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

Jan 05   Jack Wagner, OH, actor (Jive Junction) on this day in history.  

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

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   In the year 1897 henrik Ibsen's "John Gabriel Borkman," premieres in Helsingfors  

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   On this day in history hendrik J Valk, painter/cartoonist/graphic artist  

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   On this day in history john Dewey's essay "My Pedagogic Creed" appears in School Journal  

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

Jan 21   In the year 1897 j Carrol Naish, NYC, actor (Charlie Chan-Adv of Charlie Chan)  

Jan 22   Josef Stanislav, composer in the year 1897.  

Jan 23   Amanda Berry Smith, famous African on this day in history.  

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) in the year 1897.  

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

Jan 28   Valentin Katayev, Odessa Ukraine, novelist/playwright (Embezzled) on this day in history.  

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

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

Feb 01   In the year 1897 denise Robins, London, romantic novelist (1st Long Kiss)  

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

Feb 02   The Pennsylvania state capitol in Harrisburg is destroyed by fire on this day in history.  

Feb 04   In the year 1897 ludwig Erhard, chancellor of Germany (CDU)  

Feb 05   In the year 1897 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   On this day in history 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   In the year 1897 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   On this day in history 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   Isaac Pitman, British inventor (Pitman Shorthand) (b. 1813) died in the year 1897.  

Jan 30   In the year 1897 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   On this day in history ebenezer C Brewer, British writer (Dictionary of Phrase & Fable), dies  

Feb 07   Galileo Ferraris, Italian physicist (Ferrari), dies at 49 in the year 1897.  

Feb 19   Karl T Weierstrass, German mathematician, dies at 81 in the year 1897.  

Feb 23   Woldemar Bargiel, composer, dies at 68 on this day in history.