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

Jan 30 Johann Abraham Sixt, composer, dies at 40 on this day in history.  

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 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 on this day in history.  

Mar 01 In the year 1797 juan Manuel Olivares, composer, dies at 36  

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 In the year 1797 james Hutton, geologist, dies  

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

Apr 12 In the year 1797 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 In the year 1797 francois-Noal "Gracchus" Babeuf, French utopian socialist, dies at 36  

May 30 In the year 1797 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 On this day in history edmund Burke, British author/parliament leader (Reflections), dies at 68  

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

Aug 12 In the year 1797 ignaz Franz Xaver Kurzinger, composer, dies at 73  

Aug 22 On this day in history death of dagobert Sigmund von Wurmser, Alsatian-born Austrian general (b. 1724)  

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 On this day in history johann Georg Roser, composer, dies at 57  

Oct 09 Elia van Vilnius, Latvian rabbi, dies at 77 in the year 1797.  

Oct 10 On this day in history 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 Jacques-Alexandre Laffon de Ladebat, French shipbuilder and merchant (b. 1719) died on this day in history.  

Nov 29 In the year 1797 death of samuel Langdon, American President of Harvard University (b. 1723)  

Dec 01 On this day in history 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 Annette von Droste-Hülshoff, German writer (d. 1848) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 12 In the year 1797 birth of gideon Brecher, Austrian physician (d. 1873)  

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 in the year 1797.  

Jan 31 Franz Peter Schubert, Lichtenthal Aust, composer (Unfinished Symphony) was born on this day in history.  

Feb 06 Joseph Maria von Radowitz, Prussian minister of Foreign affairs was born in the year 1797.  

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