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• Adriana GOOSSEN, Axel († 1980)
• Aaltje Bouwelina van Santen, Oostvoorne
• Adrianus van der Ende, Naaldwijk
• Adriaan Herrebout, Hoek (Terneuzen), Zeeland, Nederland († 1967)
• Albert VERMEIJ, Rotterdam
• Alberdina Pronk, Wildervank, Groningen, Netherlands
• Albert Vermeij, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aleida SOEST, van, De Bilt, Utrecht, Nederland
• Adrianus van der Ende, Naaldwijk(ZH)
• Petronella Helena Fens, Raamsdonkveer († 1964)

• Adolf Johan Roenhorst (21), Westendorp (Oude Ijsselstreek), Gelderland, Nederland
• Anton Theodor Mientjes (0), Mülheim an der Ruhr, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Duitsland
• Allegonda van Meyl (66), Hapert
• Alje Melles Knol (68), Uithuizermeeden, Gemeente Eemsmond, Groningen, Netherlands
• Anna Uiterwijk Winkel (27), Monnickendam gem. Waterland Nhl. Nederland
• Anna Maria Berkhoudt (23), Rotterdam
• Aloysius Aloijsius van Kann (73), Echt (Echterbosch)
• Anna Aleida Plumers (88), Enschede, Overijssel, Nederland
• Aloijsius (Louis) Van Kann (73), Echterbosch, Netherlands
• Charles DE LALLEMANT DE LIOCOURT (78), Vandœuvre-lès-Nancy, Meurthe-et-Moselle, Grand Est, France

• 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)

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.
• July 11 » Salomon August Andrée leaves Spitsbergen to attempt to reach the North Pole by balloon. He later crashes and dies.
• August 31 » Thomas Edison patents the Kinetoscope, the first movie projector.
• 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.
• November 1 » The first Library of Congress building opens its doors to the public; the library had previously been housed in the Congressional Reading Room in the U.S. Capitol.
• December 30 » The British Colony of Natal annexes Zululand.

The temperature on September 15, 1897 was about 11.9 °C. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 96%.