Famous Deaths In 1797

Jan 11 In the year 1797 francis Lightfoot Lee, US farmer (singer Decl of Independ), dies at 62

Jan 13 In the year 1797 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 In the year 1797 johann Friedrich Doles, composer, dies at 81

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 on this day in history.

Feb 27 On this day in history benvenuto Robbio San Rafaele, composer, dies at 61

Mar 01 On this day in history juan Manuel Olivares, composer, dies at 36

Mar 02 On this day in history horace [Horatio] Walpole, British horror writer, dies at 79

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

Mar 26 In the year 1797 james Hutton, geologist, dies

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

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

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

May 25 John Griffin Whitwell, 4th Baron Howard de Walden, British field marshal (b. 1719) died on this day in history.

May 27 Francois-Noal "Gracchus" Babeuf, French utopian socialist, dies at 36 on this day in history.

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 on this day in history.

Jul 09 Edmund Burke, British author/parliament leader (Reflections), dies at 68 on this day in history.

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

Jul 29 Christoph Rheineck, composer, dies at 48 on this day in history.

Aug 03 Jeffrey Amherst, English gov-gen of America, dies at 80 in the year 1797.

Aug 12 On this day in history ignaz Franz Xaver Kurzinger, composer, dies at 73

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

Sep 10 Mary Wollstonecraft, English author (b. 1759) died on this day in history.

Sep 18 On this day in history louis-Lazare Hoche, French revolutionary general, dies

Sep 23 Johann Georg Roser, composer, dies at 57 on this day in history.

Oct 09 On this day in history 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 Frederik Willem II, king of Prussia (1786-97), dies at 53 in the year 1797.

Nov 18 In the year 1797 death of jacques-Alexandre Laffon de Ladebat, French shipbuilder and merchant (b. 1719)

Nov 29 On this day in history death of samuel Langdon, American President of Harvard University (b. 1723)

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 in the year 1797.

Jan 12 Gideon Brecher, Austrian physician (d. 1873) was born in the year 1797.

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

Jan 31 Franz Peter Schubert, Lichtenthal Aust, composer (Unfinished Symphony) was born in the year 1797.

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 in the year 1797.