What Happened In December 1897 - Historical Events 1897 December

Historical Events for December, 1897

9th » Activist Marguerite Durand founds the feminist daily newspaper 'La Fronde (newspaper) called La Fronde' in Paris.
12th » Belo Horizonte, the first planned city in Brazil, is founded.
30th » The United Kingdom named British Colony of Natal annexes Zulu Kingdom named Zululand.

1st » Cyril Ritchard, Australian-American actor and singer (d. 1977)
2nd » Ivan Bagramyan, Soviet general (d. 1982)
5th » Nunnally Johnson, American director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1977)
5th » Gershom Scholem, German-Israeli philosopher and historian (d. 1982)
9th » Hermione Gingold, English-American actress and singer (d. 1987)
11th » Ronald Skirth, English soldier (d. 1977)
13th » Albert Aalbers, Dutch architect, designed the Savoy Homann Bidakara Hotel (d. 1961)
13th » Drew Pearson (journalist) e.g Drew Pearson, American journalist and author (d. 1969)
14th » Kurt Schuschnigg, Italian-Austrian lawyer and politician, 15th Federal Chancellor of Austria (d. 1977)
14th » Margaret Chase Smith, American educator and politician (d. 1995)
18th » Fletcher Henderson, American pianist and composer (d. 1952)
24th » Koto Okubo, Japanese super-centenarian (d. 2013)
30th » Alfredo Bracchi, Italian songwriter and screenwriter (d. 1976)

4th » Griffith Rhys Jones, Welsh conductor (b. 1834)
16th » Alphonse Daudet, French author, poet, and playwright (b. 1840)
28th » William Corby, American priest (b. 1833)
29th » William James Linton, English-American painter, author, and activist (b. 1812)