Famous Deaths Happened In 1797

Jan 11 Francis lightfoot lee: Us farmer (singer decl of independ),  

Jan 13 Elisabeth c von brunswick-bevern: Wife of frederick ii,  

Jan 30 Johann abraham sixt: Composer,  

Feb 08 Johann friedrich doles: Composer,  

Feb 11 Antoine dauvergne: Composer,  

Feb 22 Karl friedrich hieronymus freiherr von münchhausen: German officer and adventurer (b. 1720)  

Feb 27 Benvenuto robbio san rafaele: Composer,  

Mar 01 Juan manuel olivares: Composer,  

Mar 02 Horace [horatio] walpole: British horror writer,  

Mar 19 Philip hayes: Composer,  

Mar 26 James hutton: Geologist,  

Apr 03 Nonnosus madlseder: Composer,  

Apr 12 Josef antonin stepan: Composer,  

May 17 Michel-jean sedaine: French dramatist (b. 1719)  

May 25 John griffin whitwell: 4th baron howard de walden, british field marshal (b. 1719)  

May 27 Francois-noal "gracchus" babeuf: French utopian socialist,  

May 30 Carl ludwig junker: Composer,  

Jun 17 Aga mohammed khan: Cruel ruler of persia, castrated & killed  

Jul 09 Edmund burke: British author/parliament leader (reflections),  

Jul 11 Ienăchiţă văcărescu: Wallachian writer (b. 1740)  

Jul 29 Christoph rheineck: Composer,  

Aug 03 Jeffrey amherst: English gov-gen of america,  

Aug 12 Ignaz franz xaver kurzinger: Composer,  

Aug 22 Dagobert sigmund von wurmser: Alsatian-born austrian general (b. 1724)  

Sep 10 Mary wollstonecraft: English author (b. 1759)  

Sep 18 Louis-lazare hoche: French revolutionary general,  

Sep 23 Johann georg roser: Composer,  

Oct 09 Elia van vilnius: Latvian rabbi,  

Oct 10 Carter braxton: Us boer/signer (decl of independence),  

Oct 12 Pierre de jelyotte: Composer,  

Nov 16 Frederik willem ii: King of prussia (1786-97),  

Nov 18 Jacques-alexandre laffon de ladebat: French shipbuilder and merchant (b. 1719)  

Nov 29 Samuel langdon: American president of harvard university (b. 1723)  

Dec 01 Oliver wolcott: Us judge/signer (decl of independence),  

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Jan 04 Wilhelm beer: Germany, amateur astronomer (constructed 1st moon map)  

Jan 10 Annette von droste-hülshoff: German writer  

Jan 12 Gideon brecher: Austrian physician  

Jan 22 Maria leopoldina of austria: Empress of brazil  

Jan 30 Edwin vose sumner: Major general (union volunteers), died in 1863  

Jan 31 Franz peter schubert: Lichtenthal aust, composer (unfinished symphony)  

Feb 06 Joseph maria von radowitz: Prussian minister of foreign affairs  

Feb 15 Henry engelhard steinway: Piano maker (steinway)