Discover what happened on 2 December 1897 in history! This day marks a series of notable events, famous births, and significant deaths. Explore the details below to learn more about the historical happenings of this day. On this day, history comes alive!
Deaths
- Karel Tieftrunk (Czech historian (1829-1897))
- Thomas Lewis (Welsh politician, died 1897)
- Lourenço de Sá e Albuquerque
- Sebastiano Mottura (Italian geologist and engineer)
- António Maria José de Melo César e Meneses ((1825-1897))
- Josef Weisse (German-Moravian rabbi and translator (1812–1897))
- Frederick Duntze Travers Smyth ((1870-1897))
- Elizabeth Hughes (Peerage person ID=179518)
- Emily Rowe Livermore ((died 1897))
- Edward Douglas Tinling ((1815-1897))
- Amelia Scott Rundle ((1843-1897))
- Heinrich Zeller-Horven (Swiss landscape painter and draughtsman)
- Elise Schily
- Karl Gruber
- Alexander Baguet (consul)
- Paul Domet (French forester and historian)
- Manó Pál Gaál (teacher, cantor-teacher, teacher and director of the Vác Penitentiary Institute, writer (1846–1897))