Timeline November 1897

Events in November 1897 8

• 1897 Brussels International Exposition World's fair held in Brussels and Tervuren Belgium held a world's fair with a colonial section at Tervuren that promoted the Congo Free State. The Tervuren exhibits included a human zoo of Congolese people.
• 1897 Brussels International Exposition World's fair held in Brussels and Tervuren Belgium held a world's fair with a colonial section at Tervuren that promoted the Congo Free State. The Tervuren exhibits included a human zoo of Congolese people.
• 1897 Library of Congress Jefferson Building opens New home for the US national library The Library of Congress opened to the public in its new building in Washington, D.C., later named the Thomas Jefferson Building. The collection moved there from cramped rooms in the Capitol.
• 1897 Library of Congress Jefferson Building opens New home for the US national library The Library of Congress opened to the public in its new building in Washington, D.C., later named the Thomas Jefferson Building. The collection moved there from cramped rooms in the Capitol.
• 1897 Germany seizes Jiaozhou Bay German marines occupy the bay after missionaries are killed German forces landed at Jiaozhou Bay in Shandong, using the murder of two German missionaries as a pretext. China was later forced to lease the territory to Germany, which set off a scramble among the powers for concessions in China.
• 1897 Germany seizes Jiaozhou Bay German marines occupy the bay after missionaries are killed German forces landed at Jiaozhou Bay in Shandong, using the murder of two German missionaries as a pretext. China was later forced to lease the territory to Germany, which set off a scramble among the powers for concessions in China.
• 1897 – 1960 Aneurin Bevan (1897-1960) Died 6 July 1960, aged 62 Welsh Labour politician who, as Minister of Health, founded Britain's National Health Service in 1948. He died of cancer at his farm in Buckinghamshire.
• 1897 – 1969 Vito Genovese (1897-1969) Died 14 February 1969, aged 71 Vito Genovese was an Italian-American mobster who led the Genovese crime family, one of New York's most powerful Mafia organizations. He died of heart failure while imprisoned at a federal penitentiary on 14 February 1969.