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Born on Tuesday February 9, 1897
- Alida Jacoba Maria Mooijman, 's-Gravenhage, ZH, Nederland († 1974)
- Alijda Petronella Schaap, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1985)
- Alois De Koning, Grembergen († 1930)
- Albertus Gierveld, Wierden († 1973)
- Adrianna Margarette Versteeg, Boyden, Sioux County, Iowa († 1951)
- Anna Maria Bardoel, Vierlingsbeek († 1897)
- Adelheid Többen, Emmeln
- Aaltje Hendriks Krabbe, Zwartsluis
- Adriana van der Eijk, Helder († 1953)
- Alida Catharina Ursem, Monnickendam
Died on Tuesday February 9, 1897
- aalbert klok (62), Amersfoort, Utrecht, Nederland
- Anna Catharina Sneyers (76), Mol, België
- Adriana Braspenning (74), Sint Job in 't Goor (België)
- Adriana Johanna Maria Melis (0), Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
- Aaltje Roelofs Engbers (8), Mantinge Westerbork, Drenthe, Nederland
- Aalbert Klok (62), Amersfoort
- Anna Catharina Cuppens (88)
- Anna Sinke (28), Schiedam
- Aafjen Brookman (74), Nieuw-Dordrecht, Emmen, Drenthe, Netherlands
- Abraham van der Welle (90), Sint Annaland,Gemeente Tholen,Zeeland,Netherlands
Source: Delpher (KB | national library) Newspapers from February 9, 1897 at Delpher
- Het nieuws van den dag : kleine courant
- Rotterdamsch nieuwsblad
- De Tijd : godsdienstig-staatkundig dagblad
- Middelburgsche courant
- Bataviaasch nieuwsblad
- Java-bode : nieuws, handels- en advertentieblad voor Nederlandsch-Indie
- Algemeen Handelsblad
- Algemeen Handelsblad
- De locomotief : Samarangsch handels- en advertentie-blad
- Leeuwarder courant
Born on February 9
- 1889 » Larry Semon, American actor, producer, director and screenwriter († 1928)
- 1891 » Ronald Colman, English-American actor († 1958)
- 1892 » Peggy Wood, American actress († 1978)
- 1893 » Georgios Athanasiadis-Novas, Greek lawyer and politician, 163rd Prime Minister of Greece († 1987)
- 1895 » Hermann Brill, German lawyer and politician, 8th Minister-President of Thuringia († 1959)
- 1896 » Alberto Vargas, Peruvian-American painter and illustrator († 1982)
- 1897 » Charles Kingsford Smith, Australian captain and pilot († 1935)
- 1898 » Jūkichi Yagi, Japanese poet and educator († 1927)
- 1901 » Brian Donlevy, American actor († 1972)
- 1901 » James Murray, American actor († 1936)
Died on February 9
- 1857 » Dionysios Solomos, Greek poet and translator (b. 1798)
- 1874 » Jules Michelet, French historian, philosopher, and academic (b. 1798)
- 1881 » Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Russian novelist, short story writer, essayist, and philosopher (b. 1821)
- 1891 » Johan Jongkind, Dutch painter (b. 1819)
- 1903 » Charles Gavan Duffy, Irish-Australian politician, 8th Premier of Victoria (b. 1816)
- 1906 » Paul Laurence Dunbar, American author, poet, and playwright (b. 1872)
- 1928 » William Gillies, Australian politician, 21st Premier of Queensland (b. 1868)
- 1930 » Richard With, Norwegian captain and businessman, founded Hurtigruten (b. 1846)
- 1932 » A.K. Golam Jilani, Bangladeshi soldier and activist (b. 1904)
- 1932 » Junnosuke Inoue, Japanese businessman and banker (b. 1869)
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Names that were popular for girls in 1897
Source: Wikipedia Historical events 1897
- 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 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.
- 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.
- July 11 » Salomon August Andrée leaves Spitsbergen to attempt to reach the North Pole by balloon. He later crashes and dies.
- August 31 » Thomas Edison patents the Kinetoscope, the first movie projector.
- 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.
Weather February 9, 1897
The temperature on February 9, 1897 was about 3.5 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 100%.