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• Anna Maria Hendrika Folst, Rotterdam († 1979)
• Allegonda Martina de Bruijn, Driel, Nederland
• Adriaan Osterholt, Schiedam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1978)
• Annegien Kluter († 1954)
• Anje ZAAGMAN, Uithuizen († 1962)
• Adolf van Ophoven, Echt, Netherlands († 1897)
• Adriana van Haarlem, (GL) Buren
• Agnes Hubertina Mechtilde Smeets, Elsloo († 1974)
• albertus jacobus meijer, amsterdam († 1975)
• Anna Mechtildis Antonia Maassen, Geulle, Limburg, Nederland († 1988)

• Arij Corneliszn. Onderwater (63), Wassenaar
• arij cornelisz onderwater (63), wassenaar
• Adriaantje Duimelaar (55), Rotterdam
• baby Meijer (0), Verwolde, Laren, Lochem, Nederland
• Anna Maria Frederica Charlotta Schmaling (63), Aardenburg, Zeeland, Nederland
• Alida Johanna Helena Zandbergen (1), ,, Delft, Nederland
• Anthonie Janse (0), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Marie Elisabeth Dermont (7), Zepperen, België
• Anna Catharina de Bakker (23), Ossenisse, Zeeland, Nederland
• Adrianus Leeuwenburgh (1), Rotterdam

• 1888 » John Logie Baird, Scottish engineer, invented the television († 1946)
• 1889 » Camillien Houde, Canadian lawyer and politician, 34th Mayor of Montreal († 1958)
• 1895 » Bert Lahr, American actor († 1967)
• 1895 » István Barta, Hungarian water polo player († 1948)
• 1898 » Jean Borotra, French tennis player († 1994)
• 1898 » Regis Toomey, American actor († 1991)
• 1899 » Alfred Hitchcock, English-American director and producer († 1980)
• 1902 » Felix Wankel, German engineer († 1988)
• 1904 » Buddy Rogers, American actor and musician († 1999)
• 1904 » Margaret Tafoya, Native American Pueblo potter († 2001)

• 1863 » Eugène Delacroix, French painter and lithographer (b. 1798)
• 1865 » Ignaz Semmelweis, Hungarian physician and obstetrician (b. 1818)
• 1910 » Florence Nightingale, Italian-English nurse and theologian (b. 1820)
• 1912 » Jules Massenet, French composer (b. 1842)
• 1917 » Eduard Buchner, German chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1860)
• 1934 » Mary Hunter Austin, American author and playwright (b. 1868)
• 1937 » Sigizmund Levanevsky, Soviet aircraft pilot of Polish origin (b. 1902)
• 1946 » H. G. Wells, English novelist, historian, and critic (b. 1866)
• 1954 » Demetrius Constantine Dounis, Greek violinist and mandolin player (b. 1886)
• 1958 » Francis J. McCormick, American football, basketball player, and coach (b. 1903)

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.
• April 18 » The Greco-Turkish War is declared between Greece and the Ottoman Empire.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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 August 13, 1897 was about 22.1 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 64%.