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