Page 2: Historical Events In 1797

Feb 26   On this day in history bank of England issues first £1-note   

Feb 26   On this day in history first ever pound note issued by the Bank of England   

Feb 27   Benvenuto Robbio San Rafaele, composer, dies at 61 in the year 1797.   

Feb 28   In the year 1797 mary Lyon, US, educator (Mt Holyoke) (Hall of Fame)   

Mar 01   On this day in history juan Manuel Olivares, composer, dies at 36   

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

Mar 04   John Adams inaugurated as 2nd President of US in the year 1797.   

Mar 07   On this day in history karl Schwencke, composer   

Mar 13   Cherubini's opera "Medée," premieres in Paris on this day in history.   

Mar 19   On this day in history philip Hayes, composer, dies at 58   

Mar 22   On this day in history kaiser Wilhelm I, German emperor (1871-88)   

Mar 24   On this day in history antonio Rosmini-Serbati, philosopher/founder (Institute of Charity)   

Mar 25   John Winebrenner, US, clergyman, founded Church of God in the year 1797.   

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

Mar 27   Alfred V Comte de Vigny, French musketeer/writer (Moise, Chatterton) on this day in history.   

Mar 28   On this day in history nathaniel Briggs of New Hampshire patents a washing machine   

Mar 28   Nathaniel Briggs of NH patents a washing machine on this day in history.   

Apr 03   In the year 1797 cAPT Thomas Truxtun issued first known American signal book using numerary system   

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

Apr 10   On this day in history claude Ambroise Seurat, Troyes France, (World's skinniest man)   

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

Apr 14   Adolphe Thiers, 1st president of 3rd French Republic (1871-77) in the year 1797.   

Apr 17   On this day in history jean-Baptiste-Joseph Tolbecque, Belgian composer/conductor   

Apr 17   On this day in history sir Ralph Abercromby attacks San Juan, Puerto Rico in what would be one of the largest invasions to Spanish territories in America.   

Apr 18   On this day in history france & Austria signs cease fire   

Apr 18   Louis-Adolphe Thiers, president of France on this day in history.   

Apr 30   Andreas V Michiels, Dutch military governor of West-Sumatra in the year 1797.   

May 05   Napoleon I's sister Elisa marries Felix Bacciochi on this day in history.   

May 10   1st Navy ship, the "United States," is launched on this day in history.   

May 10   On this day in history the first Navy ship, the "United States" is launched   

May 10   The first U.S. Navy ship, the "United States" is launched in the year 1797.   

May 12   First Coalition: Napoleon I of France conquers Venice on this day in history.   

May 12   Johann Hermann Kufferath, composer in the year 1797.   

May 18   Frederick Augustus II, King of Saxony (1836-54) on this day in history.   

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Jan 04   In the year 1797 birth of wilhelm Beer, Germany, amateur astronomer (constructed 1st Moon map)   

Jan 10   In the year 1797 birth of annette von Droste-Hülshoff, German writer (d. 1848)   

Jan 12   In the year 1797 birth of gideon Brecher, Austrian physician (d. 1873)   

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   In the year 1797 birth of franz Peter Schubert, Lichtenthal Aust, composer (Unfinished Symphony)   

Feb 06   In the year 1797 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.   

Jan 11   Francis Lightfoot Lee, US farmer (singer Decl of Independ), dies at 62 in the year 1797.   

Jan 13   In the year 1797 elisabeth C von Brunswick-Bevern, wife of Frederick II, dies at 81   

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

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

Feb 11   Antoine Dauvergne, composer, dies at 83 on this day in history.   

Feb 22   Karl Friedrich Hieronymus Freiherr von Münchhausen, German officer and adventurer (b. 1720) died in the year 1797.   

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

Mar 01   On this day in history juan Manuel Olivares, composer, dies at 36