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 on this day in history.  

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 in the year 1797.  

Mar 02   Horace [Horatio] Walpole, British horror writer, dies at 79 on this day in history.  

Mar 04   In the year 1797 john Adams inaugurated as 2nd President of US  

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   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 on this day in history.  

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 in the year 1797.  

Apr 03   In the year 1797 nonnosus Madlseder, composer, dies at 66  

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

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) on this day in history.  

Apr 17   Jean-Baptiste-Joseph Tolbecque, Belgian composer/conductor in the year 1797.  

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   France & Austria signs cease fire in the year 1797.  

Apr 18   On this day in history louis-Adolphe Thiers, president of France  

Apr 30   Andreas V Michiels, Dutch military governor of West-Sumatra on this day in history.  

May 05   Napoleon I's sister Elisa marries Felix Bacciochi in the year 1797.  

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

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

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

May 12   First Coalition: Napoleon I of France conquers Venice in the year 1797.  

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

May 18   In the year 1797 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   On this day in history 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 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   Henry Engelhard Steinway, piano maker (Steinway) was born in the year 1797.  

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 in the year 1797.  

Jan 30   On this day in history 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 on this day in history.  

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