Historical Events In 1797

Feb 26   Bank of England issues first £1-note on this day in history.  

Feb 26   In the year 1797 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) on this day in history.  

Mar 01   On this day in history juan Manuel Olivares, composer, dies at 36  

Mar 02   On this day in history 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   Cherubini's opera "Medée," premieres in Paris on this day in history.  

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) on this day in history.  

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

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

Mar 27   On this day in history 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 on this day in history.  

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

Apr 03   In the year 1797 nonnosus Madlseder, composer, dies at 66  

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   Jean-Baptiste-Joseph Tolbecque, Belgian composer/conductor in the year 1797.  

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   In the year 1797 france & Austria signs cease fire  

Apr 18   In the year 1797 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 on this day in history.  

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

May 10   On this day in history 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   On this day in history first Coalition: Napoleon I of France conquers Venice.  

May 12   Johann Hermann Kufferath, composer on this day in history.  

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

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

Jan 10   In the year 1797 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   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   Franz Peter Schubert, Lichtenthal Aust, composer (Unfinished Symphony) was born in the year 1797.  

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   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 in the year 1797.  

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   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 on this day in history.  

Mar 01   On this day in history juan Manuel Olivares, composer, dies at 36