31 notable events from 1897 — rail accidents, massacres and murders.
- War of Canudos
Oct 2, 1897 · Brazil · War & armed conflict
- Bazar de la Charité
May 4, 1897 · France · Fire
- Aurora, Texas, UFO incident
Apr 17, 1897 · United States · Aviation accident
- Benin Expedition of 1897
Feb 9, 1897–Feb 21, 1897 · Nigeria · War & armed conflict
- George Chapman (murderer)
Jan 1, 1897–Jan 1, 1902 · United Kingdom · Murder & homicide
- Cretan Revolt (1897–1898)
Jan 1897–Oct 1898 · Greece · Riot & unrest
- Lattimer massacre
Sep 10, 1897 · United States · Massacre
- Assassination of Antonio Cánovas del Castillo
Aug 8, 1897 · Spain · Murder & homicide
- Siege of Malakand
Jul 26, 1897–Aug 2, 1897 · Pakistan · War & armed conflict
- Juye Incident
Nov 1, 1897 · China · Riot & unrest
- 1897 Assam earthquake
Jun 12, 1897 · India · Earthquake
- Hiroshima death row prisoner escape during transfer
Jun 19, 1897 · Japan · Crime & justice
- Lüders affair
Dec 6, 1897 · Haiti · Scandal & controversy
- Cordélia Viau affair
Nov 22, 1897 · Canada · Scandal & controversy
- Attempted assassination of Prudente de Morais
Nov 5, 1897 · Brazil · Murder & homicide
- Lasithi massacres
1897 · Greece · Massacre
- Red Tie Massacre
Sep 22, 1897 · Brazil · Massacre
- Ambiky massacrre
Aug 29, 1897–Aug 30, 1897 · Madagascar · Massacre
- Raid on Paombong
Sep 3, 1897 · Philippines · War & armed conflict
- Garrison train crash
Oct 24, 1897 · United States · Rail accident
- Maidstone typhoid epidemic
Sep 1897–Jan 1898 · United Kingdom · Epidemic & disease
- 1897 Pelm train wreck
May 18, 1897 · Germany · Rail accident
- 1897 Mindanao earthquakes
Sep 20, 1897 · Philippines · Earthquake
- Welshampton rail crash
Jun 11, 1897 · United Kingdom · Rail accident
- 1897 Gentofte train crash
Jul 11, 1897 · Denmark · Rail accident
- Battle of Depot Street
Mar 1, 1897 · Riot & unrest
- Key West race riot
1897 · Riot & unrest
- Pogroms of Jews in Galicia (1897)
Jan 1, 1897 · Austria · Genocide & ethnic violence
- Oranjeboomstraat poisoning
Sep 1897 · Netherlands · Murder & homicide
- 1897 Red River flood
1897 · United States · Natural disaster
- 1897 Bokenghof–Elva train wreck
May 13, 1897 · Estonia · Rail accident