Historical Events In 1897

Nov 20   On this day in history lores Bonney, aviator  

Nov 23   Andrew J Beard invents "jerry coupler," to connect railroad cars in the year 1897.  

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 in the year 1897.  

Nov 24   Canadian Intercollegiate Rugby Football Union forms in Kingston on this day in history.  

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

Nov 28   On this day in history uno Choyo, writer  

Nov 29   On this day in history 1st motorcycle race (Surrey England)  

Nov 29   In the year 1897 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   On this day in history andreas Nezertis, composer  

Dec 01   In the year 1897 manuel A Neat, Curacaos author (Nobleza di Coerazon)  

Dec 02   Rewi Alley, NZ, writer (Americans in China) in the year 1897.  

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

Dec 04   Mari Andriessen, Dutch sculptor (Dock Worker) in the year 1897.  

Dec 06   John Axel Fernstrom, composer in the year 1897.  

Dec 06   London becomes the world's first city to host licenced taxicabs on this day in history.  

Dec 08   On this day in history leslie Heward, composer  

Dec 09   On this day in history activist Marguerite Durand founds the feminist daily newspaper, La Fronde in Paris.  

Dec 09   In the year 1897 hermione Gingold, London England, actress (Gigi, Music Man)  

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

Dec 12   In the year 1897 anti-Jewish violence breaks out in Bucharest Romania  

Dec 13   In the year 1897 drew Pearson, Evanston Ill, newscaster (Drew Pearson)  

Dec 14   On this day in history margaret Chase Smith, (Rep/Sen-R-Maine)  

Dec 16   1st submarine with an internal combustion engine demonstrated in the year 1897.  

Dec 16   Alphonse Daudet, writer, dies at 57 on this day in history.  

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

Dec 16   The first submarine with an internal combustion engine demonstrated on this day in history.  

Dec 18   Carlo A Alfieri, Italian Member of parliament, dies at 70 on this day in history.  

Dec 18   On this day in history fernand J Collin, Belgian economist/banker  

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

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

Dec 23   Julien Carette, Paris France, actor (Sylvia & the Phantom) on this day in history.  

Dec 26   On this day in history willie Corsari, [Wilhelmina A Schmidt], Dutch writer  

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

Jan 03   Marion Davies, [Marion Cecelia Douras], Bkln, actress (Operator 13) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 03   Pola Negri, [Barbara A Chalupec], Polish/US actress (Madame Bovary) was born in the year 1897.  

Jan 05   Jack Wagner, OH, actor (Jive Junction) was born in the year 1897.  

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

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   Isaac Pitman, British inventor (Pitman Shorthand) (b. 1813) died 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   In the year 1897 death of constantin von Ettingshausen, Austrian geologist (b. 1826)  

Feb 05   On this day in history hoss Radbourn, pitcher won 60 games in 1884, dies at 42  

Feb 06   Ebenezer C Brewer, British writer (Dictionary of Phrase & Fable), dies on this day in history.  

Feb 07   Galileo Ferraris, Italian physicist (Ferrari), dies at 49 on this day in history.  

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.