Page 2: Historical Events In 1797

Feb 26   In the year 1797 bank of England issues first £1-note   

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

Feb 27   In the year 1797 benvenuto Robbio San Rafaele, composer, dies at 61   

Feb 28   On this day in history mary Lyon, US, educator (Mt Holyoke) (Hall of Fame)   

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 04   In the year 1797 john Adams inaugurated as 2nd President of US   

Mar 07   In the year 1797 karl Schwencke, composer   

Mar 13   On this day in history cherubini's opera "Medée," premieres in Paris   

Mar 19   In the year 1797 philip Hayes, composer, dies at 58   

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

Mar 24   In the year 1797 antonio Rosmini-Serbati, philosopher/founder (Institute of Charity)   

Mar 25   John Winebrenner, US, clergyman, founded Church of God in the year 1797.   

Mar 26   James Hutton, geologist, dies on this day in history.   

Mar 27   Alfred V Comte de Vigny, French musketeer/writer (Moise, Chatterton) on this day in history.   

Mar 28   On this day in history 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   Nonnosus Madlseder, composer, dies at 66 in the year 1797.   

Apr 10   On this day in history claude Ambroise Seurat, Troyes France, (World's skinniest man)   

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

Apr 14   Adolphe Thiers, 1st president of 3rd French Republic (1871-77) in the year 1797.   

Apr 17   In the year 1797 jean-Baptiste-Joseph Tolbecque, Belgian composer/conductor   

Apr 17   On this day in history sir Ralph Abercromby attacks San Juan, Puerto Rico in what would be one of the largest invasions to Spanish territories in America.   

Apr 18   In the year 1797 france & Austria signs cease fire   

Apr 18   Louis-Adolphe Thiers, president of France in the year 1797.   

Apr 30   Andreas V Michiels, Dutch military governor of West-Sumatra on this day in history.   

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   On this day in history first Coalition: Napoleon I of France conquers Venice.   

May 12   In the year 1797 johann Hermann Kufferath, composer   

May 18   In the year 1797 frederick Augustus II, King of Saxony (1836-54)   

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Jan 04   In the year 1797 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   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   In the year 1797 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.   

Jan 11   On this day in history 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   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   Karl Friedrich Hieronymus Freiherr von Münchhausen, German officer and adventurer (b. 1720) died on this day in history.   

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

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