Editing 1897 (section)

===October–December===
* [[October 5]] &ndash; After a long siege, Brazilian government troops take [[Canudos]] in north Brazil, crushing [[Antônio Conselheiro]] and his followers.
* [[October 6]] &ndash; [[Ethiopia]] adopts the tricolor flag: green is for the land, yellow for gold, and red is symbolic of strength and the blood shed.
* [[October 12]]
** The [[Korean Empire]] is proclaimed, marking the end of the [[Joseon]] dynasty after just over 500 years.
** The city of [[Belo Horizonte]], Brazil is created. The construction of the second Brazilian [[planned city]] is completed successfully; an immigration of 1,000,000 people is estimated.
** {{USS|Baltimore|C-3|6}} (Cruiser # 3, later CM-1) is recommissioned, since [[1890]], for several months of duty in the [[Hawaiian Islands]].
* [[October 13]] &ndash; {{HMS|Canopus|1897|6}}, a [[pre-dreadnought battleship]] of the [[Royal Navy]], is launched at [[Portsmouth]], England; she will be deployed widely in World War I.
* [[October 23]] &ndash; The [[Kappa Delta]] sorority is founded in Farmville, [[Virginia]].
* [[November 1]] &ndash; [[Juventus FC]] is founded as an [[association football]] club in [[Turin]].
* [[November 25]] &ndash; Spain grants [[Puerto Rico]] autonomy.
* [[December 9]] &ndash; The first issue of the feminist newspaper ''[[La Fronde (newspaper)|La Fronde]]'' is published by [[Marguerite Durand]] in Paris.
* [[December 12]]
** The comic strip ''[[The Katzenjammer Kids]]'' debuts in the ''[[New York Journal]]''.
** [[Belo Horizonte]], the first planned city in Brazil, is incorporated.
* [[December 14]] &ndash; [[Pact of Biak-na-Bato]]: The [[Philippine Revolution]] is settled, with Spanish promises to reform.
* [[December 28]] &ndash; The play ''[[Cyrano de Bergerac (play)|Cyrano de Bergerac]]'', by [[Edmond Rostand]], premieres in Paris.
* [[December 30]] &ndash; [[Colony of Natal|Natal]] annexes [[Zulu Kingdom|Zululand]].