Historical figures in 1897

The atlas holds 37 people and 64 moments here, in 1897. The most recorded lives are Chulalongkorn, Emilio Aguinaldo and Oscar Wilde. Among them Writers, Political Leaders and Philosophers.

Notable people

  1. Pablo Picasso

    in 1897

    1 moment here

    Spanish painter, sculptor, printmaker, ceramicist, and co-founder of Cubism. Born in Málaga, Picasso trained in A Coruña, Barcelona, and Madrid…

  2. Queen Victoria

    in 1897

    1 moment here

    Victoria (Alexandrina Victoria; 1819–1901) was Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland from 20 June 1837 until her death, and…

  3. Roald Amundsen

    in 1897

    1 moment here

    Norwegian polar explorer Roald Engelbregt Gravning Amundsen (1872–1928) led the first successful transit of the Northwest Passage, reached the South…

  4. Ronald Ross

    in 1897

    3 moments here

    British physician, malariologist, mathematician, writer, and 1902 Nobel laureate. Ross established the mosquito’s role in malaria transmission…

  5. Rudyard Kipling

    in 1897

    1 moment here

    English journalist, novelist, poet, and short-story writer. Born in Bombay, Kipling spent his childhood in India and England, worked as a journalist…

  6. Selma Lagerlöf

    in 1897

    1 moment here

    Swedish writer, teacher, Nobel laureate, and women’s-suffrage speaker. Lagerlöf was born at Mårbacka in Värmland, trained in Stockholm, taught in…

  7. Sun Yat-sen

    in 1897

    1 moment here

    Chinese physician, revolutionary, and political thinker who founded the Republic of China and the Kuomintang.…

  8. Swami Vivekananda

    in 1897

    2 moments here

    Indian Hindu monk, philosopher, teacher, and chief disciple of Ramakrishna. Born Narendranath Datta in Calcutta, he travelled widely through India…

  9. Virginia Woolf

    in 1897

    1 moment here

    English novelist, essayist, critic and publisher; a central figure in modernist literature and the Bloomsbury Group.…

  10. Vladimir Lenin

    in 1897

    2 moments here

    Russian Marxist revolutionary, Bolshevik leader, political theorist, and founding head of government of Soviet Russia and the Soviet Union.…

  11. William Faulkner

    in 1897

    1 moment here

    American novelist, short-story writer, screenwriter, and Nobel laureate whose work was closely associated with Oxford and north Mississippi.…

  12. William McKinley

    in 1897

    1 moment here

    William McKinley Jr. (1843–1901) was an American lawyer, Civil War veteran, Republican politician, governor of Ohio, and the 25th president of the…

  13. Winston Churchill

    in 1897

    2 moments here

    Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill (1874–1965) was a British soldier, journalist, author and statesman whose career ranged from imperial campaigns in…

Moments

  1. 1897 Belgica departs Antwerp Roald Amundsen
  2. 1897 Mosquito discovery at Begumpet laboratory Ronald Ross
  3. 1897 Arrival in Yokohama Sun Yat-sen
  4. 1897 Arrival in Paris Chulalongkorn
  5. 1897 Federal Convention at Sydney Edmund Barton
  6. 1897 Begins at Eton College John Maynard Keynes
  7. 1897 Transfer to Bombay Ronald Ross
  8. 1897 Birth in New Albany William Faulkner
  9. 1897 Residence at Undershaw Arthur Conan Doyle
  10. 1897 Arrival at Irun during Spanish tour Chulalongkorn
  11. 1897 Lives in Vienna Mark Twain
  12. 1897 Studies in Madrid Pablo Picasso
  13. 1897 Return from first European grand tour Chulalongkorn
  14. 1897 Voluntary exile in Hong Kong Emilio Aguinaldo

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