Grada Willemina Abbink (71), Hummelo, Gelderland, Nederland
• Adriana Vleugel (74), Holland, Michigan, United States
• Antje Hamming (72), Zaandam
• Adriaan Kallemeijn (77), Domburg
• Antonia Wilhelmina Evers (1), Raalte
• Adriana TETTEROO (65), Vrijenban
• Adriana Vleugel (73), Holland, Ottawa County, Michigan, Verenigde Staten
• Arnoldus Gregorius Golstijn (25), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland

• 1888 » Edith Evans, English actress († 1976)
• 1888 » Giuseppe Ungaretti, Egyptian-Italian soldier, journalist, and poet († 1970)
• 1890 » Claro M. Recto, Filipino lawyer, jurist, and politician († 1960)
• 1893 » Ba Maw, Burmese lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of Burma († 1977)
• 1894 » King Vidor, American director, producer, and screenwriter († 1982)
• 1897 » Zakir Hussain, Indian academic and politician, 3rd president of India († 1969)
• 1899 » Lonnie Johnson, American singer-songwriter and guitarist († 1970)
• 1903 » Greta Keller, Austrian-American singer and actress († 1977)
• 1903 » Tunku Abdul Rahman, 1st Prime Minister of Malaysia († 1990)
• 1906 » Chester Carlson, American physicist and lawyer, invented Xerography († 1968)

• 1907 » Hendrik Willem Bakhuis Roozeboom, Dutch chemist and academic (b. 1854)
• 1910 » Hans Jæger, Norwegian philosopher and activist (b. 1854)
• 1914 » Dayrolles Eveleigh-de-Moleyns, 4th Baron Ventry, Irish hereditary peer (b. 1828)
• 1915 » François Langelier, Canadian journalist, lawyer, and politician, 10th Lieutenant Governor of Quebec (b. 1838)
• 1921 » George Formby Sr, English actor and singer (b. 1876)
• 1921 » Peter Kropotkin, Russian zoologist, geographer, and philologist (b. 1842)
• 1928 » Theodor Curtius, German chemist (b. 1857)
• 1932 » Yordan Milanov, Bulgarian architect, designed the Sveti Sedmochislenitsi Church (b. 1867)
• 1935 » Eemil Nestor Setälä, Finnish linguist and politician, Finnish Minister for Foreign Affairs (b. 1864)
• 1936 » Charles Curtis, American lawyer and politician, 31st Vice President of the United States (b. 1860)

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.
• 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 » The original manuscript of William Bradford's history, "Of Plymouth Plantation" is returned to the Governor of Massachusetts by the Bishop of London after being taken during the American Revolutionary War.
• August 31 » Thomas Edison patents the Kinetoscope, the first movie projector.
• September 10 » Lattimer massacre: A sheriff's posse kills 19 unarmed striking immigrant miners in Lattimer, Pennsylvania, United States.
• November 1 » The first Library of Congress building opens its doors to the public; the library had previously been housed in the Congressional Reading Room in the U.S. Capitol.

The temperature on February 8, 1897 was about -1.8 °C. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 96%.