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• Aartje Kroon, Doornspijk (Elburg), Gld, NL († 1979)
• Aaltje Zeeman, Hellum, Groningen, Nederland
• Albert Riley Howe, Damascus Twp., Henry Co., OH († 1986)
• ... Obrecht, .Paramaribo, Paramaribo, Suriname
• Alexander Beetsz, Batavia, Java, Ned. Indie
• "Louise Elisabeth" Alexandra Ermgaerd Taets van Amerongen, Zeist, Pays-Bas († 1977)
• Adele Reijniers, Sedjiram, afdeling Sintang, Borneo
• Alice DENOLF, Egem,8740,West-Vlaanderen,Wvl, België († 1986)
• Aaltje ( Olive) Zeeman, Hellum ( Slochteren ) († 1985)
• Albertha Berendina ter Mors, Enschede, Overijssel, Nederland († 1898)

• Aartje Koudijs (68), Doorn
• Adriaan Mooij (1), Callantsoog, Nederland
• Arien Huiberts (73), Wadwaij
• Adriana Arijaantje Ariaantje (Jantje) van Duin (63), Zuid Scharwoude (Langedijk), Noord Holland, Nederland
• Arien Jansz Ariën Huibers (73), Wognum Wadwaij
• Amelia Theresa Johanna Kathman (3), Covington, Kenton Co, Kentucky, Verenigde Staten
• Albertus van Schip (0), Breukelen-Nijenrode, Utrecht, Nederland
• Antonius Theodorus Kuerten (0), Nijmegen, Gelderland, Nederland
• Arie Huibers (73), Wognum, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Arend Johannes van den ANCKER (18), Nieuwer-Amstel

• 1890 » Anthony Fokker, Dutch engineer and businessman, founded Fokker Aircraft Manufacturer († 1939)
• 1892 » Donald Wills Douglas, Sr., American businessman, founded the Douglas Aircraft Company († 1981)
• 1892 » Lowell Thomas, American journalist and author († 1981)
• 1895 » Dudley Nichols, American director, producer, and screenwriter († 1960)
• 1898 » Jeanne Hébuterne, French painter and author († 1920)
• 1900 » Leo Robin, American composer and songwriter († 1984)
• 1901 » Pier Giorgio Frassati, Italian activist († 1925)
• 1902 » Julien Torma, French author, poet, and playwright († 1933)
• 1903 » Harold Eugene Edgerton, American engineer and academic († 1990)
• 1903 » Mickey Cochrane, American baseball player and manager († 1962)

• 1860 » James Kirke Paulding, American author and politician, 11th United States Secretary of the Navy (b. 1778)
• 1862 » Albert Sidney Johnston, American general (b. 1803)
• 1883 » Benjamin Wright Raymond, American merchant and politician, 3rd Mayor of Chicago (b. 1801)
• 1886 » William Edward Forster, English businessman, philanthropist, and politician, Chief Secretary for Ireland (b. 1818)
• 1899 » Alvan Wentworth Chapman, American physician and botanist (b. 1809)
• 1906 » Alexander Kielland, Norwegian author, playwright, and politician, 6th County Governor of Møre og Romsdal (b. 1849)
• 1913 » Somerset Lowry-Corry, 4th Earl Belmore (b. 1835)
• 1923 » Kabalega, King of Bunyoro (b.1853)
• 1927 » Florence Earle Coates, American poet (b. 1850)
• 1935 » Edwin Arlington Robinson, American poet and playwright (b. 1869)

• 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.
• April 18 » The Greco-Turkish War is declared between Greece and the Ottoman Empire.
• 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.
• August 31 » Thomas Edison patents the Kinetoscope, the first movie projector.
• September 1 » The Tremont Street Subway in Boston opens, becoming the first underground rapid transit system in North America.
• December 6 » London becomes the world's first city to host licensed taxicabs.

The temperature on April 6, 1897 was about 8.4 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 55%.