Famous Deaths Happened In 1797

Jan 11 In the year 1797 francis Lightfoot Lee, US farmer (singer Decl of Independ), dies at 62  

Jan 13 Elisabeth C von Brunswick-Bevern, wife of Frederick II, dies at 81 in the year 1797.  

Jan 30 In the year 1797 johann Abraham Sixt, composer, dies at 40  

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

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 in the year 1797.  

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

Mar 19 On this day in history 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 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 John Griffin Whitwell, 4th Baron Howard de Walden, British field marshal (b. 1719) died on this day in history.  

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 In the year 1797 death of aga Mohammed Khan, cruel ruler of Persia, castrated & killed  

Jul 09 Edmund Burke, British author/parliament leader (Reflections), dies at 68 in the year 1797.  

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 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 on this day in history.  

Aug 22 Dagobert Sigmund von Wurmser, Alsatian-born Austrian general (b. 1724) died on this day in history.  

Sep 10 Mary Wollstonecraft, English author (b. 1759) died in the year 1797.  

Sep 18 On this day in history louis-Lazare Hoche, French revolutionary general, dies  

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

Oct 09 On this day in history elia van Vilnius, Latvian rabbi, dies at 77  

Oct 10 In the year 1797 carter Braxton, US boer/signer (Decl of Independence), dies at 61  

Oct 12 Pierre de Jelyotte, composer, dies at 84 in the year 1797.  

Nov 16 Frederik Willem II, king of Prussia (1786-97), dies at 53 on this day in history.  

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 On this day in history birth of wilhelm Beer, Germany, amateur astronomer (constructed 1st Moon map)  

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

Jan 30 In the year 1797 birth of edwin Vose Sumner, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1863  

Jan 31 On this day in history birth of franz Peter Schubert, Lichtenthal Aust, composer (Unfinished Symphony)  

Feb 06 Joseph Maria von Radowitz, Prussian minister of Foreign affairs was born in the year 1797.  

Feb 15 Henry Engelhard Steinway, piano maker (Steinway) was born on this day in history.