1897

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Millennium: 2nd millennium
Centuries:
Decades:
Years:
  • 1893
  • 1894
  • 1895
  • 1896
  • 1897
  • 1898
  • 1899
1897 in various
Minguo calendar
15 before ROC
民前15年
Nanakshahi calendar429
Thai solar calendar2439–2440
Tibetan calendar阳火猴年
(male Fire-Monkey)
2023 or 1642 or 870
    — to —
阴火鸡年
(female Fire-Rooster)
2024 or 1643 or 871

1897 (MDCCCXCVII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar, the 1897th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 897th year of the 2nd millennium, the 97th year of the 19th century, and the 8th year of the 1890s decade. As of the start of 1897, the Gregorian calendar was 12 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which remained in localized use until 1923.

Events

January–March

March 4, President William McKinley

April–June

Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee on Alma Place in Coleraine, County Londonderry, Ulster

July–September

October 6, Ethiopian flag.
October: USS Baltimore in Hawaii

October–December

Women study at École des Beaux-Arts in Paris.

Date unknown

Births

January–February

Marion Davies
Ludwig Erhard
Judith Anderson
Marian Anderson

March–April

Lefty O'Doul
Lester B. Pearson
Princess Mary

May–June

Einar Gerhardsen
Odd Hassel
Anthony Eden
Paavo Nurmi

July–August

Plaek Phibunsongkhram
Tadeusz Reichstein
Elisabeth Bergner

September–October

Humberto de Alencar Castelo Branco
Walter Pidgeon
William Faulkner

November–December

Quentin Roosevelt
Hermione Gingold

Date unknown

Deaths

January–June

Johannes Brahms
Andrés Bonifacio
Minna Canth
Louis Brière de l'Isle

July–December

Antonio Cánovas del Castillo
Saint Thérèse of Lisieux
Jan Heemskerk

Date unknown

Isidora Goyenechea

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Further reading and year books

  • 1897 Annual Cyclopedia (1898) highly detailed coverage of "Political, Military, and Ecclesiastical Affairs; Public Documents; Biography, Statistics, Commerce, Finance, Literature, Science, Agriculture, and Mechanical Industry" for year 1897; massive compilation of facts and primary documents; worldwide coverage; 824 pp
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