Timeline December 1897

Events in December 1897 4

• 1840 – 1897 Alphonse Daudet (1840-1897) Died 16 December 1897, aged 57 Alphonse Daudet was a French novelist best known for Letters from My Windmill and the comic character Tartarin of Tarascon. He wrote extensively about Provencal life and later works reflecting his long struggle with illness. He died in Paris on 16 December 1897.
• 1897 Greco-Turkish War of 1897 Thirty-day conflict over Crete and the Ottoman-Greek border Greece and the Ottoman Empire fought a brief war triggered by unrest in Crete and Greek nationalist agitation. Ottoman forces won a decisive military victory in Thessaly within weeks, though European powers limited Ottoman territorial gains in the settlement. The Treaty of Constantinople, signed 4 December 1897, ended the war and granted Crete autonomy.
• 1897 – 1987 Hermione Gingold (1897-1987) English actress of revue and film, famous for singing I Remember It Well in Gigi.
• 1897 Hermione Gingold born in London Hermione Gingold is born in London.