About the day » Friday September 3, 1897Calender converter

• Anna Gans, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Albertina Antoinette van der Kas, Amsterdam († 1933)
• Adriaantje van westenbrugge, st.philipsland († 1944)
• Aloijsius Henricus Ludovicus Geeraerts, Sluis, Zeeland, Nederland († 1902)
• Andries Pals, Emmer Compascuum (Emmen) († 1898)
• Alida van Bennekom, Zeist, Utrecht, NL († 1898)
• Adriana Jansen, Oosterhout († 1898)
• 'n Levenloos geboren zoon van Lam, Ter Aar (Korteraar) († 1897)
• Alice Lampen († 1977)
• Adriana Maria Vork, Langeraar († 1999)

• Ferdinandus van de Dood (0), Oost en West Souburg
• Adolf van Schack (67), Odessa, Oekraine
• Adriana de Kok (62), Gorinchem
• Arnoldus Hubertus Henket (69), Sint Pieter
• Anna Maria van Campenhout (78), Oudenbosch, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adrianus Antonius van Andel (0), Breda, Noord-Brabant, The Netherlands
• Kooy, Lemsterland
• Barend van Andel (0)
• Barbara Maria van den Berg (0), Hillegom
• Albert Robert Brown ** (30), Hampton, Rockingham, New Hampshire, Verenigde Staten

• 1887 » Frank Christian, American trumpet player († 1973)
• 1893 » Andrey Dikiy, Russian-American journalist, historian, and politician († 1977)
• 1897 » Sally Benson, American author and screenwriter († 1972)
• 1899 » Frank Macfarlane Burnet, Australian virologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1985)
• 1900 » Percy Chapman, English cricketer († 1961)
• 1900 » Urho Kekkonen, Finnish journalist, lawyer, and politician, 8th President of Finland († 1986)
• 1901 » Eduard van Beinum, Dutch violinist, pianist, and conductor († 1959)
• 1905 » Carl David Anderson, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1991)
• 1905 » John Mills, New Zealand cricketer († 1972)
• 1907 » Loren Eiseley, American anthropologist, philosopher, and author († 1977)

• 1857 » John McLoughlin, Canadian-American businessman (b. 1784)
• 1866 » Konstantin Flavitsky, Russian painter (b. 1830)
• 1877 » Adolphe Thiers, French historian and politician, 2nd President of France (b. 1797)
• 1883 » Ivan Turgenev, Russian author and playwright (b. 1818)
• 1886 » William W. Snow, American lawyer and politician (b. 1812)
• 1893 » James Harrison, Scottish-Australian engineer, journalist, and politician (b. 1816)
• 1906 » Mihály Kolossa, Hungarian author and poet (b. 1846)
• 1914 » Albéric Magnard, French composer and educator (b. 1865)
• 1929 » John Bigham, 1st Viscount Mersey, English jurist and politician (b. 1840)
• 1936 » Nikita Balieff, Armenian-Russian puppeteer and director (b. 1876)

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.
• April 18 » The Greco-Turkish War is declared between Greece and the Ottoman Empire.
• May 26 » Dracula, a Gothic horror novel by Irish author Bram Stoker, is published.
• 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.
• July 26 » Anglo-Afghan War: The Pashtun fakir Saidullah leads an army of more than 10,000 to begin a siege of the British garrison in the Malakand Agency of the North West Frontier Province of India.
• 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 September 3, 1897 was about 17.6 °C. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 73%.