Historical Events In 1797

May 27   Francois-Noal "Gracchus" Babeuf, French utopian socialist, dies at 36 on this day in history.  

May 30   Carl Ludwig Junker, composer, dies at 48 in the year 1797.  

May 30   In the year 1797 johann Christian Lobe, composer  

Jun 02   1st ascent of "Great Mountain" (4,622') in Adirondack NY (C Broadhead) on this day in history.  

Jun 02   In the year 1797 first ascent of "Great Mountain" (4,622') in Adirondack NY (C Broadhead)  

Jun 06   On this day in history napoleon forms Ligurische Republic  

Jun 17   Aga Mohammed Khan, cruel ruler of Persia, castrated & killed in the year 1797.  

Jun 24   John Hughes, archbishop, founded Fordham University in the Bronx in the year 1797.  

Jun 26   In the year 1797 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 first cast-iron plow. Farmers fear the effects of the iron on the soil on this day in history.  

Jul 08   On this day in history 1st US senator (William Blount of Tennessee) expelled by impeachment  

Jul 08   First US senator (William Blount of Tennessee) expelled by impeachment in the year 1797.  

Jul 09   In the year 1797 edmund Burke, British author/parliament leader (Reflections), dies at 68  

Jul 10   On this day in history 1st US frigate, the "United States," is launched in Phila  

Jul 10   On this day in history pieter L Uys, South African pioneer (Great Pull)  

Jul 19   Johann Gottlieb Schneider, composer in the year 1797.  

Jul 21   Franz Schoberlechner, composer in the year 1797.  

Jul 25   Horatio Nelson loses more than 300 men and his right arm during the failed conquest attempt of Tenerife (Spain) on this day in history.  

Jul 29   Christoph Rheineck, composer, dies at 48 in the year 1797.  

Aug 03   On this day in history 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 in the year 1797.  

Aug 05   In the year 1797 friedrich August Kummer, composer  

Aug 12   Ignaz Franz Xaver Kurzinger, composer, dies at 73 in the year 1797.  

Aug 16   On this day in history comet C/1797 P1 (Bouvard-Herschel) approaches 0.0879 AUs of Earth  

Aug 23   On this day in history emanuel Allen sold at public auction in Montreal; last slave transaction in Canada.  

Aug 30   On this day in history mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, London England, author (Frankenstein)  

Aug 30   In the year 1797 the birth of Mary Shelley, English novelist and creator of 'Frankenstein'  

Sep 01   2nd National Meeting in Hague in the year 1797.  

Sep 06   Wililam "Extra Billy" Smith, Confederacy (Confederate Army) on this day in history.  

Sep 16   In the year 1797 anthony Panizzi, Librarian at British Museum  

Sep 18   In the year 1797 louis-Lazare Hoche, French revolutionary general, dies  

Sep 20   US frigate Constitution (Old Ironsides) launched in Boston on this day in history.  

Sep 23   Johann Georg Roser, composer, dies at 57 on this day in history.  

Oct 04   In the year 1797 j Gotthelf, writer  

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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 in the year 1797.  

Jan 12   Gideon Brecher, Austrian physician (d. 1873) was born on this day in history.  

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

Jan 30   On this day in history 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   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   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 in the year 1797.  

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   On this day in history death of karl Friedrich Hieronymus Freiherr von Münchhausen, German officer and adventurer (b. 1720)  

Feb 27   Benvenuto Robbio San Rafaele, composer, dies at 61 in the year 1797.  

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