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

Jan 30 Johann Abraham Sixt, composer, dies at 40 on this day in history.  

Feb 08 On this day in history johann Friedrich Doles, composer, dies at 81  

Feb 11 On this day in history 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 Benvenuto Robbio San Rafaele, composer, dies at 61 in the year 1797.  

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

Mar 02 Horace [Horatio] Walpole, British horror writer, dies at 79 in the year 1797.  

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

Mar 26 On this day in history james Hutton, geologist, dies  

Apr 03 Nonnosus Madlseder, composer, dies at 66 on this day in history.  

Apr 12 On this day in history josef Antonin Stepan, composer, dies at 71  

May 17 Michel-Jean Sedaine, French dramatist (b. 1719) died in the year 1797.  

May 25 On this day in history death of john Griffin Whitwell, 4th Baron Howard de Walden, British field marshal (b. 1719)  

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

May 30 In the year 1797 carl Ludwig Junker, composer, dies at 48  

Jun 17 On this day in history death of aga Mohammed Khan, cruel ruler of Persia, castrated & killed  

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 Christoph Rheineck, composer, dies at 48 on this day in history.  

Aug 03 In the year 1797 jeffrey Amherst, English gov-gen of America, dies at 80  

Aug 12 Ignaz Franz Xaver Kurzinger, composer, dies at 73 on this day in history.  

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 On this day in history louis-Lazare Hoche, French revolutionary general, dies  

Sep 23 Johann Georg Roser, composer, dies at 57 on this day in history.  

Oct 09 Elia van Vilnius, Latvian rabbi, dies at 77 on this day in history.  

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

Oct 12 On this day in history pierre de Jelyotte, composer, dies at 84  

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 On this day in history death of samuel Langdon, American President of Harvard University (b. 1723)  

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 On this day in history birth of annette von Droste-Hülshoff, German writer (d. 1848)  

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

Jan 22 In the year 1797 birth of maria Leopoldina of Austria, Empress of Brazil (d. 1826)  

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 In the year 1797 birth of henry Engelhard Steinway, piano maker (Steinway)