Famous Deaths In 1797

Jan 11 In the year 1797 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 On this day in history johann Abraham Sixt, composer, dies at 40

Feb 08 Johann Friedrich Doles, composer, dies at 81 on this day in history.

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 Benvenuto Robbio San Rafaele, composer, dies at 61 on this day in history.

Mar 01 On this day in history 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 Philip Hayes, composer, dies at 58 on this day in history.

Mar 26 On this day in history james Hutton, geologist, dies

Apr 03 On this day in history nonnosus Madlseder, composer, dies at 66

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

May 17 On this day in history death of michel-Jean Sedaine, French dramatist (b. 1719)

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

May 27 In the year 1797 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 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 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 Jeffrey Amherst, English gov-gen of America, dies at 80 in the year 1797.

Aug 12 Ignaz Franz Xaver Kurzinger, composer, dies at 73 in the year 1797.

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

Sep 10 In the year 1797 death of mary Wollstonecraft, English author (b. 1759)

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 In the year 1797 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 in the year 1797.

Nov 18 On this day in history death of jacques-Alexandre Laffon de Ladebat, French shipbuilder and merchant (b. 1719)

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

Dec 01 On this day in history oliver Wolcott, US judge/signer (Decl of Independence), dies at 71

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Jan 04 In the year 1797 birth of wilhelm Beer, Germany, amateur astronomer (constructed 1st Moon map)

Jan 10 On this day in history birth of annette von Droste-Hülshoff, German writer (d. 1848)

Jan 12 On this day in history birth of gideon Brecher, Austrian physician (d. 1873)

Jan 22 Maria Leopoldina of Austria, Empress of Brazil (d. 1826) was born on this day in history.

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 on this day in history.

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

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