What Happened In October 1897 - Historical Events 1897 October

Historical Events for October, 1897

10th » German chemist Felix Hoffmann History of aspirin called discovers an improved way of synthesizing aspirin named acetylsalicylic acid (aspirin).

3rd » Louis Aragon, French author and poet (d. 1982)
6th » Florence B. Seibert, American biochemist (d. 1991)
7th » Elijah Muhammad, American religious leader (d. 1975)
8th » Rouben Mamoulian, Georgian-American director and screenwriter (d. 1987)
9th » M. Bhaktavatsalam, Indian lawyer and politician, 6th List of Chief Ministers of Tamil Nadu e.g Chief Minister of Madras State (d. 1987)
11th » Nathan Farragut Twining, American general (d. 1982)
15th » Johannes Sikkar, Estonian politician, Prime Minister of Estonia in exile (d. 1960)
15th » Mudicondan Venkatarama Iyer South Indian Musician (d. 1975)
16th » Louis de Cazenave, French soldier (d. 2008)
18th » Isabel Briggs Myers, American theorist and author (d. 1980)
19th » Salimuzzaman Siddiqui, Pakistani chemist and scholar (d. 1994)
20th » Yi Un, South Korean general (d. 1970)
23rd » Marjorie Flack, American author (d. 1958)
28th » Edith Head, American costume designer (d. 1981)
29th » Joseph Goebbels, German politician, List of Chancellors of Germany known as Chancellor of Germany (d. 1945)
30th » Rex Cherryman, American actor (d. 1928)
30th » Agustín Lara, Mexican singer-songwriter and actor (d. 1970)
31st » Delma Kollar, American super-centenarian (d. 2012)

8th » Alexei Savrasov, Russian painter (b. 1830)
9th » Jan Heemskerk, Dutch lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of the Netherlands (b. 1818)
11th » Léon Boëllmann, French composer (b. 1862)
19th » George Pullman, American engineer and businessman, founded the Pullman Company (b. 1831)
29th » Henry George, American economist and politician (b. 1839)