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• Aafje Ekhart, Noordwolde († 1991)
• Albertus Carel Schenk, Leiden
• Aize de Jong, Suameer († 1984)
• Albert Kasteel, Hilversum († 1959)
• Adrianus Bruggeling, Naaldwijk
• Adrianus Christiaan van Tintelen, Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland
• Abraham Nathan van der Heijden, Vlissingen († 1968)
• Alijda de Vrij, Amersfoort, Utrecht, Netherlands († 1931)
• Abraham Nathan van der Heijden († 1968)
• Aaltjen Abbink, Ruurlo

• Adriana Cornelia van Leeuwen (71), Wassenaar, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Arend Jacob Arnold Jalink (58), Medemblik
• Alberdina Hekhuis (64)
• Arie van de MERWE (0), Rotterdam
• Adrianus Elstgeest (0), Alkemade, Kaag en Braassem, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adrian Adrianus Smits (54), Oosterhout, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Antje Everts Schuurman (78), Boornbergum
• Adriana Cornelia van LEEUWEN (71), Wassenaar
• Adriana Cornelia LEEUWEN,VAN (71), Wassenaar,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Arnolda Berendina Duiveman (53), Tilburg

• 1893 » Charles E. Burchfield, American painter (d.1967)
• 1893 » Rahul Sankrityayan, Indian linguist, author, and scholar († 1963)
• 1893 » Victor Gollancz, English publisher, founded Victor Gollancz Ltd († 1967)
• 1895 » Mance Lipscomb, American singer-songwriter and guitarist († 1976)
• 1895 » Michel Simon, Swiss-French actor († 1975)
• 1897 » John B. Gambling, American radio host († 1974)
• 1898 » Curly Lambeau, American football player and coach († 1965)
• 1898 » Paul Robeson, American singer, actor, and activist († 1976)
• 1900 » Allen Jenkins, American actor and singer († 1974)
• 1901 » Jean Bruchési, Canadian historian and author († 1979)

• 1872 » Erastus Corning, American businessman and politician (b. 1794)
• 1876 » Charles Goodyear, American lawyer, judge, and politician (b. 1804)
• 1882 » Dante Gabriel Rossetti, English poet and painter (b. 1828)
• 1889 » Michel Eugène Chevreul, French chemist and academic (b. 1786)
• 1909 » Helena Modjeska, Polish-American actress (b. 1840)
• 1915 » Raymond Whittindale, English rugby player (b. 1883)
• 1917 » James Hope Moulton, English philologist and scholar (b. 1863)
• 1922 » Hans Fruhstorfer, German entomologist and explorer (b. 1866)
• 1926 » Zip the Pinhead, American freak show performer (b. 1857)
• 1936 » Ferdinand Tönnies, German sociologist and philosopher (b. 1855)

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.
• May 26 » Dracula, a Gothic horror novel by Irish author Bram Stoker, is published.
• 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.
• June 22 » British colonial officers Charles Walter Rand and Lt. Charles Egerton Ayerst are assassinated in Pune, Maharashtra, India by the Chapekar brothers and Mahadeo Vinayak Ranade, who are later caught and hanged.
• 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.

The temperature on April 9, 1897 was about 11.8 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 58%.