Page 4: Historical Events In 1797

Oct 09   On this day in history elia van Vilnius, Latvian rabbi, dies at 77   

Oct 10   Carter Braxton, US boer/signer (Decl of Independence), dies at 61 in the year 1797.   

Oct 11   On this day in history battle at Kamperduin: English fleet destroys Bataafse   

Oct 11   British naval forces defeat Dutch off Camperdown, the Netherlands in the year 1797.   

Oct 12   On this day in history pierre de Jelyotte, composer, dies at 84   

Oct 13   On this day in history william Motherwell, Scottish civil servant/poet   

Oct 17   Peace of Campo Formio: Austrian Dutch possessions & France in the year 1797.   

Oct 21   In the year 1797 uS Navy frigate Constitution, Old Ironsides, launched in Boston   

Oct 22   1st sky diver (Andre-Jacques Trim, above Paris) on this day in history.   

Oct 22   On this day in history andr,-Jacques Garnerin makes first parachute jump from balloon (Paris)   

Oct 22   The First Parachute Jump from hot air balloon over Paris on this day in history.   

Oct 23   John J Rochussen, governor-general of Dutch-Indies (1845-51) in the year 1797.   

Nov 04   Aleksander A Bestuzhev-Marlinsky, Russian author in the year 1797.   

Nov 07   In the year 1797 silas Horton Stringham, Rear Admiral (Union Navy), died in 1876   

Nov 14   Charles Lyell, Scotland, geologist (Principles of Geology) in the year 1797.   

Nov 16   On this day in history frederik Willem II, king of Prussia (1786-97), dies at 53   

Nov 23   In the year 1797 gabor Matray, composer   

Nov 29   Domenico Gaetano Maria Donizetti, composer in the year 1797.   

Dec 01   In the year 1797 oliver Wolcott, US judge/signer (Decl of Independence), dies at 71   

Dec 03   Francis P Kenrick, Irish/US archbishop of Baltimore in the year 1797.   

Dec 11   In the year 1797 hiram Paulding, Rear Admiral (Union Navy), died in 1878   

Dec 13   Heinrich Heine, Germany, poet/lyricist (Schubert, Liszt) on this day in history.   

Dec 13   On this day in history the birth of Heinrich Heine, German romantic poet and writer   

Dec 17   Joseph Henry, US, scientist/inventor/pioneer of electromagnetism in the year 1797.   

Dec 19   Josef Theodor Krov, composer in the year 1797.   

Dec 22   Giovanni Marco Rutini, composer, dies at 74 in the year 1797.   

Dec 26   In the year 1797 hans Skramstad, composer   

Dec 26   On this day in history john Wilkes, English journalist/Higher/Lower house leader, dies at 72   

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

Jan 10   In the year 1797 birth of annette von Droste-Hülshoff, German writer (d. 1848)   

Jan 12   Gideon Brecher, Austrian physician (d. 1873) was born in the year 1797.   

Jan 22   Maria Leopoldina of Austria, Empress of Brazil (d. 1826) was born in the year 1797.   

Jan 30   Edwin Vose Sumner, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1863 was born on this day in history.   

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 in the year 1797.   

Feb 15   On this day in history birth of henry Engelhard Steinway, piano maker (Steinway)   

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 on this day in history.   

Jan 30   On this day in history johann Abraham Sixt, composer, dies at 40   

Feb 08   On this day in history johann Friedrich Doles, composer, dies at 81   

Feb 11   Antoine Dauvergne, composer, dies at 83 in the year 1797.   

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 on this day in history.   

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