WHAT ALL HAPPENED APRIL TO DECEMBER 1897
Find out what all happened April to December 1897

Franco-Hova Wars: The town of Anosimena is captured by French troops from Menabe defenders in Madagascar. (14. August 1897)

Oscar Wilde is released from Reading Gaol Prison. (19. May 1897)

Italian scientist Guglielmo Marconi obtains a patent for radio in London. (2. July 1897)

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

After months of pursuit, generals of Menelik II of Ethiopia capture Gaki Sherocho, the last king of Kaffa, bringing an end to that ancient kingdom. (11. September 1897)

The Aurora, Texas UFO incident (17. April 1897)

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

A treaty annexing the Republic of Hawaii to the United States is signed; the Republic would not be dissolved until a year later. (16. June 1897)

The Blackwall Tunnel under the River Thames is officially opened (22. May 1897)

Salomon August Andrée leaves Spitsbergen to attempt to reach the North Pole by balloon. He later crashes and dies. (11. July 1897)

Dracula, a novel by the Irish author Bram Stoker, is published. (26. May 1897)

The "Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus" editorial is published in the New York Sun. (21. September 1897)

The town of Ambiky is captured by France from Menabe in Madagascar. (30. August 1897)

Anglo-Afghan War: The Pashtun fakir Saidullah leads an army of more than 10,000 to begin a siege of the British garrison in the Malakand Agency of the North West Frontier Province of India. (26. July 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)

Tirah Campaign: Battle of Saragarhi. (12. September 1897)

German chemist Felix Hoffmann discovers an improved way of synthesizing acetylsalicylic acid (aspirin). (10. October 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. (2. August 1897)

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

Lattimer massacre: A sheriff's posse kills 20 unarmed immigrant miners in Pennsylvania, United States. (10. September 1897)