Page 10: Historical Events In 1897

Nov 20   Lores Bonney, aviator in the year 1897.   

Nov 23   In the year 1897 andrew J Beard invents "jerry coupler," to connect railroad cars   

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 on this day in history.   

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

Nov 25   Spain grants Puerto Rico autonomy in the year 1897.   

Nov 28   In the year 1897 uno Choyo, writer   

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   In the year 1897 abraham C Wertheim, Dutch banker/MP (Lib), dies at 64   

Nov 30   Andreas Nezertis, composer in the year 1897.   

Dec 01   Manuel A Neat, Curacaos author (Nobleza di Coerazon) on this day in history.   

Dec 02   In the year 1897 rewi Alley, NZ, writer (Americans in China)   

Dec 03   On this day in history kate O'Brien, Irish writer (Without My Cloak)   

Dec 04   On this day in history mari Andriessen, Dutch sculptor (Dock Worker)   

Dec 06   In the year 1897 john Axel Fernstrom, composer   

Dec 06   On this day in history 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   Hermione Gingold, London England, actress (Gigi, Music Man) in the year 1897.   

Dec 10   Karl H Waggerl, Austria writer (Power of Love) in the year 1897.   

Dec 12   On this day in history 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 in the year 1897.   

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

Dec 16   On this day in history jacobus Petrus Duminy, cricketer (three Tests for S Africa 1927-29)   

Dec 16   On this day in history the first submarine with an internal combustion engine demonstrated   

Dec 18   In the year 1897 carlo A Alfieri, Italian Member of parliament, dies at 70   

Dec 18   In the year 1897 fernand J Collin, Belgian economist/banker   

Dec 19   In the year 1897 louis Darquier de Pellepoix, France, anti-Semite/nazi collaborator   

Dec 22   Bering Sea Claims Commission recommends US pay Canadian sealers $463,454; to compensate for seizure of vessels in the year 1897.   

Dec 23   Julien Carette, Paris France, actor (Sylvia & the Phantom) in the year 1897.   

Dec 26   Willie Corsari, [Wilhelmina A Schmidt], Dutch writer on this day in history.   

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

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

Feb 01   Constantin von Ettingshausen, Austrian geologist (b. 1826) died in the year 1897.   

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

Feb 06   Ebenezer C Brewer, British writer (Dictionary of Phrase & Fable), dies in the year 1897.   

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 in the year 1897.