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• Aart DE BOEF, Culemborg
• Albert Christiaans Schonewille, Hoogeveen († 1899)
• Amelia Elizabeth Dowd, Ponsonby, Auckland, New Zealand († 1969)
• Ada Canter, North Carolina, Verenigde Staten († 1966)
• Anna Maria Theunissen, Hunsel, Limburg, Netherlands
• Allen Dow SWAFFORD, Caven (Stafford Co.), Kansas († 1963)
• Albert Schonewille, Hollandscheveld († 1899)
• Albert Kruijer, Siddeburen, Slochteren, Groningen, Nederland († 1918)
• Abraham Dierkx, Groede, Nederland († 1976)
• ?? Lievaart, Delft († 1897)

• Arnold Adriaan van Mierlo (85), Antwerpen, Antwerpen, België
• Adriana Pietersdr VERBOON (81), Rotterdam, 6240, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adrianus van Engelen (70), Vlijmen
• Albertha Bennink (1), Enschede, Enschede, Overijssel, Netherlands
• Aaltje Snippe (11), Hollandscheveld (gem. Hoogeveen)
• Amelia Francisca JONCKHEERE (73), Lissewege,8380,West-Vlaanderen,BELGIE
• Antonetta te Kotte (77), Aalten
• Adriana Cornelia de Hoog (76), Gouda
• Ariaantje de Lange (42), Streefkerk
• Antonie Roeterdink (65), Bathmen, Overijssel (NL.)

• 1891 » Dorothy P. Lathrop, American author and illustrator († 1980)
• 1892 » Howard Mumford Jones, American author, critic, and academic († 1980)
• 1893 » Germaine Guèvremont, Canadian journalist and author († 1968)
• 1893 » John Norton, American hurdler († 1979)
• 1895 » Ove Arup, English-Danish engineer and businessman, founded Arup († 1988)
• 1896 » Árpád Weisz, Hungarian footballer († 1944)
• 1896 » Robert Henry Best, American journalist († 1952)
• 1899 » Osman Achmatowicz, Polish chemist and academic († 1988)
• 1900 » Polly Adler, Russian-American madam and author († 1962)
• 1903 » Paul Waner, American baseball player and manager († 1965)

• 1879 » Bernadette Soubirous, French nun and saint (b. 1844)
• 1888 » Zygmunt Florenty Wróblewski, Polish physicist and chemist (b. 1845)
• 1899 » Emilio Jacinto, Filipino journalist and activist (b. 1875)
• 1904 » Maximilian Kronberger, German poet and author (b. 1888)
• 1904 » Samuel Smiles, Scottish-English author (b. 1812)
• 1914 » George William Hill, American astronomer and mathematician (b. 1838)
• 1915 » Nelson W. Aldrich, American businessman and politician (b. 1841)
• 1925 » Stefan Nerezov, Bulgarian general (b. 1867)
• 1928 » Henry Birks, Canadian businessman, founded Henry Birks and Sons (b. 1840)
• 1928 » Roman Steinberg, Estonian wrestler (b. 1900)

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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.

The temperature on April 16, 1897 was about 12.1 °C. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 75%.