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April 10 – Daniel W. Voorhees, U.S. Senator from Indiana from 1877 to 1897 (born 1827) April 23 – John Henry Raap, Chicago entrepreneur and retailer (born 1840) August 14 – James Z. George, U.S. Senator from Mississippi from 1881 to 1897 (born 1826) October 3 – Samuel J. R. McMillan, U.S. Senator from Minnesota from 1875 to 1887 (born 1826)
Lochner era (c. 1897–c. 1937) Births. January 1 – Tony DeMarco, dancer (died 1965) January 7 – Robert LeGendre, pentathlete and dentist (died 1931)
1897 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 ...
Events from the year 1897 in the United Kingdom. This year was the Diamond Jubilee of Queen Victoria. Incumbents. Monarch – Victoria;
March 4, 1897 – McKinley becomes the 25th president; and Hobart becomes the 24th vice president; Wreckage of the USS Maine. 1897 – Boston subway completed; 1897 – Dingley tariff; 1898 – The City of Greater New York is created through the annexation of Brooklyn, Western Queens County, and Staten Island into New York City
The Battle of Saragarhi was a last-stand battle fought before the Tirah Campaign between the British Indian Empire and Afghan tribesmen. [8] On 12 September 1897, an estimated 12,000 – 24,000 Orakzai and Afridi tribesmen were seen near Gogra, at Samana Suk, and around Saragarhi, cutting off Fort Gulistan from Fort Lockhart.
1897 Electric Cotton Candy Machine. Cotton candy, Originally Created in the 1400s, [51] [52] is a soft confection made from sugar that is heated and spun into slim threads that look like a mass of cotton. In 1897 William Morrison & John C. Wharton Created The Electric Cotton Candy Machine, which made it easier and faster to make cotton candy. [53]
The year 1897 in science and technology involved some significant events, listed below. Turbinia photographed by Alfred J. West. Chemistry