About the day » Tuesday August 17, 1897Calender converter

• Allen Cecil Stirling, Parkston, Hutchinson County, South Dakota, Verenigde Staten († 1975)
• Aart Hendrik Jan Foppen, Harderwijk, Gelderland, Nederland
• Aldino Ventura Bôscoli, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
• "Arnaud" François Anne Marie de Gontaut-Biron, Noirmoutier-en-l'Île, Vendée, France († 1985)
• Adrianus van Vossen, Sint Annaland, Zeeland, Nederland
• Aaltje Huskamp, amsterdam, Nederland
• aart TIELEMAN, numansdorp
• Adriana Jacoba Laven, Naarden, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Aaltje Schildwacht, Rotterdam,Zuid-Holland,Nederland († 1972)
• Aart Hendrik Jan Foppen, Harderwijk, Gelderland, Nederland († 1944)

• Arnoldus Hendrik Houtum, van (70), Apeldoorn Gld. NL
• Brandje Brandsen (69), Renswoude, Utrecht, Nederland
• Adriana Cornelisd van Luijk (0), Rotterdam, zh.nld
• Arie van der Neut (88), Nieuwer Amstel
• Ardoldus, Hendrik van Houtum (70), Apeldoorn
• Arie van der Neut (89), Nieuwer Amstel, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Arij Tettero (73), Moordrecht
• Brandje Brantsen van Hoekelum (69), Renswoude
• Anthonius Johannes de Leede (0), Maasland
• Antonius Hubertus Geene (52), Grathem

• 1890 » Harry Hopkins, American politician and diplomat, 8th United States Secretary of Commerce († 1946)
• 1890 » Stefan Bastyr, Polish soldier and pilot († 1920)
• 1893 » John Brahm, German-American director and production manager († 1982)
• 1893 » Mae West, American actress, playwright, and screenwriter († 1980)
• 1894 » William Rootes, 1st Baron Rootes, English businessman, founded Rootes Group († 1964)
• 1896 » Leslie Groves, American general and engineer († 1970)
• 1896 » Oliver Waterman Larkin, American historian and author († 1970)
• 1896 » Tõnis Kint, Estonian lieutenant and politician, Prime Minister of Estonia in exile († 1991)
• 1900 » Pauline A. Young, African-American teacher, historian, aviator and activist († 1991)
• 1900 » Vivienne de Watteville, British travel writer and adventurer († 1957)

• 1870 » Perucho Figueredo, Cuban poet and activist (b. 1818)
• 1875 » Wilhelm Bleek, German linguist and anthropologist (b. 1827)
• 1897 » William Jervois, English engineer and diplomat, 10th Governor of South Australia (b. 1821)
• 1901 » Edmond Audran, French organist and composer (b. 1842)
• 1903 » Hans Gude, Norwegian-German painter and academic (b. 1825)
• 1908 » Radoje Domanović, Serbian satirist and journalist (b. 1873)
• 1909 » Madan Lal Dhingra, Indian activist (b. 1883)
• 1918 » Moisei Uritsky, Russian activist and politician (b. 1873)
• 1920 » Ray Chapman, American baseball player (b. 1891)
• 1924 » Tom Kendall, English-Australian cricketer and journalist (b. 1851)

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.
• April 30 » J. J. Thomson of the Cavendish Laboratory announces his discovery of the electron as a subatomic particle, over 1,800 times smaller than a proton (in the atomic nucleus), at a lecture at the Royal Institution in London.
• May 26 » Dracula, a Gothic horror novel by Irish author Bram Stoker, is published.
• 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.
• August 31 » Thomas Edison patents the Kinetoscope, the first movie projector.
• December 6 » London becomes the world's first city to host licensed taxicabs.
• December 9 » Activist Marguerite Durand founds the feminist daily newspaper La Fronde in Paris.

The temperature on August 17, 1897 was about 22.5 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 53%.