1897 in Venezuela

Events in the year 1897 in Venezuela.

Incumbents President: Ignacio Andrade

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 (d. 1972) — historian, journalist and diplomat.Mireya SOSA DE LEÓN: «Nucete Sardi, José». En: Diccionario de Historia de Venezuela. Venezuela: Fundación Empresas Polar, 1997. 980-6397-37-I. 15 September – Mario Briceño Iragorry (d. 1979) — writer, historian and teacher. 28 November: Félix Armando Núñez (d. 1972) — poet, essayist and literary critic.Félix Armando Núñez : Efemérides Venezolanas

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