Page 4: Historical Events In 1797
Sunday, 15 June 2025
Oct 09 Elia van Vilnius, Latvian rabbi, dies at 77 in the year 1797.
Oct 10 Carter Braxton, US boer/signer (Decl of Independence), dies at 61 on this day in history.
Oct 11 On this day in history battle at Kamperduin: English fleet destroys Bataafse
Oct 11 In the year 1797 british naval forces defeat Dutch off Camperdown, the Netherlands
Oct 12 In the year 1797 pierre de Jelyotte, composer, dies at 84
Oct 13 In the year 1797 william Motherwell, Scottish civil servant/poet
Oct 17 Peace of Campo Formio: Austrian Dutch possessions & France on this day in history.
Oct 21 On this day in history uS Navy frigate Constitution, Old Ironsides, launched in Boston
Oct 22 1st sky diver (Andre-Jacques Trim, above Paris) in the year 1797.
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 On this day in history john J Rochussen, governor-general of Dutch-Indies (1845-51)
Nov 04 Aleksander A Bestuzhev-Marlinsky, Russian author in the year 1797.
Nov 07 Silas Horton Stringham, Rear Admiral (Union Navy), died in 1876 on this day in history.
Nov 14 On this day in history charles Lyell, Scotland, geologist (Principles of Geology)
Nov 16 Frederik Willem II, king of Prussia (1786-97), dies at 53 on this day in history.
Nov 23 In the year 1797 gabor Matray, composer
Nov 29 On this day in history domenico Gaetano Maria Donizetti, composer
Dec 01 Oliver Wolcott, US judge/signer (Decl of Independence), dies at 71 in the year 1797.
Dec 03 On this day in history francis P Kenrick, Irish/US archbishop of Baltimore
Dec 11 Hiram Paulding, Rear Admiral (Union Navy), died in 1878 on this day in history.
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 On this day in history josef Theodor Krov, composer
Dec 22 Giovanni Marco Rutini, composer, dies at 74 in the year 1797.
Dec 26 In the year 1797 hans Skramstad, composer
Dec 26 In the year 1797 john Wilkes, English journalist/Higher/Lower house leader, dies at 72
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