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   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 on this day in history.   

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

Mar 07   Karl Schwencke, composer in the year 1797.   

Mar 13   In the year 1797 cherubini's opera "Medée," premieres in Paris   

Mar 19   Philip Hayes, composer, dies at 58 in the year 1797.   

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

Mar 24   Antonio Rosmini-Serbati, philosopher/founder (Institute of Charity) on this day in history.   

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

Mar 26   James Hutton, geologist, dies in the year 1797.   

Mar 27   Alfred V Comte de Vigny, French musketeer/writer (Moise, Chatterton) in the year 1797.   

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

Mar 28   Nathaniel Briggs of NH patents a washing machine in the year 1797.   

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

Apr 03   On this day in history nonnosus Madlseder, composer, dies at 66   

Apr 10   Claude Ambroise Seurat, Troyes France, (World's skinniest man) on this day in history.   

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

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

Apr 17   On this day in history jean-Baptiste-Joseph Tolbecque, Belgian composer/conductor   

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

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

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

Apr 30   Andreas V Michiels, Dutch military governor of West-Sumatra in the year 1797.   

May 05   In the year 1797 napoleon I's sister Elisa marries Felix Bacciochi   

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

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

May 10   In the year 1797 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   Johann Hermann Kufferath, composer on this day in history.   

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 in the year 1797.   

Jan 10   On this day in history 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 on this day in history.   

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

Feb 15   On this day in history birth of henry Engelhard Steinway, piano maker (Steinway)   

Jan 11   Francis Lightfoot Lee, US farmer (singer Decl of Independ), dies at 62 in the year 1797.   

Jan 13   In the year 1797 elisabeth C von Brunswick-Bevern, wife of Frederick II, dies at 81   

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

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.