About the day » Tuesday May 4, 1897Calender converter

• Aaltje Westhof, Soest († 1957)
• Afina Nelly Eelman, De Waal (Texel, NH) († 1979)
• Aaltje Aleida Bijkerk, Losser († 1901)
• Adriana Heijstek, Giessen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1980)
• Adriana JANSSENS, Berendrecht, Antwerpen, Belgie
• Aart Arnoldus Tollens, Dordrecht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1956)
• Aaltje FABER, Kollumerland c.a. Friesland Netherlands
• Adelheid Lucy Fredine Henriette Gabrielle von Haugwitz-Hardenberg-Reventlow, Berlijn
• Adrianus Verdaasdonk, Breda
• Albert van der Stoep, Poortugaal, Nederland († 1897)

• Adriaan Michiel van den Berge (65), Sioux Center, Sioux County, Iowa
• Adriannus (Adriaan) Micheal (Michiel) Vanden Berge (65), Sioux Ctr., Sioux Co., IA
• Adriana Elizabeth Coenegragt (79), Vlissingen, Zeeland, Nederland
• Albertus Petrus de Keijzer (0), Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Antonia Doevelaar (74), Dalfsen, Nederland
• Alfons Van Camp (61), Brussel, Brussels Hoofdst.Gewest, Belgium
• Adrianus Peters (65), amersfoort (utrecht)
• "Louise" Marie Aldegonde de Rivière (52), Paris
• Adrianus Ludovicus Vanhove (56), Borgerhout
• Antje Helena Post (12), Kethel &, Spaland

• 1887 » Andrew Dasburg, French-American painter († 1979)
• 1889 » Francis Spellman, American cardinal († 1967)
• 1890 » Franklin Carmichael, Canadian painter († 1945)
• 1902 » Cola Debrot, Dutch physician, lawyer, and politician († 1981)
• 1902 » Ronnie Aird, English cricketer and administrator († 1986)
• 1903 » Luther Adler, American actor († 1984)
• 1903 » Paul Demel, Czech actor († 1951)
• 1905 » Al Dexter, American country singer-songwriter and guitarist († 1984)
• 1906 » Gustav Bergmann, Austrian-American philosopher from the Vienna Circle († 1987)
• 1907 » Lincoln Kirstein, American soldier and playwright, co-founded the New York City Ballet († 1996)

• 1880 » Edward Clark, American lawyer and politician, 8th Governor of Texas (b. 1815)
• 1901 » John Jones Ross, Canadian lawyer and politician, 7th Premier of Quebec (b. 1831)
• 1903 » Gotse Delchev, Macedonian Bulgarian revolutionary IMRO (b. 1872)
• 1912 » Nettie Stevens, American geneticist credited with discovering sex chromosomes (b. 1861)
• 1916 » Ned Daly, Irish rebel commander (Easter Rising) (b. 1891)
• 1916 » John Murray, Australian politician, 23rd Premier of Victoria (b. 1851)
• 1916 » Joseph Plunkett, Irish rebel and writer (b. 1887)
• 1916 » Willie Pearse, Irish rebel (b. 1891)
• 1919 » Milan Rastislav Štefánik, Slovak general and politician (b. 1880)
• 1922 » Viktor Kingissepp, Estonian politician (b. 1888)

• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• November 1 » The first Library of Congress building opens its doors to the public; the library had previously been housed in the Congressional Reading Room in the U.S. Capitol.
• December 6 » London becomes the world's first city to host licensed taxicabs.
• December 30 » The British Colony of Natal annexes Zululand.

The temperature on May 4, 1897 was about 9.4 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 74%.