Historical Events In 1797

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

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

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   In the year 1797 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   In the year 1797 karl Schwencke, composer  

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

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

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

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

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

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 on this day in history.  

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

Apr 03   In the year 1797 cAPT Thomas Truxtun issued first known American signal book using numerary system  

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

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

Apr 12   Josef Antonin Stepan, composer, dies at 71 in the year 1797.  

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   On this day in history 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   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 in the year 1797.  

May 12   Johann Hermann Kufferath, composer on this day in history.  

May 18   On this day in history 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 in the year 1797.  

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

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

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   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 in the year 1797.  

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