• Wikimedia Commons has media related to 1897. 1897 (MDCCCXCVII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting...
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  • The Winchester Model 1897, also known as the Model 97, M97, Riot Gun, or Trench Gun, is a pump-action shotgun with an external hammer and tube magazine...
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    Empire in 1897, was the first and only nation-wide census performed in the Russian Empire. The census recorded demographic data as of 9 February 1897 [O.S...
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  • The following is an overview of the events of 1897 in film, including a list of films released and notable births. January 1 - The first set of films were...
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    legislatures. Senators were elected over a wide range of time throughout 1896 and 1897, and a seat may have been filled months late or remained vacant due to legislative...
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    Avenue in New York, New York, United States. Built in 1893 and expanded in 1897, the hotels were razed in 1929 to make way for construction of the Empire...
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    Andrée's Arctic balloon expedition of 1897 was a failed Swedish effort to reach the North Pole, resulting in the deaths of all three expedition members...
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    The Revolution of 1897 was an uprising led by the army of the Uruguayan National Party against the government of President Juan Idiarte Borda. It took...
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  • The 1897–98 season was the tenth season of The Football League. Beginning in the 1894–95 season, clubs finishing level on points were separated according...
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  • from the Victorian Football Association (VFA), with its inaugural season in 1897. It changed its name to Australian Football League in 1990 after expanding...
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    The Cretan Revolt of 1897–1898 was a successful insurrection by the Greek population of Crete against the rule of the Ottoman Empire after decades of rising...
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    The Greco-Turkish War of 1897 or the Ottoman-Greek War of 1897 (Turkish: 1897 Osmanlı-Yunan Savaşı or 1897 Türk-Yunan Savaşı), also called the Thirty...
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  • Representatives in 1897 during the 55th United States Congress, which began on March 4, 1897. None of the special elections in 1897 were during the 54th...
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    in March 1898. Its official French designation was: Matériel de 75 mm Mle 1897. It was commonly known as the French 75, simply the 75 and Soixante-Quinze...
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    Paul Joseph Goebbels (German: [ˈpaʊ̯l ˈjoːzɛf ˈɡœbl̩s] ; 29 October 1897 – 1 May 1945) was a German philologist and Nazi politician who was the Gauleiter...
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  • The Benin Expedition of 1897 was a punitive expedition by a British force of 1,200 men under Sir Harry Rawson. It came in response to the ambush and slaughter...
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    (German: Ludwig Wilhelm August Prinz von Baden; 18 December 1829 – 27 April 1897) was a Prussian general and politician. He was the father of Prince Maximilian...
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    The Dingley Act of 1897 (ch. 11, 30 Stat. 151, July 24, 1897), introduced by U.S. Representative Nelson Dingley Jr., of Maine, raised tariffs in United...
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  • United States 1897 in the United States 1898 in the United States 1899 in the United States 1896 films at the Internet Movie Database 1897 films at the...
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  • The 1897 pattern infantry officers’ sword is a straight-bladed, three-quarter basket-hilted sword that has been the regulation sword for officers of the...
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    de Nassau-Weilburg, Princesse de Luxembourg;[citation needed] 15 February 1897 – 8 September 1979) was a Princess of Luxembourg by birth and the Princess...
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    Distilled Spirits, as originally specified in the Bottled-in-Bond Act of 1897. As a reaction to widespread adulteration of American whiskey, the act made...
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    and 24th president of the United States from 1885 to 1889 and from 1893 to 1897. He is the only president in U.S. history to serve non-consecutive presidential...
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  • Match Declared Void 20 March 1897 Hampden Park Attendance: 15,000 1896–97 in Scottish football Scottish Cup Final 1897 [Rangers team], FitbaStats Rangers...
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    The World Chess Championship 1896–1897 was a match for the World Chess Championship, contested between Emanuel Lasker and Wilhelm Steinitz. It was played...
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  • The 1897–98 Scottish Division One season was won by Celtic by four points over nearest rival Rangers. Source: statto.com Rules for classification: Teams...
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    The 1897 VFL season was the inaugural season of the Victorian Football League (VFL), the new highest-level senior Australian rules football competition...
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    Henry Drummond FRSE FGS (17 August 1851 – 11 March 1897) was a Scottish evangelist, biologist, writer and lecturer. Many of his writings were too adapted...
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  • Invasion 1897 is a Nigerian movie that re-enacted the historical events that culminated in the February, 1897 invasion, destruction and looting of the...
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  • state are irregular and rarely reach over 4.5 in magnitude. The May 31, 1897 event was the strongest in Virginia's history. With a maximum Mercalli intensity...
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