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• Albertus Antonius Klein Swormink, Diepenveen
• Aartjen Aartje Nijkamp, Assendelft, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1988)
• Anna Jacoba van der Kreeft, Culemborg, Gelderland, Nederland
• Andries van Eunen, Groningen, Groningen, Nederland († 1897)
• Angenita Daamen († 1969)
• adrianus van de KOPPEL, dordrecht
• Anna Arietta Ringelberg, Rotterdam,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Elisabeth van Spronsen, Woerden
• Aalt Boonen, Hierden
• Albertus Maria Bernardus Meiners († 1975)

• Abraham Hardenbol (8), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Albert Hermsen (67), Hatert, NL
• Ane Jans Glastra van Loon (69), IJlst
• Aloysius Vermeiren, Bazel, Kruibeke, Oost-Vlaanderen, België
• Ane Glastra van Loon (69), IJlst, Friesland, Nederland
• Allen Gray (71), Etowah, Alabama, United States
• Albert Aries Huigen (16), Hollandsche Veldt (Hoogeveen)
• Ane Jans (Anne) Glastra van Loon (69), IJlst, Wymbritseradeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Abraham Mattheüs Brevet (0), Schipluiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anthonie van de Pavert (73), Arnhem

• 1891 » George Adamski, Polish-American ufologist and author († 1965)
• 1895 » Robert Dean Frisbie, American soldier and author († 1948)
• 1896 » Señor Wences, Spanish-American ventriloquist († 1999)
• 1897 » Edouard Wyss-Dunant, Swiss physician and mountaineer († 1983)
• 1897 » Nisargadatta Maharaj, Indian philosopher and educator († 1981)
• 1897 » Thornton Wilder, American novelist and playwright († 1975)
• 1899 » Aleksander Klumberg, Estonian decathlete and coach († 1958)
• 1903 » Gregor Piatigorsky, Ukrainian-American cellist and educator († 1976)
• 1903 » Morgan Taylor, American hurdler and coach († 1975)
• 1903 » Nicolas Nabokov, Russian-American composer and educator († 1978)

• 1882 » George Jennings, English engineer and plumber, invented the Flush toilet (b. 1810)
• 1888 » E. G. Squier, American archaeologist and journalist (b. 1821)
• 1892 » Alexander Mackenzie, Scottish-Canadian journalist and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of Canada (b. 1822)
• 1921 » Manwel Dimech, Maltese journalist, author, and philosopher (b. 1860)
• 1923 » Laurence Ginnell, Irish lawyer and politician (b. 1852)
• 1930 » Alexander Golovin, Russian painter and stage designer (b. 1863)
• 1933 » Kote Marjanishvili, Georgian director and playwright (b. 1872)
• 1936 » Charles Ruijs de Beerenbrouck, Dutch lawyer and politician, 28th Prime Minister of the Netherlands (b. 1873)
• 1942 » Jean Baptiste Perrin, French-American physicist and chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1870)
• 1944 » J. T. Hearne, English cricketer and coach (b. 1867)

• 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.
• 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.
• August 10 » German chemist Felix Hoffmann discovers an improved way of synthesizing acetylsalicylic acid (aspirin).
• August 31 » Thomas Edison patents the Kinetoscope, the first movie projector.
• December 6 » London becomes the world's first city to host licensed taxicabs.

The temperature on April 17, 1897 was about 10.6 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 93%.