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• Alida Julia Delforce, Roeselare, België († 1897)
• Adriana Traas, Heinkenszand, Zeeland, Nederland
• Aafke Arendse, Den Haag
• Alfred Prescher, Groningen († 1967)
• Adriaan Vlaanderen, Harmelen, Gemeente Woerden, Utrecht, Nederland
• Aaltje de Vries, Roden, Drenthe, Nederland († 1898)
• Adrianus Luijendijk, Zuid-Beijerland, Korendijk, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands († 1977)
• Aaltje Cremer, Oshaar, Dalen, Drenthe, Nederland († 1939)
• Hartog, Delfzijl, Groningen, Nederland († 1897)
• Alexander Pieter Crom, Amsterdam († 1973)

• Antje Wessels Postma (75), Ooststellingwerf
• Kraaijeveld (0), Sliedrecht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Abraham Willem Wijminga (0), Voorburg, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Apolonia Zuijdervliet (59), Nieuwkoop, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adrianus Koolen (63), Ossendrecht
• Anna Catharina Vanboterdael (82), Sint-Pieters-Leeuw
• Adrianus Koolen (63), Ossendrecht,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Abraham van Prooijen (71), Heinenoord, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Abraham van Prooijen (70), Heinenoord
• Alexander Pryde (55), Kingseat, Fife, Scotland

• 1891 » Rudolf Carnap, German-American philosopher and academic († 1970)
• 1892 » Ezio Pinza, Italian-American actor and singer († 1957)
• 1895 » Augusto César Sandino, Nicaraguan rebel leader († 1934)
• 1896 » Eric Backman, Swedish runner († 1965)
• 1897 » Frank Capra, Italian-American director, producer, and screenwriter († 1991)
• 1898 » Faruk Nafiz Çamlıbel, Turkish poet, author, and playwright († 1973)
• 1901 » Henri Sauguet, French composer († 1989)
• 1901 » Vincent du Vigneaud, American biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1978)
• 1902 » Meredith Willson, American playwright and composer († 1984)
• 1904 » Shunryū Suzuki, Japanese-American monk and educator († 1971)

• 1867 » Clarkson Stanfield, English painter (b. 1793)
• 1889 » Isabella Glyn, Scottish-English actress (b. 1823)
• 1900 » Félix Ravaisson-Mollien, French archaeologist and philosopher (b. 1813)
• 1908 » Louis-Napoléon Casault, Canadian lawyer, judge, and politician (b. 1823)
• 1909 » George Meredith, English novelist and poet (b. 1828)
• 1909 » Isaac Albéniz, Spanish pianist and composer (b. 1860)
• 1910 » Eliza Orzeszkowa, Polish author and publisher (b. 1841)
• 1910 » Pauline Viardot, French soprano and composer (b. 1821)
• 1911 » Gustav Mahler, Austrian composer and conductor (b. 1860)
• 1922 » Charles Louis Alphonse Laveran, French physician and parasitologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1845)

• 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.
• July 2 » British-Italian engineer Guglielmo Marconi obtains a patent for radio in London.
• July 11 » Salomon August Andrée leaves Spitsbergen to attempt to reach the North Pole by balloon. He later crashes and dies.
• 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.
• December 30 » The British Colony of Natal annexes Zululand.

The temperature on May 18, 1897 was about 23.7 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 88%.