Historical Events In 1797

May 27   Francois-Noal "Gracchus" Babeuf, French utopian socialist, dies at 36 in the year 1797.  

May 30   In the year 1797 carl Ludwig Junker, composer, dies at 48  

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   First ascent of "Great Mountain" (4,622') in Adirondack NY (C Broadhead) in the year 1797.  

Jun 06   On this day in history napoleon forms Ligurische Republic  

Jun 17   Aga Mohammed Khan, cruel ruler of Persia, castrated & killed on this day in history.  

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

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   In the year 1797 charles Newbold patents first 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 in the year 1797.  

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

Jul 09   Edmund Burke, British author/parliament leader (Reflections), dies at 68 in the year 1797.  

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

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

Jul 19   In the year 1797 johann Gottlieb Schneider, composer  

Jul 21   Franz Schoberlechner, composer in the year 1797.  

Jul 25   On this day in history 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 in the year 1797.  

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

Aug 03   Jeffrey Amherst, English gov-gen of America, dies at 80 on this day in history.  

Aug 05   Friedrich August Kummer, composer in the year 1797.  

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

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

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) in the year 1797.  

Aug 30   The birth of Mary Shelley, English novelist and creator of 'Frankenstein' on this day in history.  

Sep 01   2nd National Meeting in Hague on this day in history.  

Sep 06   In the year 1797 wililam "Extra Billy" Smith, Confederacy (Confederate Army)  

Sep 16   Anthony Panizzi, Librarian at British Museum in the year 1797.  

Sep 18   Louis-Lazare Hoche, French revolutionary general, dies in the year 1797.  

Sep 20   In the year 1797 uS frigate Constitution (Old Ironsides) launched in Boston  

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   In the year 1797 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   Edwin Vose Sumner, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1863 was born in the year 1797.  

Jan 31   In the year 1797 birth of franz Peter Schubert, Lichtenthal Aust, composer (Unfinished Symphony)  

Feb 06   In the year 1797 birth of joseph Maria von Radowitz, Prussian minister of Foreign affairs  

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

Jan 30   Johann Abraham Sixt, composer, dies at 40 in the year 1797.  

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

Feb 11   On this day in history 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   On this day in history benvenuto Robbio San Rafaele, composer, dies at 61  

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