Events in the year 1897 in Venezuela.
Incumbents
Events
- 28 January – Early film screenings are held at the Baralt Theatre in Maracaibo, the premiere of the first Venezuelan films
- 2 February – The Treaty of Washington between Venezuela and the United Kingdom is signed, towards the end of the Venezuelan crisis of 1895.
- 28 July – The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Maracaibo is established.
Births
- 4 August – José Nucete Sardi
- 15 September – Mario Briceño Iragorry
Deaths
References
- ^ McBeth, Brian Stuart (2001). Gunboats, Corruption, and Claims: Foreign Intervention in Venezuela, 1899-1908. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 14. ISBN 9780313313561.