Historical Events In 1897

Nov 20   On this day in history lores Bonney, aviator  

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   On this day in history canadian Intercollegiate Rugby Football Union forms in Kingston  

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

Nov 28   On this day in history uno Choyo, writer  

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

Nov 29   Emiel van Hemeldonck, Belgian writer (Little Emperor) on this day in history.  

Nov 30   Abraham C Wertheim, Dutch banker/MP (Lib), dies at 64 on this day in history.  

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   Rewi Alley, NZ, writer (Americans in China) on this day in history.  

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   Leslie Heward, composer in the year 1897.  

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

Dec 09   On this day in history hermione Gingold, London England, actress (Gigi, Music Man)  

Dec 10   In the year 1897 karl H Waggerl, Austria writer (Power of Love)  

Dec 12   On this day in history anti-Jewish violence breaks out in Bucharest Romania  

Dec 13   Drew Pearson, Evanston Ill, newscaster (Drew Pearson) on this day in history.  

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

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

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

Dec 16   In the year 1897 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   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   Louis Darquier de Pellepoix, France, anti-Semite/nazi collaborator in the year 1897.  

Dec 22   Bering Sea Claims Commission recommends US pay Canadian sealers $463,454; to compensate for seizure of vessels on this day in history.  

Dec 23   In the year 1897 julien Carette, Paris France, actor (Sylvia & the Phantom)  

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

Dec 27   In the year 1897 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   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   Pola Negri, [Barbara A Chalupec], Polish/US actress (Madame Bovary) was born on this day in history.  

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

Feb 01   On this day in history death of constantin von Ettingshausen, Austrian geologist (b. 1826)  

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   In the year 1897 galileo Ferraris, Italian physicist (Ferrari), dies at 49  

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

Feb 23   In the year 1897 woldemar Bargiel, composer, dies at 68