WHAT ALL HAPPENED OCTOBER TO DECEMBER 1897
Find out what all happened October to December 1897

The first Library of Congress building opens its doors to the public. The Library had been housed in the Congressional Reading Room in the U.S. Capitol. (1. November 1897)

Activist Marguerite Durand founds the feminist daily newspaper, La Fronde, in Paris. (9. December 1897)

Belo Horizonte, the first planned city in Brazil, is founded. (12. December 1897)

London becomes the world's first city to host licensed taxicabs. (6. December 1897)

German chemist Felix Hoffmann discovers an improved way of synthesizing acetylsalicylic acid (aspirin). (10. October 1897)

The British Colony of Natal annexes Zululand. (30. December 1897)