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• Adriaan Leendert Rhemrev, Batavia (West-Java) († 1959)
• Adriaan Leendert Rhemrev, Batavia († 1959)
• Adriana Maria Hobbelen, Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands († 1972)
• Adriana Verschoor, Hellevoetsluis, Zuid-Holland, The Netherlands
• Adriana ROVERS, Lierop, 3922, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1963)
• Aaltjen Tempelman, Harfsen († 1956)
• Adrianna Rovers, Liempde († 1963)
• Adriana Johanna Bonefaas, Waddinxveen, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands († 1986)
• Aaltjen Tempelman, Harfsen, Gorssel, Gelderland, Nederland († 1956)

• Adrianus van de Put (82), Tilburg, Gemeente Tilburg
• ANNA MARGARETHA VAN DEN BRUL (0), Scherpenzeel
• Aaltje Dul (74), Epe, Gelderland, Nederland
• Aaltje Kuiper (53), Hilversum
• Anania ARINK (3), Nieuwer Amstel
• Anna Helena Langezaal (71), Leiden
• Aaltje Kroezen (0), Zwolle {OV}
• Anna Maria Irma Hayen (0), Zepperen, België
• Aalbert Beukhof (65), Barneveld
• Agnes van Deursen (49), Maasbree

• 1894 » Rudolf Hess, Egyptian-German politician († 1987)
• 1896 » Ernst Udet, German colonel and pilot († 1941)
• 1896 » Ruut Tarmo, Estonian actor and director († 1967)
• 1897 » Douglas Sirk, German-American director and screenwriter († 1987)
• 1897 » Eddie Eagan, American boxer and bobsledder († 1967)
• 1898 » John Grierson, Scottish director and producer († 1972)
• 1898 » Vicente Aleixandre, Spanish poet and author, Nobel Prize laureate († 1984)
• 1899 » Oscar Rabin, Latvian-English saxophonist and bandleader († 1958)
• 1900 » Charles Francis Richter, American seismologist and physicist († 1985)
• 1900 » Eva Aschoff, German bookbinder and calligrapher († 1969)

• 1865 » John Wilkes Booth, American actor, assassin of Abraham Lincoln (b. 1838)
• 1881 » Ludwig Freiherr von und zu der Tann-Rathsamhausen, German general (b. 1815)
• 1895 » Eric Stenbock, Estonian-English author and poet (b. 1860)
• 1910 » Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson, Norwegian-French author, poet, and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1832)
• 1915 » John Bunny, American actor (b. 1863)
• 1920 » Srinivasa Ramanujan, Indian mathematician and theorist (b. 1887)
• 1932 » William Lockwood, English cricketer (b. 1868)
• 1934 » Arturs Alberings, Latvian politician, former Prime Minister of Latvia (b. 1876)
• 1940 » Carl Bosch, German chemist and engineer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1874)
• 1944 » Violette Morris, French footballer, shot putter, and discus thrower (b. 1893)

• 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.
• May 26 » Dracula, a Gothic horror novel by Irish author Bram Stoker, is published.
• July 2 » British-Italian engineer Guglielmo Marconi obtains a patent for radio in London.
• 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 26, 1897 was about 12.5 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 63%.