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• Aaltje Jans de Groot, Beets, Opsterland, Friesland, Nederland
• Aaltje JAGER, Groningen († 1974)
• Amélie Armandine Jeanne LOUIS, Saint-Armel, 35250, France († 1972)
• Alphonsus Leopoldus Baptista Vercammen, Herenthals († 1898)
• Aagje Rensen, Zaandam
• Alberdina AAFTINK, Holten, Overijssel, Nederland († 1952)
• Adriana van HELDEN, Dordrecht
• Albertus Gerhardus Bril, Baalder († 1979)
• Andries Visser, Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland († 1965)
• Andreas de Brouwer, Dongen († 1956)

• Anna Catharina Huijbs (71), Ravels (B)
• Adriana Witlox (77), Haaren, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• albert hansens moorlag (97), nieuwe pekela, groningen, netherlands
• Aarnoudt Lookman (72), Goes, Nederland
• Aarnoudt Lookman (72), Goes
• Annechien Meijer (41), Nieuwe Pekela, Groningen, Nederland
• Aleida Freriks (76), Meerenbroek (Wehl)
• Arie Christiaan Ducro (58), Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland
• Bishop Asbury Shores PVT (72), Thayer, Neosho County, Kansas, Verenigde Staten
• "Heinrich" Ludwig Albert Hermann Viktor Sylvius von Pückler (62), Riva, Italie

• 1891 » Napoleon Zervas, Greek general and politician († 1957)
• 1893 » Frederick McKinley Jones, American inventor and entrepreneur († 1961)
• 1895 » Reinhold Saulmann, Estonian sprinter and bandy player († 1936)
• 1895 » Saul Adler, Belarusian-English captain and parasitologist († 1966)
• 1897 » Odd Hassel, Norwegian chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1981)
• 1898 » A. J. Casson, Canadian painter († 1992)
• 1899 » Carmen de Icaza, Spanish writer († 1979)
• 1901 » Werner Egk, German pianist and composer († 1983)
• 1903 » Cool Papa Bell, American baseball player and manager († 1991)
• 1904 » Marie-Anne Desmarest, French author († 1973)

• 1875 » John C. Breckinridge, American lawyer and politician, 14th Vice President of the United States, Confederate States general (b. 1821)
• 1879 » Asa Packer, American businessman, founded Lehigh University (b. 1805)
• 1880 » Ziya Pasha, Greek author and translator (b. 1826)
• 1886 » John Deere, American blacksmith and businessman, founded the Deere & Company (b. 1804)
• 1888 » Giacomo Zanella, Italian priest and poet (b. 1820)
• 1911 » Frederick August Otto Schwarz, German-American businessman, founded FAO Schwarz (b. 1836)
• 1916 » Boris Borisovich Golitsyn, Russian physicist and seismologist (b. 1862)
• 1917 » Charles Brooke, Rajah of Sarawak (b. 1829)
• 1917 » Clara Ayres, American nurse (b. 1880)
• 1919 » Guido von List, Austrian-German journalist, author, and poet (b. 1848)

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 28 » Queen Ranavalona III, the last monarch of Madagascar, is deposed by a French military force.
• 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 21 » Oldsmobile, an American automobile manufacturer and marque, is founded.
• 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.
• September 12 » Tirah Campaign: In the Battle of Saragarhi, ten thousand Pashtun tribesmen suffer several hundred casualties while attacking 21 Sikh soldiers in British service.

The temperature on May 17, 1897 was about 17.3 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 77%.