1897

The year 1897 (MDCCCXCVII) predates the launch of the Transformers brand by 87 years.

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Events

Fiction

Cybertron

Bram Stoker witnesses a shadowy figure killing a vampire and is inspired to write the novel Dracula. Cyber Key Code: d9f2

Movie continuity family

Captain Archibald Witwicky leads the National Arctic Circle Expedition and discovers Megatron frozen in ice. Transformers

Non-fiction

June

• June 10 — Jitsugyo no Nihon Sha, a publishing house, is founded. Initially established to publish a business magazine, it ventured into manga with the release of Beast Wars II Strongest Playing Book.