Famous Deaths Happened In 1797

Jan 11 On this day in history francis Lightfoot Lee, US farmer (singer Decl of Independ), dies at 62  

Jan 13 On this day in history elisabeth C von Brunswick-Bevern, wife of Frederick II, dies at 81  

Jan 30 Johann Abraham Sixt, composer, dies at 40 in the year 1797.  

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

Feb 11 On this day in history antoine Dauvergne, composer, dies at 83  

Feb 22 In the year 1797 death of karl Friedrich Hieronymus Freiherr von Münchhausen, German officer and adventurer (b. 1720)  

Feb 27 On this day in history benvenuto Robbio San Rafaele, composer, dies at 61  

Mar 01 In the year 1797 juan Manuel Olivares, composer, dies at 36  

Mar 02 In the year 1797 horace [Horatio] Walpole, British horror writer, dies at 79  

Mar 19 In the year 1797 philip Hayes, composer, dies at 58  

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

Apr 03 In the year 1797 nonnosus Madlseder, composer, dies at 66  

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

May 17 In the year 1797 death of michel-Jean Sedaine, French dramatist (b. 1719)  

May 25 John Griffin Whitwell, 4th Baron Howard de Walden, British field marshal (b. 1719) died in the year 1797.  

May 27 Francois-Noal "Gracchus" Babeuf, French utopian socialist, dies at 36 in the year 1797.  

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 Edmund Burke, British author/parliament leader (Reflections), dies at 68 on this day in history.  

Jul 11 Ienăchiţă Văcărescu, Wallachian writer (b. 1740) died on this day in history.  

Jul 29 On this day in history christoph Rheineck, composer, dies at 48  

Aug 03 On this day in history jeffrey Amherst, English gov-gen of America, dies at 80  

Aug 12 Ignaz Franz Xaver Kurzinger, composer, dies at 73 in the year 1797.  

Aug 22 On this day in history 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 Johann Georg Roser, composer, dies at 57 in the year 1797.  

Oct 09 Elia van Vilnius, Latvian rabbi, dies at 77 in the year 1797.  

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 Frederik Willem II, king of Prussia (1786-97), dies at 53 in the year 1797.  

Nov 18 On this day in history death of jacques-Alexandre Laffon de Ladebat, French shipbuilder and merchant (b. 1719)  

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

Dec 01 Oliver Wolcott, US judge/signer (Decl of Independence), dies at 71 in the year 1797.  

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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 on this day in history.  

Jan 12 Gideon Brecher, Austrian physician (d. 1873) was born in the year 1797.  

Jan 22 Maria Leopoldina of Austria, Empress of Brazil (d. 1826) was born in the year 1797.  

Jan 30 Edwin Vose Sumner, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1863 was born on this day in history.  

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.