Page 3: Historical Events In 1797

May 30   Johann Christian Lobe, composer   

Jun 02   1st ascent of "Great Mountain" (4622') in Adirondack NY (C Broadhead)   

Jun 02   inaugural ascent of "Great Mountain" (4622') in Adirondack NY (C Broadhead)   

Jun 06   Napoleon forms Ligurische Republic.   

Jun 17   Aga Mohammed Khan, cruel ruler of Persia, castrated and killed.   

Jun 24   John Hughes, archbishop, founded Fordham University in the Bronx.   

Jun 26   Charles Newbold patents 1st cast-iron plow. He can't sell it to farmers, though, they fear effects of iron on soil!.   

Jun 26   Charles Newbold patents inaugural cast-iron plow. Farmers fear the effects of the iron on the soil   

Jul 08   1st US senator (William Blount of Tennessee) expelled by impeachment.   

Jul 08   inaugural US senator (William Blount of Tennessee) expelled by impeachment.   

Jul 09   Edmund Burke, British author/parliament leader (Reflections), dies at 68.   

Jul 10   1st US frigate, the "United States," is launched in Phila   

Jul 10   Pieter L Uys, South African pioneer (Great Pull)   

Jul 19   Johann Gottlieb Schneider, composer   

Jul 21   Franz Schoberlechner, composer   

Jul 25   Horatio Nelson loses more than 300 men and his right arm during the failed conquest attempt of Tenerife (Spain)   

Jul 29   Christoph Rheineck, composer, dies at 48   

Aug 03   Emperor Francis I permits Jews who served in military in "Countries of Bohemian Crown" to marry non Jews   

Aug 03   Jeffrey Amherst, English gov-gen of America, dies at 80   

Aug 05   Friedrich August Kummer, composer.   

Aug 12   Ignaz Franz Xaver Kurzinger, composer, dies at 73   

Aug 16   Comet C/1797 P1 (Bouvard-Herschel) approaches 0.0879 AUs of Earth   

Aug 23   Emanuel Allen sold at public auction in Montreal; last slave transaction in Canada   

Aug 30   Mary Shelley, English novelist and creator of 'Frankenstein' is born.   

Aug 30   Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, London England, author (Frankenstein).   

Sep 01   2nd National Meeting in Hague   

Sep 06   Wililam "Extra Billy" Smith, Confederacy (Confederate Army)   

Sep 16   Anthony Panizzi, Librarian at British Museum.   

Sep 18   Louis-Lazare Hoche, French revolutionary general, dies.   

Sep 20   US frigate Constitution (Old Ironsides) launched in Boston   

Sep 23   Johann Georg Roser, composer, dies at 57   

Oct 04   J Gotthelf, writer.   

Oct 09   Elia van Vilnius, Latvian rabbi, dies at 77   

Oct 10   Carter Braxton, US boer/signer (Decl of Independence), dies at 61   

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Jan 04   Wilhelm Beer, Germany, amateur astronomer (constructed 1st Moon map) was born on this day in history.   

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 on this day in history.   

Jan 31   Franz Peter Schubert, Lichtenthal Aust, composer (Unfinished Symphony) was born on this day in history.   

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

Jan 13   In the year 1797 elisabeth C von Brunswick-Bevern, wife of Frederick II, dies at 81   

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

Feb 08   Johann Friedrich Doles, composer, dies at 81 on this day in history.   

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   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