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• * Wilhelmina Maria Pijnenburg, Oisterwijk († 1970)
• Adrianus Klaver, Oudorp († 1979)
• Alice M Christiansen, Yuma, Colorado, United States († 1990)
• Aafje Schoenmaker, Venhuizen, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Gelok († 1978)
• Adriaantje Slagman, Oostdongeradeel († 1943)
• Vegers, Zevenbergen († 1951)
• Alcides Ângelo de Souza, Buritizal, São Paulo, Brasil († 1978)
• Alice Harriet Gawthrop, Poplar, England († 1947)
• Antje Driebergen, Workum

• Amelia van Wesemael (72), Aalst-Oost Vlaanderen
• Anna Stinissen (77)
• Antonius Cornelis Maria van Gelooven (2), Tilburg
• Anna Marie Stutz (65), Clare, Clare, Michigan, Verenigde Staten
• Antonius Huiskes (22), Lattrop
• Alexander Albrecht (74), Sint Niklaas
• Anna van Haaften (2), Deil
• (16), Genemuiden, Nederland
• Augustus Myny (45), Gent
• Aaltje Huisman (58), Siddeburen

• 1893 » Charles Herbert Colvin, American engineer, co-founded the Pioneer Instrument Company († 1985)
• 1894 » Charles Corm, Lebanese businessman and philanthropist († 1963)
• 1895 » Milt Gross, American animator, director, and screenwriter († 1953)
• 1896 » Kai Holm, Danish actor and director († 1985)
• 1897 » Lefty O'Doul, American baseball player and manager († 1969)
• 1898 » Georges Dumézil, French philologist and academic († 1986)
• 1898 » Hans Krebs, German general († 1945)
• 1899 » Emilio Prados, Spanish poet and author († 1962)
• 1899 » Peter Illing, Austrian born, British film and television actor († 1966)
• 1900 » Herbert Biberman, American director and screenwriter († 1971)

• 1872 » Carsten Hauch, Danish poet and playwright (b. 1790)
• 1883 » Alexander H. Stephens, American lawyer and politician, Vice President of the Confederate States of America (b. 1812)
• 1888 » Amos Bronson Alcott, American philosopher and educator (b. 1799)
• 1903 » Joseph Henry Shorthouse, English author (b. 1834)
• 1906 » John Schofield, American general and politician, 28th United States Secretary of War (b. 1831)
• 1915 » William Willett, English inventor, founded British Summer Time (b. 1856)
• 1916 » Franz Marc, German painter (b. 1880)
• 1925 » James Ward, English psychologist and philosopher (b. 1843)
• 1925 » John Montgomery Ward, American baseball player and manager (b. 1860)
• 1925 » Moritz Moszkowski, Polish-German pianist and composer (b. 1854)

• 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 28 » Queen Ranavalona III, the last monarch of Madagascar, is deposed by a French military force.
• May 26 » Dracula, a Gothic horror novel by Irish author Bram Stoker, is published.
• 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.
• December 6 » London becomes the world's first city to host licensed taxicabs.
• December 9 » Activist Marguerite Durand founds the feminist daily newspaper La Fronde in Paris.
• December 30 » The British Colony of Natal annexes Zululand.

The temperature on March 4, 1897 was about 8.0 °C. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 67%.