Famous Deaths In 1797

Jan 11 Francis Lightfoot Lee, US farmer (singer Decl of Independ), dies at 62 in the year 1797.

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 on this day in history.

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

Feb 11 In the year 1797 antoine Dauvergne, composer, dies at 83

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 on this day in history.

Mar 02 Horace [Horatio] Walpole, British horror writer, dies at 79 in the year 1797.

Mar 19 Philip Hayes, composer, dies at 58 in the year 1797.

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

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

Apr 12 On this day in history josef Antonin Stepan, composer, dies at 71

May 17 In the year 1797 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 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 Aga Mohammed Khan, cruel ruler of Persia, castrated & killed died in the year 1797.

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

Jul 11 In the year 1797 death of ienăchiţă Văcărescu, Wallachian writer (b. 1740)

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

Aug 22 Dagobert Sigmund von Wurmser, Alsatian-born Austrian general (b. 1724) died on this day in history.

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 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 in the year 1797.

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 Oliver Wolcott, US judge/signer (Decl of Independence), dies at 71 on this day in history.

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

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 on this day in history.

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