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• Aaltje Vosselman, Olst
• Albert Heeren, Lyon County, Iowa († 1974)
• Geertruida († 1992)
• Aaltje Geertman, Collendoorn, Overijssel, Nederland, Nederland († 1918)
• Alberic Joseph Vermeulen, Kanegem, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium († 1958)
• Adrianus Versmissen, Eersel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1897)
• Wubben, Delft, South Holland, Netherlands († 1897)
• Adrianus de Jong, Den Helder († 1978)
• Adrianus Cornelus Burger, Alkmaar († 1975)
• Allen William Dewart, Edmond, Oklahoma, Oklahoma, Verenigde Staten († 1984)

• Aaltjen Jacobs HOK (83), Zwolle
• Barbara Coolen (44), Nederweert
• Anna Maria Josephina Kerckhoffs (0), Stein, Limburg, Nederland
• Carolina Maria Stolk (0), Zwijndrecht Z.H
• Adrianus van Gelderen (64), Lith
• Alberta Spanbroek (70), Bemmel, Gelderland, Nederland
• Antonia Broekmans (63), Tilburg
• Anna Cochius (76), Beuningen, Gelderland, Nederland
• Charles Stynen (39), Turnhout, Antwerpen (B)
• Adriana Cornelia Johanna Slokkers (4), Nieuw-Vossemeer

• 1890 » Wentworth Beaumont, 2nd Viscount Allendale, English captain and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Northumberland († 1956)
• 1891 » William Slim, 1st Viscount Slim, English field marshal and politician, 13th Governor-General of Australia († 1970)
• 1892 » Hoot Gibson, American actor, director, and producer († 1962)
• 1893 » Wright Patman, American lieutenant and politician († 1976)
• 1895 » Ernesto Lecuona, Cuban pianist and composer († 1963)
• 1895 » Frank Nicklin, Australian politician, 28th Premier of Queensland († 1978)
• 1900 » Cecil Howard Green, English-American geophysicist and businessman, co-founded Texas Instruments († 2003)
• 1902 » Dutch Schultz, American gangster († 1935)
• 1903 » Virginia Foster Durr, American civil rights activist († 1999)
• 1904 » Jean Dessès, Greek-Egyptian fashion designer († 1970)

• 1866 » John Mason Neale, English priest, scholar, and hymnwriter (b. 1818)
• 1881 » James Springer White, American religious leader, co-founded the Seventh-day Adventist Church (b. 1821)
• 1893 » Jean-Jacques Challet-Venel, Swiss lawyer and politician (b. 1811)
• 1904 » Eduard Hanslick, Austrian author and critic (b. 1825)
• 1906 » George Waterhouse, English-New Zealand politician, 7th Prime Minister of New Zealand (b. 1824)
• 1915 » Jennie de la Montagnie Lozier, American physician (b. 1841)
• 1920 » Stefan Bastyr, Polish pilot and author (b. 1890)
• 1925 » Gregorio Ricci-Curbastro, Italian mathematician (b. 1853)
• 1925 » Surendranath Banerjee, Indian academic and politician (b. 1848)
• 1931 » Bix Beiderbecke, American cornet player, pianist, and composer (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 28 » Queen Ranavalona III, the last monarch of Madagascar, is deposed by a French military force.
• 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.
• August 31 » Thomas Edison patents the Kinetoscope, the first movie projector.
• 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.
• December 6 » London becomes the world's first city to host licensed taxicabs.

The temperature on August 6, 1897 was about 18.7 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 89%.