1897 in international relations

event (1896–1897) in which Gojong, king of Joseon, and the crown prince (the future Sunjong of Joseon) fled to the Russian legation in Seoul in fear of a coup d'état and in reaction to the murder of his wife Empress Myeongseong by the Japanese empire

Rising of the Menalamba, 'Red Shawls', following the imposition of French colonial rule in Madagascar in 1895; crushed in 1897.

1897 Haitian diplomatic incident