Historical Events In 1797

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

Feb 26   On this day in history first ever pound note issued by the Bank of England  

Feb 27   In the year 1797 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   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   On this day in history john Adams inaugurated as 2nd President of US  

Mar 07   Karl Schwencke, composer on this day in history.  

Mar 13   In the year 1797 cherubini's opera "Medée," premieres in Paris  

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

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

Mar 24   On this day in history antonio Rosmini-Serbati, philosopher/founder (Institute of Charity)  

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

Mar 26   James Hutton, geologist, dies on this day in history.  

Mar 27   In the year 1797 alfred V Comte de Vigny, French musketeer/writer (Moise, Chatterton)  

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

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

Apr 03   CAPT Thomas Truxtun issued first known American signal book using numerary system in the year 1797.  

Apr 03   Nonnosus Madlseder, composer, dies at 66 in the year 1797.  

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

Apr 12   On this day in history josef Antonin Stepan, composer, dies at 71  

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

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

Apr 17   In the year 1797 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   In the year 1797 andreas V Michiels, Dutch military governor of West-Sumatra  

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

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

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 in the year 1797.  

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   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   In the year 1797 birth of annette von Droste-Hülshoff, German writer (d. 1848)  

Jan 12   Gideon Brecher, Austrian physician (d. 1873) was born on this day in history.  

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 on this day in history.  

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   Elisabeth C von Brunswick-Bevern, wife of Frederick II, dies at 81 on this day in history.  

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

Feb 08   Johann Friedrich Doles, composer, dies at 81 on this day in history.  

Feb 11   In the year 1797 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   Benvenuto Robbio San Rafaele, composer, dies at 61 in the year 1797.  

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