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• Alida Carolina Kagenaar, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands († 1973)
• Alida Maria van der Valk, Rotterdam
• Annie Gantt, Russellville, Franklin, Alabama, Verenigde Staten († 1989)
• Albertus Johannes Stam, Beverwijk († 1954)
• Albert Caron, Gaspé, La Côte-de-Gaspé, Quebec, Canada
• Alida Maria Margaretha Schilperoort, Delft, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1967)
• Annigje van de Merwe, Heinenoord
• Anna Maria Lucia Muller, Keldenich,DLD († 1990)
• Anna Jacobi, Vaals († 1991)
• Anna van den Heuvel, Uden

• Arend de Wilde (0), Utrecht
• Aaltje Bakker (60), Wijdenes
• Abraham VAN OUDHEUSDEN (0), Vlaardingen
• Anne van Vliet (42), Wassenaar, ZH, Nederland
• Anna Maria van Sandvliet (73), Roosendaal
• Aaltien Haverkamp (23), Havelte
• Anne Marie (Schoufs) Schoubs (79), Beverst
• Aaltien Luiken (Luken) (75), Eelde, Drenthe, Netherlands(Paterswolde)
• Anna KUIPER (20), Assendelft, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Magrita Poort (76), Aduard

• 1889 » Conrad Aiken, American novelist, short story writer, critic, and poet († 1973)
• 1890 » Erich Kleiber, Austrian conductor and director († 1956)
• 1890 » Naum Gabo, Russian-American sculptor († 1977)
• 1897 » Aksel Larsen, Danish lawyer and politician († 1972)
• 1897 » Roberta Dodd Crawford, American soprano and educator († 1954)
• 1900 » Rudolf Schottlaender, German philosopher, classical philologist and translator († 1988)
• 1901 » Claude Autant-Lara, French director, screenwriter, and politician († 2000)
• 1904 » Kenneth V. Thimann, English-American botanist and microbiologist († 1997)
• 1906 » Joan Hickson, English actress († 1998)
• 1906 » John Huston, American actor, director, and screenwriter († 1987)

• 1868 » Jacques Boucher de Crèvecœur de Perthes, French archaeologist and historian (b. 1788)
• 1877 » Robert Williams (known as Trebor Mai), Welsh poet (b. 1830)
• 1880 » Ferdinand Ritter von Hebra, Austrian physician and dermatologist (b. 1816)
• 1881 » Spotted Tail, American tribal chief (b. 1823)
• 1895 » Friedrich Engels, German philosopher (b. 1820)
• 1901 » Victoria, Princess Royal of the United Kingdom (b. 1840)
• 1904 » George Dibbs, Australian politician, 10th Premier of New South Wales (b. 1834)
• 1911 » Bob Caruthers, American baseball player and umpire (b. 1864)
• 1916 » George Butterworth, British composer, killed at the Battle of the Somme (b. 1885)
• 1921 » Dimitrios Rallis, Greek lawyer and politician, 78th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1844)

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.
• 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.
• 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).
• August 21 » Oldsmobile, an American automobile manufacturer and marque, is founded.
• September 1 » The Tremont Street Subway in Boston opens, becoming the first underground rapid transit system in North America.

The temperature on August 5, 1897 was about 22.1 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 57%.