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   In the year 1897 michael Eagan wins 1st US national amateur handball championship  

Jan 09   In the year 1897 luis Gianneo, composer  

Jan 10   Albert Moeschinger, composer in the year 1897.  

Jan 10   Henrik Ibsen's "John Gabriel Borkman," premieres in Helsingfors in the year 1897.  

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

Jan 11   On this day in history m H Cannon becomes first woman state senator in US (Utah)  

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

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

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

Jan 16   John Dewey's essay "My Pedagogic Creed" appears in School Journal in the year 1897.  

Jan 17   In the year 1897 nils Asther, Malmö Sweden, actor (Bluebeard, Night Monster)  

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

Jan 20   Mae Busch, Australian/US actress (Cowboy Socialist) on this day in history.  

Jan 21   On this day in history j Carrol Naish, NYC, actor (Charlie Chan-Adv of Charlie Chan)  

Jan 22   Josef Stanislav, composer on this day in history.  

Jan 23   Amanda Berry Smith, famous African in the year 1897.  

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

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

Jan 26   In the year 1897 battle at Bida Gold Coast British troops beat Nupe's army  

Jan 26   In the year 1897 battle at Bida Gold Coast: British troops beat Nupe's army  

Jan 27   British troops occupy Bida Gold Coast (Ghana) on this day in history.  

Jan 28   On this day in history 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   On this day in history john Cottam, cricket (Test for Aust 1897, no Sheffield matches), dies  

Feb 01   Denise Robins, London, romantic novelist (1st Long Kiss) in the year 1897.  

Feb 01   In the year 1897 shinhan Bank, the oldest bank in South Korea, opens in Seoul.  

Feb 02   The Pennsylvania state capitol in Harrisburg is destroyed by fire in the year 1897.  

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

Feb 05   On this day in history dirk U Stikker, director (Heineken)/Dutch foreign minister/NATO  

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

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Jan 01   In the year 1897 birth of walter Greaza, St Paul Minn, actor (Martin Kane Private Eye)  

Jan 02   On this day in history birth of jim Londos, Greek wrestler (d. 1975)  

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   Jack Wagner, OH, actor (Jive Junction) was born in the year 1897.  

Jan 05   On this day in history birth of theo Mackeben, German pianist/composer (Lady Fanny, Bel Ami)  

Jan 06   On this day in history birth of billy Greene, actor (Burton-One Man's Family)  

Jan 08   Dennis Wheatley, British author (d. 1977) was born in the year 1897.  

Jan 12   On this day in history 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 on this day in history.  

Feb 06   In the year 1897 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.