Famous Deaths Happened In 1797

Jan 11 In the year 1797 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 In the year 1797 johann Abraham Sixt, composer, dies at 40  

Feb 08 Johann Friedrich Doles, composer, dies at 81 in the year 1797.  

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 On this day in history 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 in the year 1797.  

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

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

Jun 17 In the year 1797 death of aga Mohammed Khan, cruel ruler of Persia, castrated & killed  

Jul 09 On this day in history edmund Burke, British author/parliament leader (Reflections), dies at 68  

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

Jul 29 In the year 1797 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 On this day in history ignaz Franz Xaver Kurzinger, composer, dies at 73  

Aug 22 On this day in history 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 on this day in history.  

Oct 09 Elia van Vilnius, Latvian rabbi, dies at 77 on this day in history.  

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

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 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 on this day in history.  

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 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 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 in the year 1797.  

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

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

Feb 15 Henry Engelhard Steinway, piano maker (Steinway) was born on this day in history.