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
 * 15 September – Mario Briceño Iragorry