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• Anna Euphrasie De Pelecyn, Bavegem
• Alle de Haan, Zwaagwesteinde, gem. Dantumadeel, Friesland, Nederland († 1971)
• Anna Johanna Margaretha Jeanetta Klerks, Meester Cornelis († 1959)
• Anna Mans, Ooltgensplaat, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Ammon Edwin Shelley, Heber-Overgaard, Navajo County, Arizona, United States († 1970)
• Anna Carolina VAN HOOMISSEN, Puurs († 1980)
• Andreas Gillebaart, Hennaarderadeel, Friesland, Netherlands († 1941)
• Anna Catharina Snakkers, Nuth, Limburg, Nederland († 1981)
• Aleida Wilhelmina Portengen, HILVERSUM, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1967)
• Adriaan van Dommelen, Kockengen

• arij van den BERG (72), barendrecht
• Anne Marguerite Elisabeth Caroline IJssel de Schepper (76), Haarlem
• Anna Margaretha Elisabeth Caroline IJSSEL de SCHEPPER (76), Haarlem, 4599, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Maria NUYENS (69), Herenthout Belgie
• Anne Marguerite Elisabeth Caroline IJssel de Schepper (76), Haarlem, Nederland
• (Stillborn) VEEN (0), Uithuizen Groningen Netherlands
• Adrianus Martinus Pagie (0), Loon op Zand
• Aurilla Relety Nolen (39), Mittie, Allen, Louisiana, Verenigde Staten
• Benedictus Josephus, Aarts (71), Borgerhout, België
• Albert Elders (73), Eelde

• 1892 » Pearl S. Buck, American novelist, essayist, short story writer Nobel Prize laureate († 1973)
• 1893 » Dorothy Fuldheim, American journalist and news anchor(† 1989)
• 1895 » George Hainsworth, Canadian ice hockey player and politician († 1950)
• 1898 » Chesty Puller, US general († 1971)
• 1898 » Willy Messerschmitt, German engineer and businessman († 1978)
• 1899 » Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna of Russia († 1918)
• 1901 » Stuart Symington, American lieutenant and politician, 1st United States Secretary of the Air Force († 1988)
• 1902 » Hugues Cuénod, Swiss tenor and educator († 2010)
• 1903 » Big Bill Broonzy, American singer-songwriter and guitarist († 1958)
• 1904 » Frank Scott Hogg, Canadian astronomer and academic († 1951)

• 1856 » Max Stirner, German philosopher and author (b. 1806)
• 1870 » Armand Barbès, French lawyer and politician (b. 1809)
• 1878 » Mercedes of Orléans (b. 1860)
• 1879 » Richard H. Anderson, American general (b. 1821)
• 1883 » Edward Sabine, Irish-English astronomer, geophysicist, and ornithologist (b. 1788)
• 1918 » Peter Rosegger, Austrian poet and author (b. 1843)
• 1922 » Albert I, Prince of Monaco (b. 1848)
• 1927 » Armand Guillaumin, French painter (b. 1841)
• 1932 » Adelaide Ames, American astronomer and academic (b. 1900)
• 1932 » William Murray McPherson, Australian politician, 31st Premier of Victoria (b. 1865)

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 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.
• 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.
• August 31 » Thomas Edison patents the Kinetoscope, the first movie projector.
• 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.
• December 30 » The British Colony of Natal annexes Zululand.

The temperature on June 26, 1897 was about 21.9 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 52%.