Page 2: Historical Events In 1797

Feb 26   On this day in history bank of England issues first £1-note   

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

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

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 in the year 1797.   

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   On this day in history antonio Rosmini-Serbati, philosopher/founder (Institute of Charity)   

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   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   On this day in history 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   In the year 1797 claude Ambroise Seurat, Troyes France, (World's skinniest man)   

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   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   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 on this day in history.   

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

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

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

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

May 12   On this day in history johann Hermann Kufferath, composer   

May 18   Frederick Augustus II, King of Saxony (1836-54) on this day in history.   

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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 on this day in history.   

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

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   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   In the year 1797 francis Lightfoot Lee, US farmer (singer Decl of Independ), dies at 62   

Jan 13   On this day in history elisabeth C von Brunswick-Bevern, wife of Frederick II, dies at 81   

Jan 30   On this day in history johann Abraham Sixt, composer, dies at 40   

Feb 08   On this day in history 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 in the year 1797.   

Feb 27   Benvenuto Robbio San Rafaele, composer, dies at 61 on this day in history.   

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