Historical Events In 1797

May 27   In the year 1797 francois-Noal "Gracchus" Babeuf, French utopian socialist, dies at 36  

May 30   Carl Ludwig Junker, composer, dies at 48 on this day in history.  

May 30   Johann Christian Lobe, composer in the year 1797.  

Jun 02   In the year 1797 1st ascent of "Great Mountain" (4,622') in Adirondack NY (C Broadhead)  

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

Jun 06   Napoleon forms Ligurische Republic on this day in history.  

Jun 17   On this day in history aga Mohammed Khan, cruel ruler of Persia, castrated & killed  

Jun 24   On this day in history 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! in the year 1797.  

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   1st US frigate, the "United States," is launched in Phila in the year 1797.  

Jul 10   In the year 1797 pieter L Uys, South African pioneer (Great Pull)  

Jul 19   On this day in history johann Gottlieb Schneider, composer  

Jul 21   On this day in history franz Schoberlechner, composer  

Jul 25   Horatio Nelson loses more than 300 men and his right arm during the failed conquest attempt of Tenerife (Spain) in the year 1797.  

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

Aug 03   In the year 1797 emperor Francis I permits Jews who served in military in "Countries of Bohemian Crown" to marry non Jews  

Aug 03   On this day in history jeffrey Amherst, English gov-gen of America, dies at 80  

Aug 05   On this day in history friedrich August Kummer, composer  

Aug 12   On this day in history ignaz Franz Xaver Kurzinger, composer, dies at 73  

Aug 16   On this day in history 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 on this day in history.  

Aug 30   Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, London England, author (Frankenstein) on this day in history.  

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

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

Sep 06   On this day in history wililam "Extra Billy" Smith, Confederacy (Confederate Army)  

Sep 16   On this day in history anthony Panizzi, Librarian at British Museum  

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

Sep 20   On this day in history uS frigate Constitution (Old Ironsides) launched in Boston  

Sep 23   In the year 1797 johann Georg Roser, composer, dies at 57  

Oct 04   J Gotthelf, writer in the year 1797.  

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Jan 04   On this day in history 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   On this day in history 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   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 on this day in history.  

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 on this day in history.  

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

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