1897 Calendar
What Happened In Year 1897?
- February 1, 1897 – Shinhan Bank, the oldest bank in South Korea, opens in Seoul.
- February 7, 1897 – Greco-Turkish War: The first full-scale battle takes place when the Greek expeditionary force in Crete defeats a 4,000-strong Ottoman force at Livadeia.
- February 28, 1897 – Queen Ranavalona III, the last monarch of Madagascar, is deposed by a French military force.
- March 13, 1897 – San Diego State University is founded.
- April 17, 1897 – The Aurora, Texas UFO incident
- April 18, 1897 – The Greco-Turkish War is declared between Greece and the Ottoman Empire.
- June 16, 1897 – A treaty annexing the Republic of Hawaii to the United States is signed; the Republic would not be dissolved until a year later.
- July 2, 1897 – Italian scientist Guglielmo Marconi obtains a patent for radio in London.
- July 11, 1897 – Salomon August Andrée leaves Spitsbergen to attempt to reach the North pole by balloon. He later crashes and dies.
- August 14, 1897 – Franco-Hova War: The town of Anosimena is captured by French troops from Menabe defenders in Madagascar.
- August 30, 1897 – The town of Ambiky is captured by France from Menabe in Madagascar.
- August 31, 1897 – Thomas Edison patents the Kinetoscope, the first movie projector.
- September 1, 1897 – The Boston subway opens, becoming the first underground rapid transit system in North America.
- September 10, 1897 – Lattimer massacre: A sheriff’s posse kills 20 unarmed immigrant miners in Pennsylvania, United States.
- September 11, 1897 – After months of pursuit, generals of Menelik II of Ethiopia capture Gaki Sherocho, the last king of Kaffa, bringing an end to that ancient kingdom.
- September 21, 1897 – The “Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus” editorial is published in the New York Sun.
- November 1, 1897 – The first Library of Congress building opened its doors to the public. The Library had been housed in the Congressional Reading Room in the U.S. Capitol.
- December 6, 1897 – London becomes the world’s first city to host licensed taxicabs.
- December 9, 1897 – Activist Marguerite Durand founds the feminist daily newspaper, La Fronde, in Paris.
- December 12, 1897 – Belo Horizonte, the first planned city in Brazil, is founded.
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