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 on this day in history.  

Feb 08 On this day in history johann Friedrich Doles, composer, dies at 81  

Feb 11 On this day in history 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 In the year 1797 benvenuto Robbio San Rafaele, composer, dies at 61  

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 on this day in history.  

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 on this day in history.  

Apr 12 Josef Antonin Stepan, composer, dies at 71 on this day in history.  

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

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 on this day in history.  

Aug 03 Jeffrey Amherst, English gov-gen of America, dies at 80 on this day in history.  

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 on this day in history.  

Sep 18 Louis-Lazare Hoche, French revolutionary general, dies on this day in history.  

Sep 23 In the year 1797 johann Georg Roser, composer, dies at 57  

Oct 09 In the year 1797 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 On this day in history pierre de Jelyotte, composer, dies at 84  

Nov 16 In the year 1797 frederik Willem II, king of Prussia (1786-97), dies at 53  

Nov 18 Jacques-Alexandre Laffon de Ladebat, French shipbuilder and merchant (b. 1719) died on this day in history.  

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 on this day in history.  

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 in the year 1797.  

Jan 30 Edwin Vose Sumner, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1863 was born in the year 1797.  

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 on this day in history.  

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