Historical Events In 1797

Feb 26   In the year 1797 bank of England issues first £1-note  

Feb 26   In the year 1797 first ever pound note issued by the Bank of England  

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

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

Mar 01   Juan Manuel Olivares, composer, dies at 36 in the year 1797.  

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

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

Mar 07   Karl Schwencke, composer in the year 1797.  

Mar 13   Cherubini's opera "Medée," premieres in Paris in the year 1797.  

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

Mar 22   Kaiser Wilhelm I, German emperor (1871-88) on this day in history.  

Mar 24   Antonio Rosmini-Serbati, philosopher/founder (Institute of Charity) in the year 1797.  

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

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

Mar 27   Alfred V Comte de Vigny, French musketeer/writer (Moise, Chatterton) on this day in history.  

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

Mar 28   Nathaniel Briggs of NH patents a washing machine on this day in history.  

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

Apr 03   On this day in history nonnosus Madlseder, composer, dies at 66  

Apr 10   On this day in history claude Ambroise Seurat, Troyes France, (World's skinniest man)  

Apr 12   Josef Antonin Stepan, composer, dies at 71 on this day in history.  

Apr 14   Adolphe Thiers, 1st president of 3rd French Republic (1871-77) in the year 1797.  

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   In the year 1797 france & Austria signs cease fire  

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   In the year 1797 napoleon I's sister Elisa marries Felix Bacciochi  

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

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

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

May 12   In the year 1797 first Coalition: Napoleon I of France conquers Venice.  

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

May 18   On this day in history frederick Augustus II, King of Saxony (1836-54)  

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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 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   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 in the year 1797.  

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)  

Jan 11   Francis Lightfoot Lee, US farmer (singer Decl of Independ), dies at 62 on this day in history.  

Jan 13   In the year 1797 elisabeth C von Brunswick-Bevern, wife of Frederick II, dies at 81  

Jan 30   On this day in history johann Abraham Sixt, composer, dies at 40  

Feb 08   On this day in history johann Friedrich Doles, composer, dies at 81  

Feb 11   On this day in history 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   Benvenuto Robbio San Rafaele, composer, dies at 61 on this day in history.  

Mar 01   Juan Manuel Olivares, composer, dies at 36 in the year 1797.