About the day » Sunday July 11, 1897Calender converter

• ALFONS FRANS BREUGELMANS, Veerle
• Alida Lohnen, Amsterdam († 1984)
• Abraham Arie Visser, Sliedrecht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1962)
• Aaltjen Smit, Wierden, Ov, Nederland
• van Ham, Vessem
• Abram Visser, Sliedrecht († 1962)
• Adrianus Assenberg, Nieuw-Helvoet, 3222, Nederland († 1897)
• Alida van Brummelen, Amsterdam
• Vijge, Apeldoorn († 1928)
• Amplonia Johanna KASTELEIN, Dubbeldam

• Anna Catharina Maesen (79), Raevelsche Heide, Arendonk, Antwerpen, België
• Antonius Vermeer (0), Tilburg (Noord-Brabant)
• Albertje Freeks Sanders (75), Borger, Drenthe, Netherlands
• Adriaan van Splunter (73), Sint Maartensdijk
• Bastiaan Cornelsz Dubbelaar (77), Katwijk
• Antonie Dekkers (1), Fijnaart en Heijningen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anna Maria van Riel (65), Dongen
• Arendina Assink (51), Azelo, Overijssel, Nederland
• Adriaantje Snoeij (75), Klundert
• Adriana Maria de Kok (32), Tilburg, Gemeente Tilburg, North Brabant, Netherlands

• 1892 » Thomas Mitchell, American actor, singer, and screenwriter († 1962)
• 1894 » Erna Mohr, German zoologist († 1968)
• 1895 » Dorothy Wilde, English author and poet († 1941)
• 1897 » Bull Connor, American police officer († 1973)
• 1899 » E. B. White, American essayist and journalist († 1985)
• 1899 » Wilfrid Israel, German businessman and philanthropist († 1943)
• 1901 » Gwendolyn Lizarraga, Belizean businesswoman, activist, and politician († 1975)
• 1903 » Rudolf Abel, English-Russian colonel († 1971)
• 1903 » Sidney Franklin, American bullfighter († 1976)
• 1904 » Niño Ricardo, Spanish guitarist and composer († 1972)

• 1844 » Yevgeny Baratynsky, Russian philosopher and poet (b. 1800)
• 1897 » Patrick Jennings, Irish-Australian politician, 11th Premier of New South Wales (b. 1831)
• 1905 » Muhammad Abduh, Egyptian jurist and scholar (b. 1849)
• 1908 » Friedrich Traun, German sprinter and tennis player (b. 1876)
• 1909 » Simon Newcomb, Canadian-American astronomer and mathematician (b. 1835)
• 1929 » Billy Mosforth, English footballer and engraver (b. 1857)
• 1937 » George Gershwin, American pianist, songwriter, and composer (b. 1898)
• 1959 » Charlie Parker, English cricketer, coach, and umpire (b. 1882)
• 1966 » Delmore Schwartz, American poet and short story writer (b. 1913)
• 1967 » Guy Favreau, Canadian lawyer, judge, and politician, 28th Canadian Minister of Justice (b. 1917)

• 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 28 » Queen Ranavalona III, the last monarch of Madagascar, is deposed by a French military force.
• May 26 » Dracula, a Gothic horror novel by Irish author Bram Stoker, is published.
• 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.
• June 16 » A treaty annexing the Republic of Hawaii to the United States is signed; the Republic would not be dissolved until a year later.
• June 22 » British colonial officers Charles Walter Rand and Lt. Charles Egerton Ayerst are assassinated in Pune, Maharashtra, India by the Chapekar brothers and Mahadeo Vinayak Ranade, who are later caught and hanged.
• September 1 » The Tremont Street Subway in Boston opens, becoming the first underground rapid transit system in North America.

The temperature on July 11, 1897 was about 16.2 °C. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 70%.