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| 1997 |
| | | Ghanaian diplomat Kofi Annan is appointed secretary-general of the United Nations, becoming the first black African in the post | |
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| 1997 |
| | | Thousands of Shia Muslims are massacred by the Taliban in Mazar-e-Sharif, in a brief spell before they are driven from the city | |
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| 1997 |
| | | Tony Blair leads the Labour party to its greatest ever electoral victory, winning 418 seats at Westminster | |
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| 1997 |
| | | Danish choreographer Peter Schaufuss founds his own ballet company at Holstebro | |
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| 1997 |
| | | After thirty-two years as the corrupt dictator of Zaire, Mobutu Sese Seko is driven out by Laurent Kabila | |
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| 1997 |
| | | The civilian president of Sierra Leone, Ahmad Kabbah, is ousted in a military coup led by Johnny Koroma | |
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| 1997 |
| | | Fifteen years after the Falklands War there are 1700 British troops in the islands, guarding 2200 residents | |
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| 1997 |
| | | In Canada's general election the Bloc Québecois lose their position as official opposition to the Liberal government | |
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| 1997 |
| | | Hong Kong reverts to China with the end of Britain's 99-year lease of the New Territories | |
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| 1997 |
| | | Irish author Martin McDonagh's play The Beauty Queen of Leenane is the first in a trilogy | |
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