About the day » Sunday May 2, 1897Calender converter

• van der Most, Rotterdam († 1897)
• A Kirkenir, Winterswijk († 1950)
• Andries Derk Rietema Polman, Assen,, Drenthe, Nederland († 1993)
• Anna Grietje VERWAAL, Groot-Ammers (Alblasserwaard) (Z.-H.), Neth († 1899)
• Stegmeijer, Woldendorp
• Aaltje Doornbos, Ooststellingwerf († 1984)
• Andries Derk Rietema Polman, Assen, Drenthe, Nederland († 1993)
• Albert Reinier Hoegee, Poortugaal († 1897)
• adrianus WESTERMAN, oud-beijerland († 1897)
• ?? van der Most, Rotterdam († 1897)

• Alida Cornelia Noordam (6), Pijnacker
• Aardjen Pieters (72), Deventer
• ?? van der Most (0), Rotterdam
• Bastiaan van der Meijden (75), Hardinxveld
• Antje Lijkeles Bosma (63), Suawoude, Nederland
• Anton Ven (0), Bovenkarspel
• (Marie Louise Thérèse) Suzanne DORVILLE (95), Amiens, Somme (80), Picardie, FRANCE
• Appolonia Adriana den Hollander (0), Voorschoten, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Antje Liekeles (Lykeles) Bosma (63), Suawoude, Tietjerksteradeel, Friesland, Nederland
• * Leonardus van den Akker (73), Epe

• 1892 » Manfred von Richthofen, German captain and pilot († 1918)
• 1894 » Joseph Henry Woodger, English biologist, philosopher, and academic († 1981)
• 1894 » Norma Talmadge, leading US actress of the silent era († 1957)
• 1895 » Lorenz Hart, American playwright and lyricist († 1943)
• 1897 » John Frederick Coots, American songwriter († 1985)
• 1898 » Henry Hall, English bandleader, composer, and actor († 1989)
• 1901 » Bob Wyatt, English cricketer († 1995)
• 1901 » Edouard Zeckendorf, Belgian doctor, army officer and mathematician († 1983)
• 1901 » Willi Bredel, German writer († 1964)
• 1902 » Brian Aherne, English actor († 1986)

• 1864 » Giacomo Meyerbeer, German composer and educator (b. 1791)
• 1880 » Eberhard Anheuser, German-American businessman, co-founded Anheuser-Busch (b. 1805)
• 1880 » Tom Wills, Australian cricketer, co-created Australian rules football (b. 1835)
• 1885 » Terézia Zakoucs, Hungarian-Slovene author (b. 1817)
• 1915 » Clara Immerwahr, German chemist (b. 1870)
• 1918 » Jüri Vilms, Estonian lawyer and politician (b. 1889)
• 1925 » Antun Branko Šimić, Croatian and Bosnian-Herzegovinian poet (b. 1898)
• 1925 » Johann Palisa, Austrian astronomer (b. 1848)
• 1927 » Ernest Starling, English physiologist and academic (b. 1866)
• 1929 » Charalambos Tseroulis, Greek general and politician, Greek Minister for Military Affairs (b. 1879)

• 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.
• January 31 » Czechoslav Trade Union Association is founded in Prague.
• 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.
• May 26 » The original manuscript of William Bradford's history, "Of Plymouth Plantation" is returned to the Governor of Massachusetts by the Bishop of London after being taken during the American Revolutionary War.
• August 2 » Anglo-Afghan War: The Siege of Malakand ends when a relief column is able to reach the British garrison in the Malakand states.
• 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 2, 1897 was about 10.9 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 77%.