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• "Alice" Marie Antoinette Berthe Gaborit de Montjou, Paris († 1973)
• Anna Hoffmann († 1967)
• Albertus Johannes Schot, Bergen op Zoom, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Aagjes Theodora Hendrika "Riek" Dapper, Amsterdam, Noord Holland, Nederland († 1949)
• Agatha Klazina Christina Tiethof, Lonneker († 1957)
• Anna Kerkmeer, Zuid-Scharwoude, Langendijk, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1900)
• Albertus Johannes Schot, Bergen op Zoom
• van der Meij, Oegstgeest († 1897)
• Albertus Hendrikus Busscher, Steenwijkerwold, Overijssel, Netherlands
• "Levenloos geboren" van der Meij († 1897)

• Agnes Vredebregt (82), Schiedam,-
• de Koning (0), Vlijmen, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands
• Albertus Johannes van Nuland (16), Anna Paulowna, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adriaan van den Enden, Heusden
• Albertus Habes (42), Zwolle
• Antje Frerichs (69), Riepe, Ostfriesland, Hannover, Preußen
• Aart Lubertus de Kruijff
• Albertus Wijnhold (2), Roswinkel
• Anna Maria van Kessel (53), Gemert, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• *Martijntje Naye (79), Veen

• 1887 » Jamini Roy, Indian painter († 1972)
• 1893 » Dean Acheson, American lawyer and politician, 51st United States Secretary of State († 1971)
• 1896 » Léo-Paul Desrosiers, Canadian journalist and author († 1967)
• 1899 » Percy Lavon Julian, African-American chemist and academic († 1975)
• 1900 » Sándor Márai, Hungarian journalist and author († 1989)
• 1903 » Misuzu Kaneko, Japanese poet († 1930)
• 1904 » K. L. Saigal, Indian singer and actor († 1947)
• 1905 » Attila József, Hungarian poet and educator († 1937)
• 1906 » Dale Messick, American author and illustrator († 2005)
• 1907 » Paul Douglas, American actor († 1959)

• 1890 » David de Jahacob Lopez Cardozo, Dutch Talmudist (b. 1808)
• 1890 » Joseph Merrick, English man with severe deformities (b. 1862)
• 1894 » Constantin Lipsius, German architect and theorist (b. 1832)
• 1895 » Julius Lothar Meyer, German chemist (b. 1830)
• 1902 » Wade Hampton III, American general and politician, 77th Governor of South Carolina (b. 1818)
• 1903 » Gemma Galgani, Italian mystic and saint (b. 1878)
• 1906 » Francis Pharcellus Church, American journalist and publisher, co-founded Armed Forces Journal and The Galaxy Magazine (b. 1839)
• 1906 » James Anthony Bailey, American businessman, co-founded Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus (b. 1847)
• 1908 » Henry Bird, English chess player and author (b. 1829)
• 1916 » Richard Harding Davis, American journalist and author (b. 1864)

• 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 18 » The Greco-Turkish War is declared between Greece and the Ottoman Empire.
• June 22 » British colonial officers Charles Walter Rand and Lt. Charles Egerton Ayerst are assassinated in Pune, Maharashtra, India by the Chapekar brothers and Mahadeo Vinayak Ranade, who are later caught and hanged.
• August 2 » Anglo-Afghan War: The Siege of Malakand ends when a relief column is able to reach the British garrison in the Malakand states.
• August 31 » Thomas Edison patents the Kinetoscope, the first movie projector.
• 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 April 11, 1897 was about 6.2 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 67%.