Events from 1897

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1897

14 events
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1897 ID: 384
Peano begins 'Formulario Mathematico' project, attempting to formalize all of mathematics in symbolic notation
ID: 384
1897 ID: 1131
J.J. Thomson discovers electron using mathematical analysis of cathode ray deflection
ID: 1131
1897 ID: 1132
David Hilbert develops systematic theory of algebraic number fields
ID: 1132
1897 ID: 1133
Felix Hoffmann at Bayer synthesizes aspirin, launching modern pharmaceutical industry
ID: 1133
1897 ID: 1134
Atlanta's Miss L. Miller fined $680, imprisoned until vaccination
ID: 1134
Atlanta
1897 ID: 1135
Japan's mortality rate reaches 32% - nearly twice that from smallpox previous to vaccination
ID: 1135
1897 ID: 1136
After summer 1897, severe smallpox entirely disappeared from United States
ID: 1136
1897 ID: 1138
Foucauld in Nazareth lives as hermit servant at Poor Clare convent - develops intense Holy Face devotion
ID: 1138
Nazareth
1897 ID: 2358
Salomon v. Salomon decided - House of Lords upholds one-man company, separate corporate personality absolute
ID: 2358
Prouille
1897 ID: 5592
German machine tool industry begins precision revolution - Loewe & Co. in Berlin produces lathes accurate to 0.001mm
ID: 5592
Berlin
1897 ID: 5603
Hermann Pfauter patents gear hobbing machine in Germany - revolutionizes precision gear manufacturing
ID: 5603
Berlin
1897 ID: 1130
April 17, 1897
Aurora Texas airship crash - pilot described as not of this world, given Christian burial
ID: 1130
Aurora
1897 ID: 1137
September 30, 1897
St. Therese dies at 24 gazing at Holy Face image - My God, I love You! - promises to spend heaven doing good on earth
ID: 1137
Lisieux Carmel
1897 ID: 4961
September 30, 1897
Death of St. Thérèse of Lisieux at age 24 - Doctor of the Church, promised to spend heaven doing good on earth
ID: 4961
Lisieux

Books & Texts from 1897

📖 bram-stoker - dracula
📖 rebecca-harding-davis - frances-waldeaux-a-novel
📖 john-fox-jr - hell-fer-sartain-and-other-stories
📖 eliza-burt-gamble - the-god-idea-of-the-ancients-or-sex-in-religion
📖 richard-harding-davis - soldiers-of-fortune
📖 robert-louis-stevenson - st-ives-being-the-adventures-of-a-french-prisoner-in-england
📖 edwin-arlington-robinson - children-of-the-night