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• Albert Schottert, Wielen († 1961)
• Alfons De Vreese, Oostakker († 1958)
• Alécia de Cerqueira Leite, Brotas-SP († 1980)
• Anna Maria Jung, Puttlingen, Saarland, Duitsland († 1971)
• Aaltje Oosterveld, Wapserveen, gem. Havelte
• Ale Giesolds Heidanus, Leeuwarden, Gem. Leeuwarden, Friesland, Nederland († 1897)
• Aaltje Cornelia van Ommeren, Tiel († 1982)
• Ameijden van Duijm, Dresden, Königreich Sachsen, Deutschland
• Abraham Engelander, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1943)
• Abraham Albertus Owel, Leiden

• Adolf Cohen (1), Enschede, Overijssel, Nederland
• Andreas Nicolaas Habets (59), Wittem (Eijserheide)
• Alfred John Cooper (0), Barton, Wentworth, Ontario, Canada
• Arend van Hassent (1), Ooltgensplaat, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adriaan Felix POPPE (1), Bredene
• Anne Rigchels van der Zee (88), Weststellingwerf, Friesland, Nederland
• Adrianus Cooijmans (0), Den Dungen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• arie planteijdt (89), Harenkarspel
• Adrianus Antonius Melman (23), Alkemade, Kaag en Braassem, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Ana Victoria Stephenson (37), Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico

• 1894 » Carl Rudolf Florin, Swedish botanist († 1965)
• 1894 » Hans Hüttig, German SS officer († 1980)
• 1894 » Lawrence Dale Bell, American industrialist and founder of Bell Aircraft Corporation († 1956)
• 1895 » Mike O'Dowd, American boxer († 1957)
• 1896 » Einar Lundborg, Swedish aviator († 1931)
• 1897 » Hans Schuberth, German politician († 1976)
• 1899 » Alfred Blalock, American surgeon and academic († 1964)
• 1900 » Herbert Bayer, Austrian-American graphic designer, painter, and photographer († 1985)
• 1900 » Roman Steinberg, Estonian wrestler († 1928)
• 1900 » Spencer Tracy, American actor († 1967)

• 1882 » Pierre Guillaume Frédéric le Play, (b. 1806)
• 1888 » Vsevolod Garshin, Russian author (b. 1855)
• 1891 » Johann Hermann Bauer, (b. 1861)
• 1900 » Joseph Bertrand, French mathematician, economist, and academic (b. 1822)
• 1900 » Osman Nuri Pasha, Ottoman field marshal and the hero of the Siege of Plevna in 1877 (b. 1832)
• 1901 » Angelo Messedaglia, Italian social scientist and statistician (b. 1820)
• 1902 » Hans Ernst August Buchner, German bacteriologist (b. 1850)
• 1904 » Ernst Leopold, 4th Prince of Leiningen (b. 1830)
• 1904 » Frances Power Cobbe, Irish writer (b. 1822)
• 1906 » Eastman Johnson, American painter (b. 1824)

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.
• August 21 » Oldsmobile, an American automobile manufacturer and marque, is founded.
• September 1 » The Tremont Street Subway in Boston opens, becoming the first underground rapid transit system in North America.
• September 10 » Lattimer massacre: A sheriff's posse kills 19 unarmed striking immigrant miners in Lattimer, Pennsylvania, United States.
• 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.
• 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.

The temperature on April 5, 1897 was about 4.3 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 66%.