Page 3: 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 on this day in history.   

May 30   On this day in history 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   In the year 1797 napoleon forms Ligurische Republic   

Jun 17   In the year 1797 aga Mohammed Khan, cruel ruler of Persia, castrated & killed   

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! on this day in history.   

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   Edmund Burke, British author/parliament leader (Reflections), dies at 68 on this day in history.   

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

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   Franz Schoberlechner, composer on this day in history.   

Jul 25   In the year 1797 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 on this day in history.   

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

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

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

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

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   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   On this day in history louis-Lazare Hoche, French revolutionary general, dies   

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   J Gotthelf, writer on this day in history.   

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Jan 04   Wilhelm Beer, Germany, amateur astronomer (constructed 1st Moon map) was born in the year 1797.   

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   In the year 1797 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   In the year 1797 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 on this day in history.   

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 on this day in history.   

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

Feb 08   Johann Friedrich Doles, composer, dies at 81 in the year 1797.   

Feb 11   On this day in history antoine Dauvergne, composer, dies at 83   

Feb 22   On this day in history death of karl Friedrich Hieronymus Freiherr von Münchhausen, German officer and adventurer (b. 1720)   

Feb 27   In the year 1797 benvenuto Robbio San Rafaele, composer, dies at 61   

Mar 01   On this day in history juan Manuel Olivares, composer, dies at 36