About the day » Wednesday August 4, 1897Calender converter

• Aart Bakker, Putten († 1945)
• Andries van der Lugt, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
• Abraham van Dommele, Stavenisse, Zeeland, Nederland († 1897)
• Anna Elisabeth Beissel, Venwegen (D), Duitsland († 1976)
• Alfons August Dobbelaere, Drongen († 1900)
• Albert Bouwer, Varsenerveld († 1983)
• Aaltje Schild, Wommels, Hennaarderadeel,, Fryslân | Friesland, Nederland
• Alida Middag, IJsselstein, Utrecht, NL
• Alexis Leautaud, Dusseldorf ( Duitsland ) († 1970)
• Anna Bernarda Bekkink, Oosseld

• Mosterd (0), Sint Maartensdijk
• Andries de Haas (76), Buren
• Aleida BRONKHORST (83), Wamel, Gelderland, Nederland
• Albertus Kamphorst (0), Hilversum, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Alje Boerema (66), Ten Post, Ten Boer, Groningen, Nederland
• Alijda Bronkhorst (83), Wamel, West Maas en Waal, Gelderland, Netherlands
• Bartholomeus Theodorus De Koning (1), Haarlemmermeer
• Anna Magdalena Gerrits Van Tuijl (81), Jaarsveld, Utrecht, Nederland
• Andries de Haas (76), Buren, Gelderland, Nederland
• Andreas Nicolaas Asten van (50), Weert, Limburg, Netherlands

• 1890 » Dolf Luque, Cuban baseball player and manager († 1957)
• 1893 » Fritz Gause, German historian and curator († 1973)
• 1898 » Ernesto Maserati, Italian race car driver and engineer († 1975)
• 1899 » Ezra Taft Benson, American religious leader, 13th President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints († 1994)
• 1900 » Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother of the United Kingdom († 2002)
• 1901 » Clarence Passailaigue, Jamaican cricketer († 1972)
• 1901 » Louis Armstrong, American trumpet player and singer († 1971)
• 1902 » Bill Hallahan, American baseball player († 1981)
• 1904 » Helen Kane, American singer and actress († 1966)
• 1904 » Witold Gombrowicz, Polish author and playwright († 1969)

• 1859 » John Vianney, French priest and saint (b. 1786)
• 1873 » Viktor Hartmann, Russian architect and painter (b. 1834)
• 1875 » Hans Christian Andersen, Danish novelist, short story writer, and poet (b. 1805)
• 1886 » Samuel J. Tilden, American lawyer and politician, 25th Governor of New York (b. 1814)
• 1900 » Isaac Levitan, Russian painter and educator (b. 1860)
• 1914 » Jules Lemaître, French playwright and critic (b. 1853)
• 1919 » Dave Gregory, Australian cricketer and umpire (b. 1845)
• 1922 » Enver Pasha, Ottoman general and politician (b. 1881)
• 1932 » Alfred Henry Maurer, American painter (b. 1868)
• 1938 » Pearl White, American actress (b. 1889)

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 28 » Queen Ranavalona III, the last monarch of Madagascar, is deposed by a French military force.
• 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.
• 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 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 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.

The temperature on August 4, 1897 was about 23.5 °C. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 59%.