About the day » Monday March 1, 1897Calender converter

• van den Boom, Bergen op Zoom, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands († 1897)
• Achille Quidousse
• Albert HERREGODTS, Schendelbeke, Oost-Vlaanderen, Belgique
• Agnes Steinmetz, Essen Borbeck, Duitsland († 1955)
• Adah Violet Sims, Near Hubbard, Marion, Oregon († 1993)
• Aart van Vugt, Woudrichem, Noord-Brabant, The Netherlands († 1944)
• Andries Hendriks de Haas, Harkema, Achtkarspelen, Friesland, Nederland
• Adriana Apeldoorn, Egmond-Binnen († 1898)
• Aernout Johannes Ramondt, Soerabaja (Indonesie)
• Aernout Johannes Elsevier Ramondt, Soerabaya

• Adriana Maria van Beurden (43), Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Aaltje Jacobs Moed (33), Giethoorn
• Anna Maria Schindler (21)
• AMELIA WEYN (69), BEVEREN-WAAS,OOST-VLAANDEREN,BELGIE
• Johanna Van Lochum (1), Lichtenvoorde
• Adriana Maria van Doorn (0), Berlicum, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anthonius van Gaalen (0), Wateringen, Westland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Andries de Beer (79), Zaamslag (Terneuzen), Zeeland, Nederland
• Aaltje van Lenthe (44), Ancum (Dalfsen), Ov, The Netherlands
• Albert Bakker (79), Zuidbroek, Groningen, Nederland

• 1889 » Tetsuro Watsuji, Japanese historian and philosopher († 1960)
• 1890 » Theresa Bernstein, Polish-American painter and author († 2002)
• 1891 » Ralph Hitz, Austrian-American hotelier († 1940)
• 1892 » Ryūnosuke Akutagawa, Japanese author and educator († 1927)
• 1893 » Mercedes de Acosta, American author, poet, and playwright († 1968)
• 1896 » Dimitri Mitropoulos, Greek pianist, composer, and conductor († 1960)
• 1896 » Moriz Seeler, German playwright and producer († 1942)
• 1899 » Erich von dem Bach-Zelewski, German SS officer († 1972)
• 1904 » Glenn Miller, American trombonist, composer, and bandleader († 1944)
• 1904 » Paul Hartman, American actor, singer, and dancer († 1973)

• 1862 » Peter Barlow, English mathematician and physicist (b. 1776)
• 1875 » Tristan Corbière, French poet and educator (b. 1845)
• 1882 » Theodor Kullak, German pianist, composer, and educator (b. 1818)
• 1884 » Isaac Todhunter, English mathematician and academic (b. 1820)
• 1906 » José María de Pereda, Spanish author (b. 1833)
• 1911 » Jacobus Henricus van 't Hoff, Dutch-German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1852)
• 1914 » Gilbert Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 4th Earl of Minto, English soldier and politician, 8th Governor General of Canada (b. 1845)
• 1920 » John H. Bankhead, American lawyer and politician (b. 1842)
• 1922 » Pichichi, Spanish footballer (b. 1892)
• 1932 » Frank Teschemacher, American Jazz musician (b. 1906)

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.
• July 2 » British-Italian engineer Guglielmo Marconi obtains a patent for radio in London.
• July 11 » Salomon August Andrée leaves Spitsbergen to attempt to reach the North Pole by balloon. He later crashes and dies.
• August 10 » German chemist Felix Hoffmann discovers an improved way of synthesizing acetylsalicylic acid (aspirin).
• 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.
• 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.
• December 30 » The British Colony of Natal annexes Zululand.

The temperature on March 1, 1897 was about 5.8 °C. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 94%.