Page 2: Historical Events In 1797

Feb 26   In the year 1797 bank of England issues first £1-note   

Feb 26   On this day in history first ever pound note issued by the Bank of England   

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) in the year 1797.   

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

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

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

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

Mar 25   On this day in history john Winebrenner, US, clergyman, founded Church of God   

Mar 26   In the year 1797 james Hutton, geologist, dies   

Mar 27   On this day in history alfred V Comte de Vigny, French musketeer/writer (Moise, Chatterton)   

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

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

Apr 03   In the year 1797 cAPT Thomas Truxtun issued first known American signal book using numerary system   

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

Apr 10   On this day in history claude Ambroise Seurat, Troyes France, (World's skinniest man)   

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

Apr 14   On this day in history 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   On this day in history 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   Louis-Adolphe Thiers, president of France on this day in history.   

Apr 30   In the year 1797 andreas V Michiels, Dutch military governor of West-Sumatra   

May 05   On this day in history napoleon I's sister Elisa marries Felix Bacciochi   

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

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

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   On this day in history 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   Annette von Droste-Hülshoff, German writer (d. 1848) was born in the year 1797.   

Jan 12   In the year 1797 birth of gideon Brecher, Austrian physician (d. 1873)   

Jan 22   In the year 1797 birth of maria Leopoldina of Austria, Empress of Brazil (d. 1826)   

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 in the year 1797.   

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 on this day in history.   

Jan 30   Johann Abraham Sixt, composer, dies at 40 on this day in history.   

Feb 08   In the year 1797 johann Friedrich Doles, composer, dies at 81   

Feb 11   Antoine Dauvergne, composer, dies at 83 on this day in history.   

Feb 22   Karl Friedrich Hieronymus Freiherr von Münchhausen, German officer and adventurer (b. 1720) died on this day in history.   

Feb 27   On this day in history benvenuto Robbio San Rafaele, composer, dies at 61   

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