Timeline July 1897

Events in July 1897 4

• 1897 Wimbledon 1897 Men: Reginald Doherty · Women: Blanche Bingley Hillyard Reginald Doherty began the Doherty brothers' dominance.
• 1897 Klondike Gold Rush begins Ship arrives in Seattle carrying gold from the Yukon The steamer Portland docked in Seattle on 17 July 1897 carrying prospectors and a cargo of Klondike gold, and newspaper reports of a ton of gold triggered a stampede north. Tens of thousands of prospectors set out for the Yukon over the following months, most via the Chilkoot and White Pass trails. The rush transformed towns across the Pacific Northwest and Canada's Yukon Territory.
• 1897 Marconi founds Wireless Telegraph and Signal Company First company formed to commercialize radio communication Guglielmo Marconi established the Wireless Telegraph and Signal Company in London on 20 July 1897 to develop and market his wireless telegraphy patents. The company, later renamed Marconi's Wireless Telegraph Company, became the leading early supplier of radio equipment to ships and governments. It laid the commercial foundation for the radio industry.
• 1897 Tate Gallery opens in London New national gallery for British art opens on Millbank The National Gallery of British Art, funded by sugar magnate Henry Tate and soon known as the Tate Gallery, opened to the public on 21 July 1897. It housed British paintings including works donated by Tate himself, forming the core of what is now Tate Britain. The gallery later expanded into one of the world's major collections of British and modern art.