Page 4: Historical Events In 1797

Oct 11   Battle at Kamperduin: English fleet destroys Bataafse   

Oct 11   British naval forces defeat Dutch off Camperdown, the Netherlands   

Oct 12   Pierre de Jelyotte, composer, dies at 84.   

Oct 13   William Motherwell, Scottish civil servant/poet   

Oct 17   Peace of Campo Formio: Austrian Dutch possessions and France   

Oct 21   US Navy frigate Constitution, Old Ironsides, launched in Boston   

Oct 22   1st sky diver (Andre-Jacques Trim, above Paris)   

Oct 22   Andr,-Jacques Garnerin makes inaugural parachute jump from balloon (Paris)   

Oct 22   The inaugural Parachute Jump from hot air balloon over Paris   

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

Nov 04   Aleksander A Bestuzhev-Marlinsky, Russian author   

Nov 07   Silas Horton Stringham, Rear Admiral (Union Navy), died in 1876.   

Nov 14   Charles Lyell, Scotland, geologist (Principles of Geology).   

Nov 16   Frederik Willem II, king of Prussia (1786-97), dies at 53   

Nov 23   Gabor Matray, composer.   

Nov 29   Domenico Gaetano Maria Donizetti, composer   

Dec 01   Oliver Wolcott, US judge/signer (Decl of Independence), dies at 71   

Dec 03   Francis P Kenrick, Irish/US archbishop of Baltimore.   

Dec 11   Hiram Paulding, Rear Admiral (Union Navy), died in 1878   

Dec 13   Heinrich Heine, German romantic poet and writer is born.   

Dec 13   Heinrich Heine, Germany, poet/lyricist (Schubert, Liszt).   

Dec 17   Joseph Henry, US, scientist/inventor/pioneer of electromagnetism   

Dec 19   Josef Theodor Krov, composer   

Dec 22   Giovanni Marco Rutini, composer, dies at 74   

Dec 26   Hans Skramstad, composer.   

Dec 26   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 in the year 1797.   

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   On this day in history birth of maria Leopoldina of Austria, Empress of Brazil (d. 1826)   

Jan 30   In the year 1797 birth of edwin Vose Sumner, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1863   

Jan 31   Franz Peter Schubert, Lichtenthal Aust, composer (Unfinished Symphony) was born on this day in history.   

Feb 06   On this day in history birth of joseph Maria von Radowitz, Prussian minister of Foreign affairs   

Feb 15   Henry Engelhard Steinway, piano maker (Steinway) was born in the year 1797.   

Jan 11   In the year 1797 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 on this day in history.   

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

Feb 08   In the year 1797 johann Friedrich Doles, composer, dies at 81   

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

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