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1897

1897

Calendar year


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.

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Events

JanuaryMarch

March 4, President William McKinley

AprilJune

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

JulySeptember

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

October–December

Women study at École des Beaux-Arts in Paris.

Date unknown

Births

JanuaryFebruary

Marion Davies
Ludwig Erhard
Judith Anderson
Marian Anderson

MarchApril

Lefty O'Doul
Princess Mary

MayJune

Einar Gerhardsen
Odd Hassel
Anthony Eden
Paavo Nurmi

JulyAugust

Plaek Phibunsongkhram
Tadeusz Reichstein
Elisabeth Bergner

SeptemberOctober

Humberto de Alencar Castelo Branco
Walter Pidgeon
William Faulkner

NovemberDecember

Quentin Roosevelt
Hermione Gingold

Date unknown

Deaths

JanuaryJune

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

JulyDecember

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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