Page 2: 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   On this day in history benvenuto Robbio San Rafaele, composer, dies at 61   

Feb 28   Mary Lyon, US, educator (Mt Holyoke) (Hall of Fame) on this day in history.   

Mar 01   Juan Manuel Olivares, composer, dies at 36 on this day in history.   

Mar 02   On this day in history horace [Horatio] Walpole, British horror writer, dies at 79   

Mar 04   On this day in history john Adams inaugurated as 2nd President of US   

Mar 07   Karl Schwencke, composer in the year 1797.   

Mar 13   Cherubini's opera "Medée," premieres in Paris on this day in history.   

Mar 19   Philip Hayes, composer, dies at 58 on this day in history.   

Mar 22   Kaiser Wilhelm I, German emperor (1871-88) on this day in history.   

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

Mar 25   John Winebrenner, US, clergyman, founded Church of God on this day in history.   

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   In the year 1797 nathaniel Briggs of New Hampshire patents a washing machine   

Mar 28   In the year 1797 nathaniel Briggs of NH patents a washing machine   

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 on this day in history.   

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   Adolphe Thiers, 1st president of 3rd French Republic (1871-77) in the year 1797.   

Apr 17   In the year 1797 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   France & Austria signs cease fire on this day in history.   

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

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

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

May 10   On this day in history 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   In the year 1797 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   On this day in history birth of wilhelm Beer, Germany, amateur astronomer (constructed 1st Moon map)   

Jan 10   Annette von Droste-Hülshoff, German writer (d. 1848) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 12   On this day in history birth of gideon Brecher, Austrian physician (d. 1873)   

Jan 22   Maria Leopoldina of Austria, Empress of Brazil (d. 1826) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 30   Edwin Vose Sumner, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1863 was born on this day in history.   

Jan 31   On this day in history 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   Henry Engelhard Steinway, piano maker (Steinway) was born in the year 1797.   

Jan 11   Francis Lightfoot Lee, US farmer (singer Decl of Independ), dies at 62 in the year 1797.   

Jan 13   Elisabeth C von Brunswick-Bevern, wife of Frederick II, dies at 81 in the year 1797.   

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

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

Feb 11   In the year 1797 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