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 on this day in history.   

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

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

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

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

Mar 04   John Adams inaugurated as 2nd President of US in the year 1797.   

Mar 07   Karl Schwencke, composer on this day in history.   

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

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

Mar 22   Kaiser Wilhelm I, German emperor (1871-88) in the year 1797.   

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   In the year 1797 james Hutton, geologist, dies   

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

Mar 28   On this day in history 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 in the year 1797.   

Apr 03   Nonnosus Madlseder, composer, dies at 66 in the year 1797.   

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

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   On this day in history 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 in the year 1797.   

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 in the year 1797.   

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

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

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

May 12   On this day in history first Coalition: Napoleon I of France conquers Venice.   

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

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

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Jan 04   On this day in history birth of wilhelm Beer, Germany, amateur astronomer (constructed 1st Moon map)   

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 on this day in history.   

Jan 22   Maria Leopoldina of Austria, Empress of Brazil (d. 1826) was born in the year 1797.   

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   Joseph Maria von Radowitz, Prussian minister of Foreign affairs was born on this day in history.   

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 in the year 1797.   

Feb 08   In the year 1797 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   In the year 1797 benvenuto Robbio San Rafaele, composer, dies at 61   

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