Famous Deaths Happened 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 in the year 1797.  

Feb 08 Johann Friedrich Doles, composer, dies at 81 in the year 1797.  

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 Benvenuto Robbio San Rafaele, composer, dies at 61 in the year 1797.  

Mar 01 In the year 1797 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 In the year 1797 philip Hayes, composer, dies at 58  

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

May 17 In the year 1797 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 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 On this day in history 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 In the year 1797 death of ienăchiţă Văcărescu, Wallachian writer (b. 1740)  

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

Aug 03 In the year 1797 jeffrey Amherst, English gov-gen of America, dies at 80  

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

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

Sep 10 On this day in history death of mary Wollstonecraft, English author (b. 1759)  

Sep 18 In the year 1797 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 In the year 1797 carter Braxton, US boer/signer (Decl of Independence), dies at 61  

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 on this day in history.  

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 In the year 1797 oliver Wolcott, US judge/signer (Decl of Independence), dies at 71  

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Jan 04 On this day in history 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 In the year 1797 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 In the year 1797 birth of edwin Vose Sumner, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1863  

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 on this day in history.