Famous Deaths In 1797

Jan 11 Francis Lightfoot Lee, US farmer (singer Decl of Independ), dies at 62 in the year 1797.  

Jan 13 On this day in history elisabeth C von Brunswick-Bevern, wife of Frederick II, dies at 81  

Jan 30 In the year 1797 johann Abraham Sixt, composer, dies at 40  

Feb 08 Johann Friedrich Doles, composer, dies at 81 in the year 1797.  

Feb 11 In the year 1797 antoine Dauvergne, composer, dies at 83  

Feb 22 Karl Friedrich Hieronymus Freiherr von Münchhausen, German officer and adventurer (b. 1720) died on this day in history.  

Feb 27 On this day in history benvenuto Robbio San Rafaele, composer, dies at 61  

Mar 01 In the year 1797 juan Manuel Olivares, composer, dies at 36  

Mar 02 Horace [Horatio] Walpole, British horror writer, dies at 79 on this day in history.  

Mar 19 Philip Hayes, composer, dies at 58 on this day in history.  

Mar 26 James Hutton, geologist, dies in the year 1797.  

Apr 03 Nonnosus Madlseder, composer, dies at 66 on this day in history.  

Apr 12 Josef Antonin Stepan, composer, dies at 71 in the year 1797.  

May 17 In the year 1797 death of michel-Jean Sedaine, French dramatist (b. 1719)  

May 25 John Griffin Whitwell, 4th Baron Howard de Walden, British field marshal (b. 1719) died in the year 1797.  

May 27 Francois-Noal "Gracchus" Babeuf, French utopian socialist, dies at 36 in the year 1797.  

May 30 Carl Ludwig Junker, composer, dies at 48 in the year 1797.  

Jun 17 Aga Mohammed Khan, cruel ruler of Persia, castrated & killed died on this day in history.  

Jul 09 Edmund Burke, British author/parliament leader (Reflections), dies at 68 in the year 1797.  

Jul 11 In the year 1797 death of ienăchiţă Văcărescu, Wallachian writer (b. 1740)  

Jul 29 Christoph Rheineck, composer, dies at 48 in the year 1797.  

Aug 03 Jeffrey Amherst, English gov-gen of America, dies at 80 on this day in history.  

Aug 12 Ignaz Franz Xaver Kurzinger, composer, dies at 73 in the year 1797.  

Aug 22 Dagobert Sigmund von Wurmser, Alsatian-born Austrian general (b. 1724) died in the year 1797.  

Sep 10 In the year 1797 death of mary Wollstonecraft, English author (b. 1759)  

Sep 18 In the year 1797 louis-Lazare Hoche, French revolutionary general, dies  

Sep 23 On this day in history johann Georg Roser, composer, dies at 57  

Oct 09 Elia van Vilnius, Latvian rabbi, dies at 77 in the year 1797.  

Oct 10 On this day in history carter Braxton, US boer/signer (Decl of Independence), dies at 61  

Oct 12 Pierre de Jelyotte, composer, dies at 84 in the year 1797.  

Nov 16 Frederik Willem II, king of Prussia (1786-97), dies at 53 in the year 1797.  

Nov 18 On this day in history death of jacques-Alexandre Laffon de Ladebat, French shipbuilder and merchant (b. 1719)  

Nov 29 On this day in history death of samuel Langdon, American President of Harvard University (b. 1723)  

Dec 01 Oliver Wolcott, US judge/signer (Decl of Independence), dies at 71 on this day in history.  

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Jan 04 In the year 1797 birth of wilhelm Beer, Germany, amateur astronomer (constructed 1st Moon map)  

Jan 10 Annette von Droste-Hülshoff, German writer (d. 1848) was born in the year 1797.  

Jan 12 In the year 1797 birth of gideon Brecher, Austrian physician (d. 1873)  

Jan 22 Maria Leopoldina of Austria, Empress of Brazil (d. 1826) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 30 On this day in history birth of edwin Vose Sumner, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1863  

Jan 31 On this day in history birth of franz Peter Schubert, Lichtenthal Aust, composer (Unfinished Symphony)  

Feb 06 On this day in history birth of joseph Maria von Radowitz, Prussian minister of Foreign affairs  

Feb 15 On this day in history birth of henry Engelhard Steinway, piano maker (Steinway)