Famous Deaths In 1797

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

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 Johann Friedrich Doles, composer, dies at 81 in the year 1797.

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 in the year 1797.

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

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 On this day in history james Hutton, geologist, dies

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

Apr 12 Josef Antonin Stepan, composer, dies at 71 on this day in history.

May 17 Michel-Jean Sedaine, French dramatist (b. 1719) died in the year 1797.

May 25 On this day in history death of john Griffin Whitwell, 4th Baron Howard de Walden, British field marshal (b. 1719)

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

May 30 On this day in history carl Ludwig Junker, composer, dies at 48

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

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

Jul 11 Ienăchiţă Văcărescu, Wallachian writer (b. 1740) died on this day in history.

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

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 Louis-Lazare Hoche, French revolutionary general, dies in the year 1797.

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

Oct 09 On this day in history elia van Vilnius, Latvian rabbi, dies at 77

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

Oct 12 In the year 1797 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 Jacques-Alexandre Laffon de Ladebat, French shipbuilder and merchant (b. 1719) died on this day in history.

Nov 29 In the year 1797 death of samuel Langdon, American President of Harvard University (b. 1723)

Dec 01 In the year 1797 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 on this day in history.

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 in the year 1797.

Jan 30 Edwin Vose Sumner, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1863 was born on this day in history.

Jan 31 On this day in history birth of franz Peter Schubert, Lichtenthal Aust, composer (Unfinished Symphony)

Feb 06 Joseph Maria von Radowitz, Prussian minister of Foreign affairs was born in the year 1797.

Feb 15 In the year 1797 birth of henry Engelhard Steinway, piano maker (Steinway)