Famous Deaths Happened In 1797

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

Mar 02 Horace [Horatio] Walpole, British horror writer, dies at 79 on this day in history.  

Mar 19 Philip Hayes, composer, dies at 58 on this day in history.  

Mar 26 In the year 1797 james Hutton, geologist, dies  

Apr 03 Nonnosus Madlseder, composer, dies at 66 in the year 1797.  

Apr 12 Josef Antonin Stepan, composer, dies at 71 on this day in history.  

May 17 On this day in history death of michel-Jean Sedaine, French dramatist (b. 1719)  

May 25 In the year 1797 death of john Griffin Whitwell, 4th Baron Howard de Walden, British field marshal (b. 1719)  

May 27 In the year 1797 francois-Noal "Gracchus" Babeuf, French utopian socialist, dies at 36  

May 30 Carl Ludwig Junker, composer, dies at 48 on this day in history.  

Jun 17 Aga Mohammed Khan, cruel ruler of Persia, castrated & killed died on this day in history.  

Jul 09 On this day in history edmund Burke, British author/parliament leader (Reflections), dies at 68  

Jul 11 On this day in history death of ienăchiţă Văcărescu, Wallachian writer (b. 1740)  

Jul 29 In the year 1797 christoph Rheineck, composer, dies at 48  

Aug 03 Jeffrey Amherst, English gov-gen of America, dies at 80 on this day in history.  

Aug 12 In the year 1797 ignaz Franz Xaver Kurzinger, composer, dies at 73  

Aug 22 In the year 1797 death of dagobert Sigmund von Wurmser, Alsatian-born Austrian general (b. 1724)  

Sep 10 Mary Wollstonecraft, English author (b. 1759) died on this day in history.  

Sep 18 In the year 1797 louis-Lazare Hoche, French revolutionary general, dies  

Sep 23 On this day in history johann Georg Roser, composer, dies at 57  

Oct 09 In the year 1797 elia van Vilnius, Latvian rabbi, dies at 77  

Oct 10 On this day in history carter Braxton, US boer/signer (Decl of Independence), dies at 61  

Oct 12 Pierre de Jelyotte, composer, dies at 84 on this day in history.  

Nov 16 In the year 1797 frederik Willem II, king of Prussia (1786-97), dies at 53  

Nov 18 Jacques-Alexandre Laffon de Ladebat, French shipbuilder and merchant (b. 1719) died on this day in history.  

Nov 29 Samuel Langdon, American President of Harvard University (b. 1723) died on this day in history.  

Dec 01 On this day in history oliver Wolcott, US judge/signer (Decl of Independence), dies at 71  

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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 Maria Leopoldina of Austria, Empress of Brazil (d. 1826) was born on this day in history.  

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