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• Adèle Eleonora von Kriegenbergh, Malang
• Adriana Schouten, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1978)
• Aleida SOEST, van, De Bilt, Utrecht, Nederland
• Alberta Temmink, Haaksbergen, 7481, Nederland
• Adriana Johanna Kempenaars, Elshout († 1914)
• Adrianus van der Ende, Naaldwijk (ZH-NLD)
• Alberdina Pronk, Wildervank, Groningen, Netherlands
• Albert Kraayenbrink, Sinderen, Gendringen, Gelderland, Netherlands († 1983)
• Alberta Johanna Lukassen, Heidekant (Wehl) (GL) († 1991)
• Adriana Goossen († 1980)

• Adèle Desaintguillain (72), Havay, Quévy, Hainaut, Belgique
• Aloijsius van (von) Kann (73), Echt
• Andrew Jackson Guinn (77), Tennessee, United States of America
• Cornelis van Zee (101), Alamo, Kalamazoo, Michigan, Verenigde Staten
• Aalbrecht Knuijt (63), Heinkenszand, Zeeland, Nederland
• Alje Melles Knol (67), Uithuizermeeden, Gr, Nederland
• Charles DE LALLEMANT DE LIOCOURT (78), Vandoeuvre-lès-Nancy, 54547, Meurthe-et-Moselle, Grand Est, FRANCE
• Anna Germina Catharina Wentink (61), Utrecht
• Allegonda van Meijl (66), Hapert
• Allegonda van Meijl (66), Hapert

• 1890 » Ernest Bullock, English organist and composer († 1979)
• 1892 » Silpa Bhirasri, Italian sculptor and educator († 1962)
• 1894 » Chic Harley, American football player († 1974)
• 1894 » Jean Renoir, French actor, director, producer, and screenwriter († 1979)
• 1894 » Oskar Klein, Swedish physicist and academic († 1977)
• 1895 » Magda Lupescu, mistress and later wife of King Carol II of Romania (d.1977)
• 1897 » Merle Curti, American historian and author († 1997)
• 1898 » J. Slauerhoff, Dutch poet and author († 1936)
• 1901 » Donald Bailey, English engineer, designed Bailey bridge († 1985)
• 1903 » Roy Acuff, American singer-songwriter and fiddler († 1992)

• 1859 » Isambard Kingdom Brunel, English architect and engineer, designed the Great Western Railway (b. 1806)
• 1864 » John Hanning Speke, English soldier and explorer (b. 1827)
• 1883 » Joseph Plateau, Belgian physicist and academic (b. 1801)
• 1893 » Thomas Hawksley, English engineer (b. 1807)
• 1915 » Ernest Gagnon, Canadian organist and composer (b. 1834)
• 1921 » Roman von Ungern-Sternberg, Austrian-Russian general (b. 1886)
• 1926 » Rudolf Christoph Eucken, German philosopher and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1846)
• 1930 » Milton Sills, American actor and screenwriter (b. 1882)
• 1938 » Thomas Wolfe, American novelist (b. 1900)
• 1940 » William B. Bankhead, American lawyer and politician, 47th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives (b. 1874)

• 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 » Dracula, a Gothic horror novel by Irish author Bram Stoker, is published.
• July 2 » British-Italian engineer Guglielmo Marconi obtains a patent for radio in London.
• July 11 » Salomon August Andrée leaves Spitsbergen to attempt to reach the North Pole by balloon. He later crashes and dies.
• September 10 » Lattimer massacre: A sheriff's posse kills 19 unarmed striking immigrant miners in Lattimer, Pennsylvania, United States.
• 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 September 15, 1897 was about 11.9 °C. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 96%.