Page 2: Historical Events In 1797

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

Feb 26   In the year 1797 first ever pound note issued by the Bank of England   

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

Feb 28   In the year 1797 mary Lyon, US, educator (Mt Holyoke) (Hall of Fame)   

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

Mar 02   Horace [Horatio] Walpole, British horror writer, dies at 79 on this day in history.   

Mar 04   On this day in history john Adams inaugurated as 2nd President of US   

Mar 07   In the year 1797 karl Schwencke, composer   

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

Mar 19   On this day in history philip Hayes, composer, dies at 58   

Mar 22   On this day in history kaiser Wilhelm I, German emperor (1871-88)   

Mar 24   On this day in history 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 in the year 1797.   

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

Mar 28   Nathaniel Briggs of New Hampshire patents a washing machine on this day in history.   

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

Apr 03   CAPT Thomas Truxtun issued first known American signal book using numerary system in the year 1797.   

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   In the year 1797 josef Antonin Stepan, composer, dies at 71   

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

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

May 05   Napoleon I's sister Elisa marries Felix Bacciochi in the year 1797.   

May 10   In the year 1797 1st Navy ship, the "United States," is launched   

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

May 10   The first U.S. Navy ship, the "United States" is launched in the year 1797.   

May 12   In the year 1797 first Coalition: Napoleon I of France conquers Venice.   

May 12   Johann Hermann Kufferath, composer in the year 1797.   

May 18   Frederick Augustus II, King of Saxony (1836-54) in the year 1797.   

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Jan 04   On this day in history 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 in the year 1797.   

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 on this day in history.   

Jan 31   Franz Peter Schubert, Lichtenthal Aust, composer (Unfinished Symphony) was born in the year 1797.   

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   On this day in history 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   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 in the year 1797.