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July 17, 1897Born on Sunday July 18, 1897
- Aafke Heidsma, Garsthuizen (Stedum) († 1942)
- Aaltje Hendrika VERMEER, Dodewaard († 1983)
- Adrianus Boom, Rotterdam
- Alphonsus Antonius Martinus Dieteren, Valkenburg, Limburg, Nederland († 1918)
- Adriana Johanna Frijters, Fijnaart,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1984)
- Andries Willem Schippers, Vlaardingen
- (Stillborn) VAN HOUWENINGE, Rotterdam Zuid-Holland Netherlands († 1897)
- Aaltje de BOER, Den Helder (Noord-Holland)
- van Maanen, Oudewater († 1897)
- Andries Griekspoor-van Veenendaal, Haarlemmermeer
Died on Sunday July 18, 1897
- Adriana Gerarda Nederpelt genaamd Lazarom (0), Den Haag
- Aaltje Bakker (52), Amsterdam
- Anthonij Riemens (58), Terneuzen (Terneuzen), Zeeland, Nederland
- Anna Catharina Donckers (41), Brecht
- Albertien Weggen (0), Nieuw Amsterdam (Emmen)
- Arie Cornelis Tuk (0), Monster, Westland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
- Anne Bekhof (33), Weststellingwerf, Noordwolde
- Akke CAPTEIN (24), Amsterdam
- Arnoldus Slotboom (63), Lochem, Gelderland, Nederland
- Adriaan Matijsen (22), Rijsbergen
Source: Delpher (KB | national library) Newspapers from July 18, 1897 at Delpher
Born on July 18
- 1892 » Arthur Friedenreich, Brazilian footballer († 1969)
- 1893 » David Ogilvy, 12th Earl of Airlie, Scottish peer, soldier and courtier († 1968)
- 1895 » Machine Gun Kelly, American gangster († 1954)
- 1895 » Olga Spessivtseva, Russian-American ballerina († 1991)
- 1897 » Ernest Eldridge, English race car driver and engineer († 1935)
- 1898 » John Stuart, Scottish-English actor († 1979)
- 1899 » Ernst Scheller, German soldier and politician, 8th Mayor of Marburg († 1942)
- 1900 » Nathalie Sarraute, French lawyer and author († 1999)
- 1902 » Chill Wills, American actor († 1978)
- 1902 » Jessamyn West, American author († 1984)
Died on July 18
- 1863 » Robert Gould Shaw, American colonel (b. 1837)
- 1872 » Benito Juárez, Mexican lawyer and politician, 26th President of Mexico (b. 1806)
- 1884 » Ferdinand von Hochstetter, Austrian geologist and academic (b. 1829)
- 1887 » Dorothea Dix, American social reformer and activist (b. 1802)
- 1890 » Lydia Becker, English journalist, author, and activist, co-founded the Women's Suffrage Journal (b. 1827)
- 1892 » Thomas Cook, English travel agent, founded the Thomas Cook Group (b. 1808)
- 1899 » Horatio Alger, American novelist and journalist (b. 1832)
- 1916 » Benjamin C. Truman, American journalist and author (b. 1835)
- 1925 » Louis-Nazaire Bégin, Canadian cardinal (b. 1840)
- 1932 » Jean Jules Jusserand, French author and diplomat, French Ambassador to the United States (b. 1855)
Names that were popular for boys in 1897
- Johannes
- Jan
- Hendrik
- Cornelis
- Willem
- Pieter
- Gerrit
- Petrus
- Jacob
- Adrianus
- Jacobus
- Arie
- Dirk
- Wilhelmus
- Hendrikus
- Gerardus
Names that were popular for girls in 1897
- Maria
- Johanna
- Anna
- Cornelia
- Wilhelmina
- Hendrika
- Elisabeth
- Adriana
- Catharina
- Aaltje
- Neeltje
- Petronella
- Jacoba
- Grietje
- Geertruida
- Trijntje
Source: Wikipedia Historical events 1897
- 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.
- January 31 » Czechoslav Trade Union Association is founded in Prague.
- July 26 » Anglo-Afghan War: The Pashtun fakir Saidullah leads an army of more than 10,000 to begin a siege of the British garrison in the Malakand Agency of the North West Frontier Province of India.
- August 31 » Thomas Edison patents the Kinetoscope, the first movie projector.
- September 1 » The Tremont Street Subway in Boston opens, becoming the first underground rapid transit system in North America.
- 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 9 » Activist Marguerite Durand founds the feminist daily newspaper La Fronde in Paris.
Weather July 18, 1897
The temperature on July 18, 1897 was about 22.1 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 48%.