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 on this day in history.  

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

Feb 08 In the year 1797 johann Friedrich Doles, composer, dies at 81  

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

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 in the year 1797.  

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 James Hutton, geologist, dies in the year 1797.  

Apr 03 Nonnosus Madlseder, composer, dies at 66 in the year 1797.  

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

May 17 Michel-Jean Sedaine, French dramatist (b. 1719) died in the year 1797.  

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 In the year 1797 carl Ludwig Junker, composer, dies at 48  

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

Jul 09 In the year 1797 edmund Burke, British author/parliament leader (Reflections), dies at 68  

Jul 11 Ienăchiţă Văcărescu, Wallachian writer (b. 1740) died in the year 1797.  

Jul 29 In the year 1797 christoph Rheineck, composer, dies at 48  

Aug 03 In the year 1797 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 In the year 1797 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 On this day in history louis-Lazare Hoche, French revolutionary general, dies  

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 On this day in history carter Braxton, US boer/signer (Decl of Independence), dies at 61  

Oct 12 On this day in history pierre de Jelyotte, composer, dies at 84  

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

Nov 18 On this day in history 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 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 in the year 1797.  

Jan 30 Edwin Vose Sumner, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1863 was born on this day in history.  

Jan 31 In the year 1797 birth of franz Peter Schubert, Lichtenthal Aust, composer (Unfinished Symphony)  

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 on this day in history.