Famous Deaths Happened In 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 Johann Abraham Sixt, composer, dies at 40 on this day in history.  

Feb 08 In the year 1797 johann Friedrich Doles, composer, dies at 81  

Feb 11 Antoine Dauvergne, composer, dies at 83 in the year 1797.  

Feb 22 Karl Friedrich Hieronymus Freiherr von Münchhausen, German officer and adventurer (b. 1720) died on this day in history.  

Feb 27 In the year 1797 benvenuto Robbio San Rafaele, composer, dies at 61  

Mar 01 Juan Manuel Olivares, composer, dies at 36 on this day in history.  

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

Mar 19 On this day in history philip Hayes, composer, dies at 58  

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

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 in the year 1797.  

May 25 John Griffin Whitwell, 4th Baron Howard de Walden, British field marshal (b. 1719) died on this day in history.  

May 27 On this day in history francois-Noal "Gracchus" Babeuf, French utopian socialist, dies at 36  

May 30 In the year 1797 carl Ludwig Junker, composer, dies at 48  

Jun 17 On this day in history death of aga Mohammed Khan, cruel ruler of Persia, castrated & killed  

Jul 09 Edmund Burke, British author/parliament leader (Reflections), dies at 68 in the year 1797.  

Jul 11 On this day in history death of ienăchiţă Văcărescu, Wallachian writer (b. 1740)  

Jul 29 Christoph Rheineck, composer, dies at 48 on this day in history.  

Aug 03 On this day in history jeffrey Amherst, English gov-gen of America, dies at 80  

Aug 12 On this day in history ignaz Franz Xaver Kurzinger, composer, dies at 73  

Aug 22 In the year 1797 death of dagobert Sigmund von Wurmser, Alsatian-born Austrian general (b. 1724)  

Sep 10 Mary Wollstonecraft, English author (b. 1759) died in the year 1797.  

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

Sep 23 Johann Georg Roser, composer, dies at 57 in the year 1797.  

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 On this day in history frederik Willem II, king of Prussia (1786-97), dies at 53  

Nov 18 Jacques-Alexandre Laffon de Ladebat, French shipbuilder and merchant (b. 1719) died in the year 1797.  

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 Wilhelm Beer, Germany, amateur astronomer (constructed 1st Moon map) was born on this day in history.  

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 In the year 1797 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 in the year 1797.  

Jan 31 Franz Peter Schubert, Lichtenthal Aust, composer (Unfinished Symphony) was born in the year 1797.  

Feb 06 Joseph Maria von Radowitz, Prussian minister of Foreign affairs was born on this day in history.  

Feb 15 Henry Engelhard Steinway, piano maker (Steinway) was born in the year 1797.