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• Aart van Harten, Lunteren, Gelderland, Nederland († 1901)
• Adriana van Keulen, Ammerzoden, Gelderland, Nederland
• Adriana Theodora de Goeij, Uden
• Adrianus Henskes, Amsterdam († 1983)
• Aagje Andries de Haan, Garijp, Tietjerksteradeel, Friesland, Nederland († 1981)
• Adrianus HENSKES, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1983)
• Adriana Hendrica de Bruin, Alphen († 1979)
• Abraham Jobse, Middelburg († 1938)
• Adelina Julia Dejonghe, Roeselare, België († 1980)
• Adrianus Antonius Spooren, Best

• Antonie Fredriksen (0), Brummen
• Aaltje Bosch (56), Epe, Nederland
• Aplonia Helena van Poelgeest (10), Nieuwveen, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
• Aaltje van den Berg (0)
• Anna Maria Wilhelmina Kloppers (58), Rotterdam 1897.2490
• Aaltje Berg van den (0), Genemuiden
• Anna Euphemia Colette (78), Allennes-les-Marais / Nord
• Berendina Arnolda Vastbinder (0), Arnhem
• aaltje 1 van den berg (0), genemuiden
• Albert Lietz (41), DuPage County

• 1885 » Arturo Rawson, Argentinian general and politician, 26th President of Argentina († 1952)
• 1887 » Tom Longboat, Canadian runner and soldier († 1949)
• 1889 » Beno Gutenberg, German-American seismologist († 1960)
• 1903 » Yevgeny Mravinsky, Russian conductor († 1988)
• 1904 » Bhagat Puran Singh, Indian publisher, environmentalist, and philanthropist († 1992)
• 1907 » Jacques Roumain, Haitian journalist and politician († 1944)
• 1907 » Patience Strong, English poet and journalist († 1990)
• 1907 » Rosalind Russell, American actress († 1976)
• 1910 » Christopher Cockerell, English engineer, invented the hovercraft († 1999)
• 1912 » Robert Jacobsen, Danish sculptor and painter († 1993)

• 1872 » Johan Rudolph Thorbecke, Dutch historian, jurist, and politician, Prime Minister of the Netherlands (b. 1798)
• 1875 » Eduard Mörike, German pastor and poet (b. 1804)
• 1876 » Abdülaziz of the Ottoman Empire, 32nd Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (b. 1830)
• 1922 » W. H. R. Rivers, English anthropologist, neurologist, ethnologist, and psychiatrist (b. 1864)
• 1925 » Margaret Murray Washington, American Academic (b. 1865)
• 1926 » Fred Spofforth, Australian-English cricketer and coach (b. 1853)
• 1928 » Zhang Zuolin, Chinese warlord (b. 1873)
• 1929 » Harry Frazee, American director, producer, and agent (b. 1881)
• 1931 » Hussein bin Ali, Sharif of Mecca, Sharif and Emir of Mecca, King of the Hejaz (b. 1853/54)
• 1933 » Ahmet Haşim, Turkish poet and author (b. 1884)

• 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.
• 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.
• 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 10 » German chemist Felix Hoffmann discovers an improved way of synthesizing acetylsalicylic acid (aspirin).
• 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 4, 1897 was about 21.9 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 80%.