Historical Events In 1797

Feb 26   On this day in history bank of England issues first £1-note  

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 in the year 1797.  

Feb 28   Mary Lyon, US, educator (Mt Holyoke) (Hall of Fame) in the year 1797.  

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 04   John Adams inaugurated as 2nd President of US in the year 1797.  

Mar 07   On this day in history karl Schwencke, composer  

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

Mar 19   Philip Hayes, composer, dies at 58 in the year 1797.  

Mar 22   Kaiser Wilhelm I, German emperor (1871-88) in the year 1797.  

Mar 24   In the year 1797 antonio Rosmini-Serbati, philosopher/founder (Institute of Charity)  

Mar 25   John Winebrenner, US, clergyman, founded Church of God in the year 1797.  

Mar 26   On this day in history james Hutton, geologist, dies  

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

Mar 28   Nathaniel Briggs of New Hampshire patents a washing machine in the year 1797.  

Mar 28   Nathaniel Briggs of NH patents a washing machine in the year 1797.  

Apr 03   On this day in history cAPT Thomas Truxtun issued first known American signal book using numerary system  

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

Apr 10   In the year 1797 claude Ambroise Seurat, Troyes France, (World's skinniest man)  

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   Jean-Baptiste-Joseph Tolbecque, Belgian composer/conductor on this day in history.  

Apr 17   On this day in history sir Ralph Abercromby attacks San Juan, Puerto Rico in what would be one of the largest invasions to Spanish territories in America.  

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

Apr 18   In the year 1797 louis-Adolphe Thiers, president of France  

Apr 30   Andreas V Michiels, Dutch military governor of West-Sumatra in the year 1797.  

May 05   Napoleon I's sister Elisa marries Felix Bacciochi on this day in history.  

May 10   In the year 1797 1st Navy ship, the "United States," is launched  

May 10   The first Navy ship, the "United States" is launched on this day in history.  

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

May 12   First Coalition: Napoleon I of France conquers Venice in the year 1797.  

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

May 18   Frederick Augustus II, King of Saxony (1836-54) on this day in history.  

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Jan 04   On this day in history birth of wilhelm Beer, Germany, amateur astronomer (constructed 1st Moon map)  

Jan 10   Annette von Droste-Hülshoff, German writer (d. 1848) was born on this day in history.  

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   Edwin Vose Sumner, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1863 was born in the year 1797.  

Jan 31   Franz Peter Schubert, Lichtenthal Aust, composer (Unfinished Symphony) was born on this day in history.  

Feb 06   Joseph Maria von Radowitz, Prussian minister of Foreign affairs was born on this day in history.  

Feb 15   On this day in history 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   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   On this day in history antoine Dauvergne, composer, dies at 83  

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

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

Mar 01   Juan Manuel Olivares, composer, dies at 36 on this day in history.