What is 1897?
{{Year nav|1897}} {{Year in various calendars|1897}} {{Year article header|1897}} == Events == * [[March 4]] – [[William McKinley]] becomes the 25th [[President of the United States]], a title which he held from the retirement of [[Grover Cleveland]] until his [[Assassination of William McKinley|assassination]] on September 14, 1901. * [[March 13]] – [[San Diego State University]] is founded. * [[June 22]] – The [[Diamond Jubilee]] of [[Queen Victoria]] is celebrated in the [[United Kingdom]], marking her 60th year as the [[Monarchy of the United Kingdom|Queen of the United Kingdom]]. She was the only British monarch to have celebrated a Diamond Jubilee until [[Queen Elizabeth II]] celebrated hers on June 2, 2012. * [[July 17]] – The [[Klondike Gold Rush]] begins. * [[January 28]] – The [[Criminal Tribes Act of 1871]] was amended by the [[British Raj]] within [[British India]] in 1897. * [[August 21]] – The [[Oldsmobile]] is founded in [[Lansing, Michigan]] by [[Ransom E. Olds]]. * [[September 1]] – The Boston subway opens as the first [[rapid transit]] in North America. * [[November 1]] – The [[Juventus F.C.]] football club is founded. == Births == === January === === February === [[File:Ludwig Erhard 916-1330.jpg|thumb|110px|[[Ludwig Erhard]]]] * [[February 4]] – [[Ludwig Erhard]], German politician (d. [[1977]]) === March === * [[March 1]] – [[Shoghi Effendi]], Persian man (d. [[1957]]) * [[March 24]] – [[Wilhelm Reich]], Austrian-American psychiatrist & psychoanalyst (d. [[1957]]) * [[March 28]] – [[Sepp Herberger]], German football player (d. [[1977]]) === April === * [[April 4]] – [[Dina Manfredini]], Italian-American supercentenarian (d. [[2012]]) * [[April 19]] – [[Jiroemon Kimura]], Japanese supercentenarian (d. [[2013]]) * [[April 23]] – [[Lester B. Pearson]] [[Prime Minister]] (d. [[1972]]) * [[April 26]] – [[Douglas Sirk]], German movie director (d. [[1987]]) * [[April 30]] – [[Walt Walsh]], American baseball player (d. [[1966]]) === May === * [[May 30]] – [[Frank Wise]], 16th [[Premier of Wes