Historical Events In 1897

Jan 01   On this day in history brooklyn merges with New York to form present City of New York   

Jan 03   In the year 1897 marion Davies, [Marion Cecelia Douras], Bkln, actress (Operator 13)   

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

Jan 06   In the year 1897 billy Greene, actor (Burton-One Man's Family)   

Jan 08   Michael Eagan wins 1st US national amateur handball championship in the year 1897.   

Jan 09   On this day in history luis Gianneo, composer   

Jan 10   Albert Moeschinger, composer in the year 1897.   

Jan 10   Henrik Ibsen's "John Gabriel Borkman," premieres in Helsingfors on this day in history.   

Jan 11   M H Cannon becomes 1st woman state senator in US (Utah) on this day in history.   

Jan 11   M H Cannon becomes first woman state senator in US (Utah) on this day in history.   

Jan 12   Hendrik J Valk, painter/cartoonist/graphic artist on this day in history.   

Jan 14   On this day in history 6,960-m (22,834') Cerro Aconcagua (Argentina) 1st climbed   

Jan 14   In the year 1897 6,960-m (22,834') Cerro Aconcagua (Argentina) first climbed   

Jan 16   John Dewey's essay "My Pedagogic Creed" appears in School Journal on this day in history.   

Jan 17   Nils Asther, Malmö Sweden, actor (Bluebeard, Night Monster) on this day in history.   

Jan 19   In the year 1897 natacha Rambova, Salt Lake City UT, costume designer   

Jan 20   In the year 1897 mae Busch, Australian/US actress (Cowboy Socialist)   

Jan 21   J Carrol Naish, NYC, actor (Charlie Chan-Adv of Charlie Chan) on this day in history.   

Jan 22   In the year 1897 josef Stanislav, composer   

Jan 23   In the year 1897 amanda Berry Smith, famous African   

Jan 23   Start of Sherlock Holmes "Adventure of Abbey Grange" (BG) in the year 1897.   

Jan 23   Start of Sherlock Holmes "The Adventure of the Abbey Grange" (BG) on this day in history.   

Jan 26   Battle at Bida Gold Coast British troops beat Nupe's army on this day in history.   

Jan 26   Battle at Bida Gold Coast: British troops beat Nupe's army in the year 1897.   

Jan 27   British troops occupy Bida Gold Coast (Ghana) in the year 1897.   

Jan 28   In the year 1897 valentin Katayev, Odessa Ukraine, novelist/playwright (Embezzled)   

Jan 29   Ishbel, Lady Aberdeen, wife of the Governor General, helps found the Victorian Order of Nurses at the request of the National Council of Women on this day in history.   

Jan 30   John Cottam, cricket (Test for Aust 1897, no Sheffield matches), dies on this day in history.   

Feb 01   Denise Robins, London, romantic novelist (1st Long Kiss) on this day in history.   

Feb 01   On this day in history shinhan Bank, the oldest bank in South Korea, opens in Seoul.   

Feb 02   On this day in history the Pennsylvania state capitol in Harrisburg is destroyed by fire.   

Feb 04   Ludwig Erhard, chancellor of Germany (CDU) on this day in history.   

Feb 05   Dirk U Stikker, director (Heineken)/Dutch foreign minister/NATO in the year 1897.   

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

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Jan 01   Walter Greaza, St Paul Minn, actor (Martin Kane Private Eye) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 02   Jim Londos, Greek wrestler (d. 1975) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 03   On this day in history birth of marion Davies, [Marion Cecelia Douras], Bkln, actress (Operator 13)   

Jan 03   In the year 1897 birth of pola Negri, [Barbara A Chalupec], Polish/US actress (Madame Bovary)   

Jan 05   In the year 1897 birth of jack Wagner, OH, actor (Jive Junction)   

Jan 05   Theo Mackeben, German pianist/composer (Lady Fanny, Bel Ami) was born in the year 1897.   

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

Jan 08   Dennis Wheatley, British author (d. 1977) was born on this day in history.   

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

Jan 30   John Cottam, cricket (Test for Aust 1897, no Sheffield matches), dies in the year 1897.   

Feb 01   On this day in history 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   In the year 1897 ebenezer C Brewer, British writer (Dictionary of Phrase & Fable), dies   

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

Feb 19   On this day in history karl T Weierstrass, German mathematician, dies at 81   

Feb 23   Woldemar Bargiel, composer, dies at 68 in the year 1897.