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 on this day in history.   

Feb 27   Benvenuto Robbio San Rafaele, composer, dies at 61 in the year 1797.   

Feb 28   Mary Lyon, US, educator (Mt Holyoke) (Hall of Fame) on this day in history.   

Mar 01   Juan Manuel Olivares, composer, dies at 36 in the year 1797.   

Mar 02   In the year 1797 horace [Horatio] Walpole, British horror writer, dies at 79   

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

Mar 07   On this day in history karl Schwencke, composer   

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

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

Mar 22   Kaiser Wilhelm I, German emperor (1871-88) on this day in history.   

Mar 24   Antonio Rosmini-Serbati, philosopher/founder (Institute of Charity) in the year 1797.   

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

Apr 03   CAPT Thomas Truxtun issued first known American signal book using numerary system on this day in history.   

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

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

Apr 12   Josef Antonin Stepan, composer, dies at 71 in the year 1797.   

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

Apr 17   In the year 1797 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   On this day in history france & Austria signs cease fire   

Apr 18   On this day in history louis-Adolphe Thiers, president of France   

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 in the year 1797.   

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 in the year 1797.   

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

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 in the year 1797.   

Jan 10   On this day in history 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   Maria Leopoldina of Austria, Empress of Brazil (d. 1826) was born in the year 1797.   

Jan 30   On this day in history birth of edwin Vose Sumner, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1863   

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   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 in the year 1797.   

Feb 08   On this day in history johann Friedrich Doles, composer, dies at 81   

Feb 11   Antoine Dauvergne, composer, dies at 83 in the year 1797.   

Feb 22   In the year 1797 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