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

Jan 30 Johann Abraham Sixt, composer, dies at 40 on this day in history.

Feb 08 On this day in history johann Friedrich Doles, composer, dies at 81

Feb 11 Antoine Dauvergne, composer, dies at 83 on this day in history.

Feb 22 On this day in history death of karl Friedrich Hieronymus Freiherr von Münchhausen, German officer and adventurer (b. 1720)

Feb 27 Benvenuto Robbio San Rafaele, composer, dies at 61 in the year 1797.

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

Mar 02 On this day in history 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 in the year 1797.

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

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

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

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

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 on this day in history.

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

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

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 in the year 1797.

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

Sep 10 On this day in history death of mary Wollstonecraft, English author (b. 1759)

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

Sep 23 On this day in history johann Georg Roser, composer, dies at 57

Oct 09 In the year 1797 elia van Vilnius, Latvian rabbi, dies at 77

Oct 10 Carter Braxton, US boer/signer (Decl of Independence), dies at 61 on this day in history.

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 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 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 in the year 1797.

Jan 10 In the year 1797 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 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 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 In the year 1797 birth of henry Engelhard Steinway, piano maker (Steinway)