About the day » Thursday July 22, 1897Calender converter

• Aaltje Meendering, Lauderbeetse, Sellingen, Groningen, Nederland († 1962)
• Alida Magdalena BOSCH, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1990)
• Albertus Antonius Lubbers, Westervoort, Gemeente Westervoort, Gelderland, Nederland († 1899)
• Anna Cornelia van Geel, Zevenbergen, Nederland († 1973)
• van het ('t) Schip, Amsterdam († 1897)
• Anna Maria Verhoeven, Stiphout
• Anna Cornelia Berkemeijer, Wieringen († 1980)
• Alida Magdalena Bosch, Amsterdam,Noord-Holland,Nederland († 1990)
• Age Lourens Regelink, Sloten, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Albert Ensing, Oude Schutting (Emmen) († 1974)

• Anna Gornat (85), Vlissingen
• Anna Huting (1), Bemmel, Gelderland, Nederland
• Anna Helena Schrave (57), Nederweert, Limburg, Nederland
• Cornelis Bertus De REGT (0), Dordrecht
• Anna Gornat (Gourna, Gournee) (85), Vlissingen, Zeeland, Nederland
• Anna Reiss (55), Magelang, Kedoe Ned. Indie
• Cornelus Sibbing (34), Amsterdam
• Anna Margaretha Albers (1), Valtherveen, Odoorn
• Berendina Bauwer (42), Gerner (Dalfsen)
• Anna Margaretha Alberts (1), Valtherveen (Odoorn)

• 1888 » Kirk Bryan, American geologist and academic († 1950)
• 1888 » Selman Waksman, Jewish-American biochemist and microbiologist, Nobel Prize laureate († 1973)
• 1889 » James Whale, English director († 1957)
• 1890 » Rose Kennedy, American philanthropist († 1995)
• 1892 » Jack MacBryan, English cricketer and field hockey player († 1983)
• 1893 » Jesse Haines, American baseball player and coach († 1978)
• 1893 » Karl Menninger, American psychiatrist and author († 1990)
• 1895 » León de Greiff, Colombian poet, journalist, and diplomat († 1976)
• 1898 » Stephen Vincent Benét, American poet, short story writer, and novelist († 1943)
• 1899 » Sobhuza II of Swaziland († 1982)

• 1902 » Mieczysław Halka-Ledóchowski, Polish cardinal (b. 1822)
• 1903 » Cassius Marcellus Clay, American publisher, lawyer, and politician, United States Ambassador to Russia (b. 1810)
• 1904 » Wilson Barrett, English actor and playwright (b. 1846)
• 1906 » William Snodgrass, Canadian minister and academic (b. 1827)
• 1908 » Randal Cremer, English politician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1828)
• 1915 » Sandford Fleming, Scottish-Canadian engineer and inventor, developed Standard time (b. 1827)
• 1916 » James Whitcomb Riley, American poet and author (b. 1849)
• 1918 » Indra Lal Roy, Indian lieutenant and first Indian fighter aircraft pilot (b. 1898)
• 1920 » William Kissam Vanderbilt, American businessman and horse breeder (b. 1849)
• 1922 » Jōkichi Takamine, Japanese-American chemist and academic (b. 1854)

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.
• January 31 » Czechoslav Trade Union Association is founded in Prague.
• February 28 » Queen Ranavalona III, the last monarch of Madagascar, is deposed by a French military force.
• 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.
• August 10 » German chemist Felix Hoffmann discovers an improved way of synthesizing acetylsalicylic acid (aspirin).
• September 1 » The Tremont Street Subway in Boston opens, becoming the first underground rapid transit system in North America.
• September 12 » Tirah Campaign: In the Battle of Saragarhi, ten thousand Pashtun tribesmen suffer several hundred casualties while attacking 21 Sikh soldiers in British service.

The temperature on July 22, 1897 was about 15.7 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 97%.