* 1861 – Stanislas de Guaita, French occultist ( d. 1897 )

* 1897 – Humberto Mauro, Brazilian director and screenwriter ( d. 1983 )

Australia resoundingly won the 1897 – 98 series by 4 – 1 under the captaincy of Harry Trott.

* 1897 – Anglo-Afghan War: The Siege of Malakand ends when a relief column is able to reach the British garrison in the Malakand states adjacent to India's North West Frontier Province.

* 1897 – Karl-Otto Koch, German SS officer ( d. 1945 )

* 1897 – Max Weber, Swiss politician ( d. 1974 )

* 1897 – Jandamarra, Indigenous-Australian resistance leader ( b. c. 1873 )

* 1897 – Franco-Hova Wars: The town of Anosimena is captured by French troops from Menabe defenders in Madagascar.

* 1897 – Maurice Fernandes, Guyanese cricketer ( d. 1981 )

During the Invasion of the Kuril Islands, Akira Nakamura ( b. 1897 ) was captured by the Soviet army and his elder son Takeshi Nakamura ( 1925 – 1945 ) was killed in the battle.

), Prosopographia Imperii Romani, 3 vol., Berlin, 1897 – 1898.

* 1897 – Thomas Edison patents the Kinetoscope, the first movie projector.

* 1897 – The town of Ambiky is captured by France from Menabe in Madagascar.

* 1897 – The Greco-Turkish War is declared between Greece and the Ottoman Empire.

* 1897 – Ardito Desio, Italian topographer ( d. 2001 )

* 1897 – Claire Windsor, American actress ( d. 1972 )

* 1975 – Fredric March, American actor ( b. 1897 )

* 1994 – Salimuzzaman Siddiqui, Pakistani scientist and scholar ( b. 1897 )

Oldtiden og den ældre Middelalder, pp. 570 – 735 ( Copenhagen, 1897 – 1905 ).

* 1897 – The Aurora, Texas UFO incident

* 1897 – Thornton Wilder, American dramatist ( d. 1975 )

* 1897 – Enid Blyton, English author ( d. 1968 )

* 1897 – Louise Bogan, American poet ( d. 1970 )

Enid Mary Blyton ( 11 August 1897 – 28 November 1968 ) was a British children's writer also known as Mary Pollock.

Blyton was born on 11 August 1897 at 354 Lordship Lane, East Dulwich, London, England, the eldest child of Thomas Carey Blyton ( 1870 – 1920 ), a salesman of cutlery, and his wife, Theresa Mary Harrison Blyton ( 1874 – 1950 ).

The Gothic tradition continued in the 19th century, in such works as Mary Shelley's Frankenstein ( 1818 ), Edgar Allan Poe's short stories, the works of Sheridan Le Fanu, Robert Louis Stevenson's Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde ( 1886 ), Oscar Wilde's The Picture of Dorian Gray ( 1890 ), and Bram Stoker's Dracula ( 1897 ).

** Elizabeth Harrison, daughter of President Benjamin Harrison and Mary Dimmick Harrison ( b. 1897 )

********* HRH The Princess Mary, Princess Royal, Countess of Harewood ( 1897 – 1965 )

****** HRH Princess Mary Adelaide of Cambridge, Duchess of Teck ( 1833 – 1897 )

The Chicago Tribunes Russell MacFall wrote that Baum explained the purpose of his novels in a note he penned to his sister, Mary Louise Brewster, in a copy of Mother Goose in Prose ( 1897 ), his first book.

* Princess Mary Adelaide of Cambridge ( 1833 – 1897 )

Amelia Mary Earhart ( ; July 24, 1897 – disappeared 1937 ) was an American aviation pioneer and author.

In 1897, T. R. H the Duke and Duchess of York ( George V and Queen Mary ), grandparents to Elizabeth II, visited Newcastle to open the Slieve Donard Hotel.

* Princess Mary Adelaide Wilhelmina Elizabeth ( 1833 – 1897 ) from Britain

The portico was completely rebuilt in 1897, and above it are statues of two Kings: Edward II on the left, and probably either Charles I or James I, although this is disputed ; above those is a statue of the Blessed Virgin Mary after whom the College is officially named.

It was opened by Frank Stephenson and sold to Mary Hatfield and her son, Ed Cotter in 1897.

It was translated into English by Mary Neal Sherwood ( as Clorinda ) in 1880, by Kenward Philp ( as The Mysteries of Louis Napoleon's Court ) in 1884, by Ernest A. Vizetelly in 1897 ( reprinted 2006 ), and by Alec Brown in 1958.

** HRH The Princess Mary, Princess Royal, Countess of Harewood ( 1897 – 1965 )

Princess Mary, Princess Royal and Countess of Harewood ( Victoria Alexandra Alice Mary ; 25 April 1897 – 28 March 1965 ) was a member of the British Royal Family ; she was the third child and only daughter of King George V and Queen Mary.

Her baptism took place at St Mary Magdalene's Church near Sandringham on 7 June 1897 by William Dalrymple Maclagan, Archbishop of York.

* 25 April 1897 – 28 May 1898: Her Highness Princess Mary of York

The Clock Tower in St Mary Street was built in 1897.

Charles Edward Kingsford Smith was born on 9 February 1897 in Hamilton ( a suburb of Brisbane ), Queensland, Australia, and was the youngest of seven children of William Charles Smith ( 1852 – 1930 ), a bank manager, and Catherine Mary Kingsford ( 1857 – 1938 ), daughter of Richard Ash Kingsford, a Member of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland.

* Mary, Princess Royal and Countess of Harewood ( 1897 – 1965 ), full name Princess Victoria Alexandra Alice Mary of the United Kingdom,