Historical Events In 1897

Nov 20   Lores Bonney, aviator on this day in history.  

Nov 23   Andrew J Beard invents "jerry coupler," to connect railroad cars on this day in history.  

Nov 23   Eli Olds of Lansing, Michigan, is issued a U.S. patent for his "motor carriage," a gasoline-powered vehicle that he constructed the year before in the year 1897.  

Nov 24   In the year 1897 canadian Intercollegiate Rugby Football Union forms in Kingston  

Nov 25   In the year 1897 spain grants Puerto Rico autonomy  

Nov 28   Uno Choyo, writer on this day in history.  

Nov 29   1st motorcycle race (Surrey England) on this day in history.  

Nov 29   On this day in history emiel van Hemeldonck, Belgian writer (Little Emperor)  

Nov 30   On this day in history abraham C Wertheim, Dutch banker/MP (Lib), dies at 64  

Nov 30   Andreas Nezertis, composer in the year 1897.  

Dec 01   In the year 1897 manuel A Neat, Curacaos author (Nobleza di Coerazon)  

Dec 02   Rewi Alley, NZ, writer (Americans in China) on this day in history.  

Dec 03   Kate O'Brien, Irish writer (Without My Cloak) in the year 1897.  

Dec 04   Mari Andriessen, Dutch sculptor (Dock Worker) on this day in history.  

Dec 06   John Axel Fernstrom, composer in the year 1897.  

Dec 06   In the year 1897 london becomes the world's first city to host licenced taxicabs.  

Dec 08   On this day in history leslie Heward, composer  

Dec 09   Activist Marguerite Durand founds the feminist daily newspaper, La Fronde in Paris in the year 1897.  

Dec 09   In the year 1897 hermione Gingold, London England, actress (Gigi, Music Man)  

Dec 10   On this day in history karl H Waggerl, Austria writer (Power of Love)  

Dec 12   In the year 1897 anti-Jewish violence breaks out in Bucharest Romania  

Dec 13   Drew Pearson, Evanston Ill, newscaster (Drew Pearson) in the year 1897.  

Dec 14   Margaret Chase Smith, (Rep/Sen-R-Maine) in the year 1897.  

Dec 16   1st submarine with an internal combustion engine demonstrated on this day in history.  

Dec 16   In the year 1897 alphonse Daudet, writer, dies at 57  

Dec 16   Jacobus Petrus Duminy, cricketer (three Tests for S Africa 1927-29) in the year 1897.  

Dec 16   In the year 1897 the first submarine with an internal combustion engine demonstrated  

Dec 18   On this day in history carlo A Alfieri, Italian Member of parliament, dies at 70  

Dec 18   Fernand J Collin, Belgian economist/banker in the year 1897.  

Dec 19   Louis Darquier de Pellepoix, France, anti-Semite/nazi collaborator on this day in history.  

Dec 22   On this day in history bering Sea Claims Commission recommends US pay Canadian sealers $463,454; to compensate for seizure of vessels.  

Dec 23   On this day in history julien Carette, Paris France, actor (Sylvia & the Phantom)  

Dec 26   In the year 1897 willie Corsari, [Wilhelmina A Schmidt], Dutch writer  

Dec 27   On this day in history iwan S Konew, Russ marshal/supreme commander pact of Warsaw  

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Jan 01   On this day in history birth of walter Greaza, St Paul Minn, actor (Martin Kane Private Eye)  

Jan 02   Jim Londos, Greek wrestler (d. 1975) was born in the year 1897.  

Jan 03   Marion Davies, [Marion Cecelia Douras], Bkln, actress (Operator 13) was born in the year 1897.  

Jan 03   On this day in history birth of pola Negri, [Barbara A Chalupec], Polish/US actress (Madame Bovary)  

Jan 05   On this day in history birth of jack Wagner, OH, actor (Jive Junction)  

Jan 05   In the year 1897 birth of theo Mackeben, German pianist/composer (Lady Fanny, Bel Ami)  

Jan 06   Billy Greene, actor (Burton-One Man's Family) was born in the year 1897.  

Jan 08   In the year 1897 birth of dennis Wheatley, British author (d. 1977)  

Jan 12   In the year 1897 death of isaac Pitman, British inventor (Pitman Shorthand) (b. 1813)  

Jan 30   On this day in history john Cottam, cricket (Test for Aust 1897, no Sheffield matches), dies  

Feb 01   In the year 1897 death of constantin von Ettingshausen, Austrian geologist (b. 1826)  

Feb 05   Hoss Radbourn, pitcher won 60 games in 1884, dies at 42 in the year 1897.  

Feb 06   Ebenezer C Brewer, British writer (Dictionary of Phrase & Fable), dies on this day in history.  

Feb 07   In the year 1897 galileo Ferraris, Italian physicist (Ferrari), dies at 49  

Feb 19   Karl T Weierstrass, German mathematician, dies at 81 on this day in history.  

Feb 23   In the year 1897 woldemar Bargiel, composer, dies at 68