Historical Events In 1797

Feb 26   In the year 1797 bank of England issues first £1-note   

Feb 26   In the year 1797 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   Mary Lyon, US, educator (Mt Holyoke) (Hall of Fame) in the year 1797.   

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

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

Mar 04   On this day in history john Adams inaugurated as 2nd President of US   

Mar 07   In the year 1797 karl Schwencke, composer   

Mar 13   On this day in history cherubini's opera "Medée," premieres in Paris   

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

Mar 22   Kaiser Wilhelm I, German emperor (1871-88) on this day in history.   

Mar 24   In the year 1797 antonio Rosmini-Serbati, philosopher/founder (Institute of Charity)   

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

Mar 26   James Hutton, geologist, dies on this day in history.   

Mar 27   Alfred V Comte de Vigny, French musketeer/writer (Moise, Chatterton) in the year 1797.   

Mar 28   In the year 1797 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   CAPT Thomas Truxtun issued first known American signal book using numerary system in the year 1797.   

Apr 03   Nonnosus Madlseder, composer, dies at 66 in the year 1797.   

Apr 10   Claude Ambroise Seurat, Troyes France, (World's skinniest man) on this day in history.   

Apr 12   Josef Antonin Stepan, composer, dies at 71 in the year 1797.   

Apr 14   On this day in history adolphe Thiers, 1st president of 3rd French Republic (1871-77)   

Apr 17   Jean-Baptiste-Joseph Tolbecque, Belgian composer/conductor in the year 1797.   

Apr 17   Sir Ralph Abercromby attacks San Juan, Puerto Rico in what would be one of the largest invasions to Spanish territories in America in the year 1797.   

Apr 18   France & Austria signs cease fire on this day in history.   

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

Apr 30   Andreas V Michiels, Dutch military governor of West-Sumatra on this day in history.   

May 05   On this day in history napoleon I's sister Elisa marries Felix Bacciochi   

May 10   In the year 1797 1st Navy ship, the "United States," is launched   

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 on this day in history.   

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

May 12   On this day in history johann Hermann Kufferath, composer   

May 18   Frederick Augustus II, King of Saxony (1836-54) in the year 1797.   

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

Jan 31   In the year 1797 birth of franz Peter Schubert, Lichtenthal Aust, composer (Unfinished Symphony)   

Feb 06   Joseph Maria von Radowitz, Prussian minister of Foreign affairs was born on this day in history.   

Feb 15   In the year 1797 birth of henry Engelhard Steinway, piano maker (Steinway)   

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

Jan 13   Elisabeth C von Brunswick-Bevern, wife of Frederick II, dies at 81 on this day in history.   

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

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