Page 2: Historical Events In 1797

Feb 26   Bank of England issues first £1-note on this day in history.   

Feb 26   First ever pound note issued by the Bank of England in the year 1797.   

Feb 27   On this day in history benvenuto Robbio San Rafaele, composer, dies at 61   

Feb 28   Mary Lyon, US, educator (Mt Holyoke) (Hall of Fame) in the year 1797.   

Mar 01   On this day in history juan Manuel Olivares, composer, dies at 36   

Mar 02   On this day in history horace [Horatio] Walpole, British horror writer, dies at 79   

Mar 04   John Adams inaugurated as 2nd President of US in the year 1797.   

Mar 07   Karl Schwencke, composer on this day in history.   

Mar 13   Cherubini's opera "Medée," premieres in Paris in the year 1797.   

Mar 19   Philip Hayes, composer, dies at 58 on this day in history.   

Mar 22   In the year 1797 kaiser Wilhelm I, German emperor (1871-88)   

Mar 24   On this day in history antonio Rosmini-Serbati, philosopher/founder (Institute of Charity)   

Mar 25   In the year 1797 john Winebrenner, US, clergyman, founded Church of God   

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

Mar 27   In the year 1797 alfred V Comte de Vigny, French musketeer/writer (Moise, Chatterton)   

Mar 28   In the year 1797 nathaniel Briggs of New Hampshire patents a washing machine   

Mar 28   On this day in history nathaniel Briggs of NH patents a washing machine   

Apr 03   On this day in history cAPT Thomas Truxtun issued first known American signal book using numerary system   

Apr 03   In the year 1797 nonnosus Madlseder, composer, dies at 66   

Apr 10   Claude Ambroise Seurat, Troyes France, (World's skinniest man) in the year 1797.   

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

Apr 14   On this day in history adolphe Thiers, 1st president of 3rd French Republic (1871-77)   

Apr 17   Jean-Baptiste-Joseph Tolbecque, Belgian composer/conductor on this day in history.   

Apr 17   Sir Ralph Abercromby attacks San Juan, Puerto Rico in what would be one of the largest invasions to Spanish territories in America in the year 1797.   

Apr 18   France & Austria signs cease fire in the year 1797.   

Apr 18   Louis-Adolphe Thiers, president of France on this day in history.   

Apr 30   In the year 1797 andreas V Michiels, Dutch military governor of West-Sumatra   

May 05   Napoleon I's sister Elisa marries Felix Bacciochi on this day in history.   

May 10   On this day in history 1st Navy ship, the "United States," is launched   

May 10   In the year 1797 the first Navy ship, the "United States" is launched   

May 10   On this day in history the first U.S. Navy ship, the "United States" is launched   

May 12   First Coalition: Napoleon I of France conquers Venice in the year 1797.   

May 12   In the year 1797 johann Hermann Kufferath, composer   

May 18   On this day in history frederick Augustus II, King of Saxony (1836-54)   

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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   On this day in history 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 on this day in history.   

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

Feb 06   In the year 1797 birth of joseph Maria von Radowitz, Prussian minister of Foreign affairs   

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

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

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

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

Mar 01   On this day in history juan Manuel Olivares, composer, dies at 36