Famous Deaths In 1797

Jan 11 Francis Lightfoot Lee, US farmer (singer Decl of Independ), dies at 62 on this day in history.

Jan 13 On this day in history elisabeth C von Brunswick-Bevern, wife of Frederick II, dies at 81

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 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 in the year 1797.

Feb 27 Benvenuto Robbio San Rafaele, composer, dies at 61 on this day in history.

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

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

Apr 03 On this day in history nonnosus Madlseder, composer, dies at 66

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

May 17 Michel-Jean Sedaine, French dramatist (b. 1719) died on this day in history.

May 25 John Griffin Whitwell, 4th Baron Howard de Walden, British field marshal (b. 1719) died in the year 1797.

May 27 In the year 1797 francois-Noal "Gracchus" Babeuf, French utopian socialist, dies at 36

May 30 Carl Ludwig Junker, composer, dies at 48 on this day in history.

Jun 17 Aga Mohammed Khan, cruel ruler of Persia, castrated & killed died on this day in history.

Jul 09 In the year 1797 edmund Burke, British author/parliament leader (Reflections), dies at 68

Jul 11 In the year 1797 death of ienăchiţă Văcărescu, Wallachian writer (b. 1740)

Jul 29 On this day in history christoph Rheineck, composer, dies at 48

Aug 03 In the year 1797 jeffrey Amherst, English gov-gen of America, dies at 80

Aug 12 Ignaz Franz Xaver Kurzinger, composer, dies at 73 on this day in history.

Aug 22 Dagobert Sigmund von Wurmser, Alsatian-born Austrian general (b. 1724) died in the year 1797.

Sep 10 Mary Wollstonecraft, English author (b. 1759) died on this day in history.

Sep 18 On this day in history louis-Lazare Hoche, French revolutionary general, dies

Sep 23 In the year 1797 johann Georg Roser, composer, dies at 57

Oct 09 Elia van Vilnius, Latvian rabbi, dies at 77 in the year 1797.

Oct 10 Carter Braxton, US boer/signer (Decl of Independence), dies at 61 in the year 1797.

Oct 12 On this day in history pierre de Jelyotte, composer, dies at 84

Nov 16 In the year 1797 frederik Willem II, king of Prussia (1786-97), dies at 53

Nov 18 In the year 1797 death of jacques-Alexandre Laffon de Ladebat, French shipbuilder and merchant (b. 1719)

Nov 29 Samuel Langdon, American President of Harvard University (b. 1723) died in the year 1797.

Dec 01 On this day in history oliver Wolcott, US judge/signer (Decl of Independence), dies at 71

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Jan 04 In the year 1797 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 In the year 1797 birth of gideon Brecher, Austrian physician (d. 1873)

Jan 22 Maria Leopoldina of Austria, Empress of Brazil (d. 1826) was born in the year 1797.

Jan 30 On this day in history birth of edwin Vose Sumner, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1863

Jan 31 In the year 1797 birth of franz Peter Schubert, Lichtenthal Aust, composer (Unfinished Symphony)

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)