Historical Events In 1897

Jan 01   In the year 1897 brooklyn merges with New York to form present City of New York  

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

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

Jan 06   Billy Greene, actor (Burton-One Man's Family) on this day in history.  

Jan 08   On this day in history michael Eagan wins 1st US national amateur handball championship  

Jan 09   On this day in history luis Gianneo, composer  

Jan 10   In the year 1897 albert Moeschinger, composer  

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

Jan 11   In the year 1897 m H Cannon becomes 1st woman state senator in US (Utah)  

Jan 11   In the year 1897 m H Cannon becomes first woman state senator in US (Utah)  

Jan 12   Hendrik J Valk, painter/cartoonist/graphic artist in the year 1897.  

Jan 14   6,960-m (22,834') Cerro Aconcagua (Argentina) 1st climbed in the year 1897.  

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 in the year 1897.  

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

Jan 19   Natacha Rambova, Salt Lake City UT, costume designer on this day in history.  

Jan 20   Mae Busch, Australian/US actress (Cowboy Socialist) in the year 1897.  

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   On this day in history amanda Berry Smith, famous African  

Jan 23   In the year 1897 start of Sherlock Holmes "Adventure of Abbey Grange" (BG)  

Jan 23   On this day in history start of Sherlock Holmes "The Adventure of the Abbey Grange" (BG)  

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

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

Jan 27   On this day in history british troops occupy Bida Gold Coast (Ghana)  

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   On this day in history denise Robins, London, romantic novelist (1st Long Kiss)  

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

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) in the year 1897.  

Feb 05   Dirk U Stikker, director (Heineken)/Dutch foreign minister/NATO on this day in history.  

Feb 05   On this day in history 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   In the year 1897 birth of jim Londos, Greek wrestler (d. 1975)  

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

Jan 03   On this day in history 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 in the year 1897.  

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 on this day in history.  

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 on this day in history.  

Feb 06   On this day in history ebenezer C Brewer, British writer (Dictionary of Phrase & Fable), dies  

Feb 07   On this day in history 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 on this day in history.