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• Alberdina Maria Cornelia Pauli, DEN HAAG, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1969)
• Albertus Aloysius Van der Leur, Sint-Niklaas
• Aloysius Hubertus Josephus Marie van Aubel, Maastricht,Gemeente Maastricht,Limburg,Netherlands († 1952)
• Aaltje van Vugt, Oudedijk,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1938)
• Adriana Lambertha van Maren, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Alberdine Wilhelmine Havenga, Nieuweschans (gem. Oldambt)
• Albertus Kortes, Amersfoort, Gemeente Amersfoort, Utrecht, Nederland († 1979)
• Tijssen, Opheusden, Kesteren, Gelderland, Nederland († 1897)
• Aleida Lambertha Kuipers, Den Ham, Overijssel, Nederland
• Alida Margaretha Maria Granneman, Bergschenhoek

• Anna Gezina Garrelts (67), Loppersum
• Barbara Paullina Kromjong (67), 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adriana Maria Blommers (36), Oud-Vossemeer, Zeeland, Nederland
• Barbara Kromjongh (66), Den Haag
• Barend Dunsbergen (76), Leusden
• Adriana Bos (22), Schipluiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Andries Dieleman (0), Axel
• Albartha (Bartha) Kelderman (83), Ede, Gelderland, Nederland
• Anna Emilie Eckardine Balslev (62), Frederiksberg Sogn, Sokkelund Herred, Københavns Amt
• Anna Maria Mori (3), Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland

• 1889 » Jock Sutherland, American football player and coach († 1948)
• 1896 » Friedrich Waismann, Austrian mathematician, physicist, and philosopher from the Vienna Circle († 1959)
• 1897 » Salvador Lutteroth, Mexican wrestling promoter, founded Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre († 1987)
• 1897 » Sim Gokkes, Dutch composer and conductor († 1943)
• 1899 » Panagiotis Pipinelis, Greek politician, Prime Minister of Greece († 1970)
• 1901 » Karl Arnold, German businessman and politician, President of the German Bundesrat († 1958)
• 1902 » Son House, American blues singer-songwriter and guitarist († 1988)
• 1904 » Forrest Mars, Sr., American candy maker, created M&M's and Mars bar († 1999)
• 1904 » Jehane Benoît, Canadian journalist and author († 1987)
• 1904 » Nikos Skalkottas, Greek violinist and composer († 1949)

• 1863 » Edwin Vose Sumner, American general (b. 1797)
• 1869 » Juan Almonte, son of José María Morelos, was a Mexican soldier and diplomat who served as a regent in the Second Mexican Empire (1863-1864) (b. 1803)
• 1884 » Ezra Abbot, American scholar and academic (b. 1819)
• 1891 » Joseph E. Johnston, American general (b. 1807)
• 1915 » Frederick Winslow Taylor, American golfer, tennis player, and engineer (b. 1856)
• 1920 » Evelina Haverfield, British suffragette and aid worker (b. 1867)
• 1932 » Frantz Reichel, French rugby player and hurdler (b. 1871)
• 1934 » Franz Schreker, Austrian composer and conductor (b. 1878)
• 1934 » Lilyan Tashman, American actress (b. 1896)
• 1936 » Alexander Glazunov, Russian composer and conductor (b. 1865)

• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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 March 21, 1897 was about 6.6 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 94%.