Page 2: Historical Events In 1797

Feb 27   Benvenuto Robbio San Rafaele, composer, dies at 61   

Feb 28   Mary Lyon, US, educator (Mt Holyoke) (Hall of Fame)   

Mar 01   Juan Manuel Olivares, composer, dies at 36.   

Mar 02   Horace [Horatio] Walpole, British horror writer, dies at 79   

Mar 04   John Adams inaugurated as 2nd President of US.   

Mar 07   Karl Schwencke, composer   

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

Mar 19   Philip Hayes, composer, dies at 58   

Mar 22   Kaiser Wilhelm I, German emperor (1871-88).   

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

Mar 25   John Winebrenner, US, clergyman, founded Church of God   

Mar 26   James Hutton, geologist, dies.   

Mar 27   Alfred V Comte de Vigny, French musketeer/writer (Moise, Chatterton)   

Mar 28   Nathaniel Briggs of New Hampshire patents a washing machine   

Mar 28   Nathaniel Briggs of NH patents a washing machine   

Apr 03   CAPT Thomas Truxtun issued inaugural known American signal book using numerary system.   

Apr 03   Nonnosus Madlseder, composer, dies at 66.   

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

Apr 12   Josef Antonin Stepan, composer, dies at 71.   

Apr 14   Adolphe Thiers, 1st president of 3rd French Republic (1871-77)   

Apr 17   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   

Apr 18   France and Austria signs cease fire   

Apr 18   Louis-Adolphe Thiers, president of France   

Apr 30   Andreas V Michiels, Dutch military governor of West-Sumatra   

May 05   Napoleon I's sister Elisa marries Felix Bacciochi.   

May 10   1st Navy ship, the "United States," is launched.   

May 10   The inaugural Navy ship, the "United States" is launched.   

May 10   The inaugural U.S. Navy ship, the "United States" is launched   

May 12   inaugural Coalition: Napoleon I of France conquers Venice.   

May 12   Johann Hermann Kufferath, composer.   

May 18   Frederick Augustus II, King of Saxony (1836-54)   

May 27   Francois-Noal "Gracchus" Babeuf, French utopian socialist, dies at 36   

May 30   Carl Ludwig Junker, composer, dies at 48   

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Jan 04   In the year 1797 birth of wilhelm Beer, Germany, amateur astronomer (constructed 1st Moon map)   

Jan 10   Annette von Droste-Hülshoff, German writer (d. 1848) was born in the year 1797.   

Jan 12   Gideon Brecher, Austrian physician (d. 1873) was born in the year 1797.   

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 in the year 1797.   

Jan 31   On this day in history 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   Francis Lightfoot Lee, US farmer (singer Decl of Independ), dies at 62 in the year 1797.   

Jan 13   On this day in history 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   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   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