Famous Deaths Happened In 1797

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

Jan 13 Elisabeth C von Brunswick-Bevern, wife of Frederick II, dies at 81 in the year 1797.  

Jan 30 On this day in history johann Abraham Sixt, composer, dies at 40  

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 On this day in history death of karl Friedrich Hieronymus Freiherr von Münchhausen, German officer and adventurer (b. 1720)  

Feb 27 Benvenuto Robbio San Rafaele, composer, dies at 61 in the year 1797.  

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

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

Apr 03 Nonnosus Madlseder, composer, dies at 66 on this day in history.  

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

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 On this day in history carl Ludwig Junker, composer, dies at 48  

Jun 17 On this day in history 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 Ienăchiţă Văcărescu, Wallachian writer (b. 1740) died on this day in history.  

Jul 29 On this day in history christoph Rheineck, composer, dies at 48  

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 on this day in history.  

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

Sep 10 In the year 1797 death of mary Wollstonecraft, English author (b. 1759)  

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 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 Pierre de Jelyotte, composer, dies at 84 on this day in history.  

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

Nov 18 In the year 1797 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 in the year 1797.  

Dec 01 Oliver Wolcott, US judge/signer (Decl of Independence), dies at 71 on this day in history.  

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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 Gideon Brecher, Austrian physician (d. 1873) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 22 On this day in history 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 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.