Famous Deaths In 1797

Jan 11 Francis Lightfoot Lee, US farmer (singer Decl of Independ), dies at 62 on this day in history.

Jan 13 In the year 1797 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 In the year 1797 death of karl Friedrich Hieronymus Freiherr von Münchhausen, German officer and adventurer (b. 1720)

Feb 27 Benvenuto Robbio San Rafaele, composer, dies at 61 on this day in history.

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 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 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 in the year 1797.

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

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

Jul 11 On this day in history death of ienăchiţă Văcărescu, Wallachian writer (b. 1740)

Jul 29 Christoph Rheineck, composer, dies at 48 in the year 1797.

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

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 in the year 1797.

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

Jan 10 In the year 1797 birth of annette von Droste-Hülshoff, German writer (d. 1848)

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 In the year 1797 birth of edwin Vose Sumner, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1863

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

Feb 06 Joseph Maria von Radowitz, Prussian minister of Foreign affairs was born on this day in history.

Feb 15 In the year 1797 birth of henry Engelhard Steinway, piano maker (Steinway)