Historical Events In 1797

Feb 26   In the year 1797 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 on this day in history.  

Feb 28   Mary Lyon, US, educator (Mt Holyoke) (Hall of Fame) on this day in history.  

Mar 01   On this day in history 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 in the year 1797.  

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

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

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

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

Mar 25   John Winebrenner, US, clergyman, founded Church of God on this day in history.  

Mar 26   In the year 1797 james Hutton, geologist, dies  

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

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

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

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   On this day in history adolphe Thiers, 1st president of 3rd French Republic (1871-77)  

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   In the year 1797 france & Austria signs cease fire  

Apr 18   Louis-Adolphe Thiers, president of France on this day in history.  

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   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   On this day in history the first U.S. Navy ship, the "United States" is launched  

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

May 12   On this day in history johann Hermann Kufferath, composer  

May 18   Frederick Augustus II, King of Saxony (1836-54) 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   Gideon Brecher, Austrian physician (d. 1873) was born on this day in history.  

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

Jan 30   Edwin Vose Sumner, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1863 was born on this day in history.  

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   On this day in history francis Lightfoot Lee, US farmer (singer Decl of Independ), dies at 62  

Jan 13   Elisabeth C von Brunswick-Bevern, wife of Frederick II, dies at 81 in the year 1797.  

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

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

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

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 on this day in history.