Historical Events In 1797

Feb 26   Bank of England issues first £1-note on this day in history.  

Feb 26   First ever pound note issued by the Bank of England in the year 1797.  

Feb 27   Benvenuto Robbio San Rafaele, composer, dies at 61 on this day in history.  

Feb 28   On this day in history mary Lyon, US, educator (Mt Holyoke) (Hall of Fame)  

Mar 01   On this day in history juan Manuel Olivares, composer, dies at 36  

Mar 02   On this day in history horace [Horatio] Walpole, British horror writer, dies at 79  

Mar 04   In the year 1797 john Adams inaugurated as 2nd President of US  

Mar 07   Karl Schwencke, composer in the year 1797.  

Mar 13   On this day in history cherubini's opera "Medée," premieres in Paris  

Mar 19   In the year 1797 philip Hayes, composer, dies at 58  

Mar 22   On this day in history kaiser Wilhelm I, German emperor (1871-88)  

Mar 24   Antonio Rosmini-Serbati, philosopher/founder (Institute of Charity) on this day in history.  

Mar 25   In the year 1797 john Winebrenner, US, clergyman, founded Church of God  

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

Mar 27   Alfred V Comte de Vigny, French musketeer/writer (Moise, Chatterton) in the year 1797.  

Mar 28   On this day in history nathaniel Briggs of New Hampshire patents a washing machine  

Mar 28   In the year 1797 nathaniel Briggs of NH patents a washing machine  

Apr 03   CAPT Thomas Truxtun issued first known American signal book using numerary system on this day in history.  

Apr 03   In the year 1797 nonnosus Madlseder, composer, dies at 66  

Apr 10   Claude Ambroise Seurat, Troyes France, (World's skinniest man) in the year 1797.  

Apr 12   In the year 1797 josef Antonin Stepan, composer, dies at 71  

Apr 14   Adolphe Thiers, 1st president of 3rd French Republic (1871-77) on this day in history.  

Apr 17   On this day in history jean-Baptiste-Joseph Tolbecque, Belgian composer/conductor  

Apr 17   Sir Ralph Abercromby attacks San Juan, Puerto Rico in what would be one of the largest invasions to Spanish territories in America in the year 1797.  

Apr 18   France & Austria signs cease fire on this day in history.  

Apr 18   Louis-Adolphe Thiers, president of France in the year 1797.  

Apr 30   On this day in history andreas V Michiels, Dutch military governor of West-Sumatra  

May 05   Napoleon I's sister Elisa marries Felix Bacciochi in the year 1797.  

May 10   On this day in history 1st Navy ship, the "United States," is launched  

May 10   The first Navy ship, the "United States" is launched in the year 1797.  

May 10   The first U.S. Navy ship, the "United States" is launched in the year 1797.  

May 12   First Coalition: Napoleon I of France conquers Venice on this day in history.  

May 12   Johann Hermann Kufferath, composer in the year 1797.  

May 18   In the year 1797 frederick Augustus II, King of Saxony (1836-54)  

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Jan 04   Wilhelm Beer, Germany, amateur astronomer (constructed 1st Moon map) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 10   On this day in history birth of annette von Droste-Hülshoff, German writer (d. 1848)  

Jan 12   Gideon Brecher, Austrian physician (d. 1873) was born in the year 1797.  

Jan 22   On this day in history birth of maria Leopoldina of Austria, Empress of Brazil (d. 1826)  

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

Jan 31   In the year 1797 birth of franz Peter Schubert, Lichtenthal Aust, composer (Unfinished Symphony)  

Feb 06   In the year 1797 birth of joseph Maria von Radowitz, Prussian minister of Foreign affairs  

Feb 15   In the year 1797 birth of henry Engelhard Steinway, piano maker (Steinway)  

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

Jan 13   In the year 1797 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   In the year 1797 johann Friedrich Doles, composer, dies at 81  

Feb 11   Antoine Dauvergne, composer, dies at 83 on this day in history.  

Feb 22   In the year 1797 death of karl Friedrich Hieronymus Freiherr von Münchhausen, German officer and adventurer (b. 1720)  

Feb 27   In the year 1797 benvenuto Robbio San Rafaele, composer, dies at 61  

Mar 01   On this day in history juan Manuel Olivares, composer, dies at 36