* 1897 – Xu Zhimo, Chinese poet ( d. 1931 )

* 1931 – Xu Zhimo, Chinese poet ( b. 1897 )

She was born in Hongkou District, Shanghai, China, on March 5, 1898, though some biographies give the year as 1897, since Chinese tradition considers one to be a year old at birth.

German naval officials observed and reported on this Chinese activity during a formal survey of Jiaozhou Bay in May 1897.

* Guan Pinghu, ( 管平湖, 1897 – 1967 ), Chinese guqin musician

These leaders were also involved in the Chinese revolution, but with the exception of Deng Xiaoping, served in more junior roles, as they were all born from 1897 to 1921 ( that is, some were born after the demise of the Qing Empire in the Xinhai Revolution ).

Kaiyuan was the birthplace of Sheng Shicai ( 1897 – 1970 ), was a Chinese warlord who ruled Xinjiang from 1933 to 1944.

Hercules George Robert Robinson, 1st Baron Rosmead, GCMG, PC ( Chinese name: 羅士敏勳爵 or 羅便臣 ) ( 19 December 1824 – 28 October 1897 ), was a British colonial administrator who became the 5th Governor of Hong Kong.

Shiel's novel centers on the murder of two German missionaries in Kiau-Tschou in 1897 and features the Chinese villain, Dr.

James Legge (; Chinese: 理雅各 ; December 20, 1815 – November 29, 1897 ) was a noted Scottish sinologist, a Scottish Congregationalist, representative of the London Missionary Society in Malacca and Hong Kong ( 1840 – 1873 ), and first professor of Chinese at Oxford University ( 1876 – 1897 ).

Sheng Shicai () ( 1897 – July 13, 1970, Taiwan ) was a Chinese warlord who ruled Xinjiang ( Sinkiang ) province from April 12, 1933 to August 29, 1944.

Xu Zhimo (, January 15, 1897 – November 19, 1931 ) was an early 20th century Chinese poet.

Ye Jianying (; 28 April 1897 – 22 October 1986 ) was a Chinese communist general and the chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress from 1978 to 1983.

Zhang Guotao ( November 26, 1897 – December 3, 1979 ) was a founding member and important leader of the Chinese Communist Party ( CCP ) and bitter rival to Mao Zedong.

Yu Hung-Chun ( 俞鴻鈞 ; pinyin: Yú Hóngjūn ) ( 1897 – 1960 ) was a Chinese political figure who served as premier of the Republic of China on Taiwan between 1954 and 1958.

However, after the Mongol Invasions of Korea, these rulers remained technically subordinate to the Mongol Empire and later China until King Gojong declared the Korean Empire in 1897 and assumed the title of " Hwangje ," or Emperor ( the Korean rendition of the Chinese " huang di ").

employers did not have to report the deaths of Chinese employees until 1897.

Wang Tao ( Chinese: 王韜 Pinyin: Wángtāo ; November 10, 1828 – April, 1897 ) was a Qing dynasty translator, reformer, political columnist, newspaper publisher, and fiction writer.

* James Legge ( 1815 – 1897 ), Scottish sinologist ( professor of Chinese )

In 1897, official Sheng founded the Imperial Bank of China, the first Chinese owned commercial bank modeled on the Western banking system.

In 1897 at the age of 19, Kanbun fled to Fuzhou in Fukien Province, China both to escape Japanese military conscription and to fulfill his dreams of studying martial arts with Chinese masters.

In English his chief works were Jottings on the Science of the Chinese, published in 1853, Shanghai, a collection of articles published under the title Chinese Researches by Alexander Wylie ( Shanghai, 1897 ). Memorials of Protestant Missionaries ( 1867 ), Notes on Chinese Literature ( Shanghai, 1867 ), He also published an article on the Nestorian Tablet in Xian.

The Hotel Gunter, located on Main St across the street from the Princess Restaurant, opened in 1897.

The Port Arthur Restaurant was also established in 1897 and operated for more than 85 years.

Many notable sea canals were completed in this period, starting with the Suez Canal ( 1869 )-which carries tonnage many times that of most other canals-and the Kiel Canal ( 1897 ), though the Panama Canal was not opened until 1914.

Heinz opened a pickle factory in Holland, Michigan, in 1897, and it is the largest such facility in the world.

* 1897 – The Blackwall Tunnel under the River Thames is officially opened

* 1897 – The first Library of Congress building opened its doors to the public.

Founded by German merchant Georg Wertheim ( 1857 – 1939 ), designed by architect Alfred Messel ( 1853 – 1909 ), opened in 1897 and extended several times over the following 40 years, it ultimately possessed a floor area double that of the Reichstag, a 330-metre-long granite and plate glass facade along Leipziger Straße, 83 elevators, three escalators, 1, 000 telephones, 10, 000 lamps, five kilometres of pneumatic tubing for moving items from the various departments to the packing area, and a separate entrance directly from the nearby U-Bahn station.

The very large Teatro Massimo was designed in the same period by Giovan Battista Filippo Basile, and built by the Rutelli & Machì building firm of the industrial and old Rutelli Italian family in Palermo, and was opened in 1897.

The first club was formed in 1897, and the first purpose-built track solely for bobsleds was opened in 1902 outside of St Moritz.

The Port Talbot Railway and Docks Company opened a dock at Port Talbot and the Llyfni Railway in 1897, followed by the Ogmore Valley Extension and the South Wales Mineral Junction Railway ( almost all these lines were closed as part of the Beeching Axe cuts in the mid 1960s, but some bridges and viaducts remain and many of these railway routes have re-emerged as recreational cycle tracks ).

However, the city quickly rebounded, with electricity arriving in 1896, the first theater being built in 1897 and a major train station opened in 1898.

Such rumours resulted in the coffin being opened in 1897, which confirmed that his remains were still present.

" Tree opened his theatre during Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee year, 1897, associating the new structure with an imperial celebration.

The first post office at Johannesburg opened in 1897.

The first post office opened in 1897.

The Geneva post office opened in 1896, closed in 1897, re-opened in 1898, and changed its name to Planada in 1911.

Also in 1897, Encina School opened as the first school in Murphy.

A post office was opened in La Crosse in 1881, and La Crosse was incorporated as a town on 17 December 1897.

In 1897, the first Post Office opened in the area with Walter Carey as the first postmaster and later that same year he was succeeded by D. B.

The Wales Public Library opened in 1897.

In 1897, the Walker-Gordon Dairy Farm opened up, which, among many other things, contributed Elsie the Cow, possibly the most famous cow ever, and The Walker Gordon Diner, which has since been closed.

opened in 1897, is now Camp Gabriels, a New York prison.

A post office was opened in the community grocery store in 1897.

A post office opened in the community in 1897.

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

In 1897 the Victoria Pleasure Gardens were opened by local household name Edwin Street, a well-known farmer and butcher.