Famous Deaths Happened 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 in the year 1797.  

Jan 30 Johann Abraham Sixt, composer, dies at 40 in the year 1797.  

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 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 In the year 1797 horace [Horatio] Walpole, British horror writer, dies at 79  

Mar 19 Philip Hayes, composer, dies at 58 on this day in history.  

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

Apr 03 Nonnosus Madlseder, composer, dies at 66 on this day in history.  

Apr 12 Josef Antonin Stepan, composer, dies at 71 in the year 1797.  

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 Francois-Noal "Gracchus" Babeuf, French utopian socialist, dies at 36 in the year 1797.  

May 30 Carl Ludwig Junker, composer, dies at 48 in the year 1797.  

Jun 17 In the year 1797 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 Ienăchiţă Văcărescu, Wallachian writer (b. 1740) died in the year 1797.  

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 Dagobert Sigmund von Wurmser, Alsatian-born Austrian general (b. 1724) died on this day in history.  

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

Sep 18 Louis-Lazare Hoche, French revolutionary general, dies on this day in history.  

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

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

Oct 10 In the year 1797 carter Braxton, US boer/signer (Decl of Independence), dies at 61  

Oct 12 Pierre de Jelyotte, composer, dies at 84 on this day in history.  

Nov 16 Frederik Willem II, king of Prussia (1786-97), dies at 53 on this day in history.  

Nov 18 Jacques-Alexandre Laffon de Ladebat, French shipbuilder and merchant (b. 1719) died on this day in history.  

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

Dec 01 In the year 1797 oliver Wolcott, US judge/signer (Decl of Independence), dies at 71  

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Jan 04 On this day in history birth of wilhelm Beer, Germany, amateur astronomer (constructed 1st Moon map)  

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 in the year 1797.  

Jan 22 In the year 1797 birth of maria Leopoldina of Austria, Empress of Brazil (d. 1826)  

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

Jan 31 Franz Peter Schubert, Lichtenthal Aust, composer (Unfinished Symphony) was born on this day in history.  

Feb 06 On this day in history birth of joseph Maria von Radowitz, Prussian minister of Foreign affairs  

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