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   In the year 1797 birth of maria Leopoldina of Austria, Empress of Brazil (d. 1826)   

Jan 30   On this day in history birth of edwin Vose Sumner, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1863   

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 on this day in history.   

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   In the year 1797 elisabeth C von Brunswick-Bevern, wife of Frederick II, dies at 81   

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

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

Feb 11   Antoine Dauvergne, composer, dies at 83 on this day in history.   

Feb 22   Karl Friedrich Hieronymus Freiherr von Münchhausen, German officer and adventurer (b. 1720) died on this day in history.   

Feb 27   Benvenuto Robbio San Rafaele, composer, dies at 61 on this day in history.   

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