Events Date 1897 July | History by KabAstro

Jul 1 Bronx acquires Hutton Square

The Balloon Expedition to the North Pole

Jul 11 Salomon August Andrée and crew leaves Spitsbergen in northern Norway by balloon headed for the North Pole

S. A. Andrée and Knut Fraenkel beside their crashed balloon in the arctic

Report on the Jameson Raid

Jul 16 The South African Committee, investigating the Jameson Raid releases its report finding that it was conducted almost implicitly through the support and encouragement of Cecil Rhodes and the mining houses in the Transvaal

British Businessman and Imperialist Politician Cecil Rhodes

Jul 17 1st ship arrives in Seattle carrying gold from Yukon
Jul 18 Cap Anson is 1st to get 3,000 hits
Jul 21 Tate Gallery opens in England

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Jul 25 Writer Jack London sails to join the Klondike Gold Rush where he will write his first successful stories

Novelist and Short-Story Writer Jack London

Jul 26 37.5 cm rainfall at Jewell, Maryland (state record)
Jul 27 14.75" (37.5 cm) of rainfall, Jewell, Maryland (state 24-hr record)
Jul 27 Dutch government of Pierson/Goeman Borgesius resigns

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