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

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   Karl Schwencke, composer in the year 1797.  

Mar 13   Cherubini's opera "Medée," premieres in Paris on this day in history.  

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   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 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 in the year 1797.  

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

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   Claude Ambroise Seurat, Troyes France, (World's skinniest man) on this day in history.  

Apr 12   In the year 1797 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   In the year 1797 jean-Baptiste-Joseph Tolbecque, Belgian composer/conductor  

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

Apr 18   On this day in history france & Austria signs cease fire  

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

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   On this day in history 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   First Coalition: Napoleon I of France conquers Venice on this day in history.  

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   Wilhelm Beer, Germany, amateur astronomer (constructed 1st Moon map) was born in the year 1797.  

Jan 10   In the year 1797 birth of annette von Droste-Hülshoff, German writer (d. 1848)  

Jan 12   On this day in history birth of gideon Brecher, Austrian physician (d. 1873)  

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 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   In the year 1797 birth of henry Engelhard Steinway, piano maker (Steinway)  

Jan 11   In the year 1797 francis Lightfoot Lee, US farmer (singer Decl of Independ), dies at 62  

Jan 13   In the year 1797 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   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   On this day in history benvenuto Robbio San Rafaele, composer, dies at 61  

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