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• Anthony van der Ley, Grand Rapids (Kent, Michigan, USA) († 1984)
• Apolonia van Helden, zevenhuizen (zuid holland) († 1897)
• Adriana Hendrica de Vries, Utrecht
• Adrianus Boot, Gouda, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Annie Evelyn Payne, Zeehan, Tas, Australia
• Aaltje de Beer, Sappemeer, Groningen, Nederland († 1943)
• Arie van den Ende, 's-Gravenzande, Westland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1953)
• Van Ravenstein Emma, Turnhout, Antwerpen, België († 1970)
• * Eijmert Kooijman, Vianen
• Arie van den Ende, 's-Gravenzande,Zuid-Holland,Nederland

• Arnoldus van Zelst (3), Jutphaas
• Anna Gertrudis Mestrum (66), Maasbracht, Gemeente Maasgouw, Limburg, Nederland
• (Pieter) Josef Joseph Zelissen (49), Oirsbeek
• Antonius Verhoeven (53), Uden, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Auke Baukes Dootjes (48), ,, Drachten, Smallingerland, Friesland, Netherlands
• Antonius Gijsbers (56), Nijmegen, Gld, NL
• Albertus van der Voort (71), Ede
• Antonie Coenraad van der Stelt (0), Dussen, Nederland
• Antonette Deters (15)
• Adrianus van Hilten (50), Rotterdam

• 1889 » Viktor Puskar, Estonian colonel († 1943)
• 1891 » Harry McShane, Scottish engineer and activist († 1988)
• 1892 » Archibald MacLeish, American poet, playwright, and lawyer († 1982)
• 1892 » Josip Broz Tito, Yugoslav field marshal and politician, 1st President of Yugoslavia († 1980)
• 1893 » Frank J. Selke, Canadian ice hockey coach and manager († 1985)
• 1896 » Kathleen McKane Godfree, English tennis and badminton player († 1992)
• 1899 » Alfred Gerrard, English sculptor and academic († 1998)
• 1901 » Gary Cooper, American actor († 1961)
• 1903 » Jimmy Ball, Canadian sprinter († 1988)
• 1904 » Kurt Weitzmann, German-American historian and author († 1993)

• 1868 » Henry Brougham, 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux, Scottish lawyer and politician, Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain (b. 1778)
• 1872 » Alexander Loyd, American carpenter and politician, 4th Mayor of Chicago (b. 1805)
• 1876 » William Buell Sprague, American clergyman, historian, and author (b. 1795)
• 1887 » C. F. W. Walther, German-American religious leader and theologian (b. 1811)
• 1896 » H. H. Holmes, American serial killer (b. 1861)
• 1902 » Agostino Roscelli, Italian priest and saint (b. 1818)
• 1917 » Albert Ball, English fighter pilot (b. 1896)
• 1922 » Max Wagenknecht, German pianist and composer (b. 1857)
• 1924 » Alluri Sitarama Raju, Indian activist (b. 1897/1898)
• 1925 » William Lever, 1st Viscount Leverhulme, English businessman and politician (b. 1851)

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.
• April 18 » The Greco-Turkish War is declared between Greece and the Ottoman Empire.
• 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.
• July 11 » Salomon August Andrée leaves Spitsbergen to attempt to reach the North Pole by balloon. He later crashes and dies.
• 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.
• 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.

The temperature on May 7, 1897 was about 8.6 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 78%.