Page 2: Historical Events In 1797

Feb 26   Bank of England issues first £1-note in the year 1797.   

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 on this day in history.   

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

Mar 07   Karl Schwencke, composer on this day in history.   

Mar 13   Cherubini's opera "Medée," premieres in Paris in the year 1797.   

Mar 19   Philip Hayes, composer, dies at 58 in the year 1797.   

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

Mar 24   Antonio Rosmini-Serbati, philosopher/founder (Institute of Charity) in the year 1797.   

Mar 25   In the year 1797 john Winebrenner, US, clergyman, founded Church of God   

Mar 26   James Hutton, geologist, dies in the year 1797.   

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

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 in the year 1797.   

Apr 03   On this day in history cAPT Thomas Truxtun issued first known American signal book using numerary system   

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

Apr 10   In the year 1797 claude Ambroise Seurat, Troyes France, (World's skinniest man)   

Apr 12   In the year 1797 josef Antonin Stepan, composer, dies at 71   

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   France & Austria signs cease fire in the year 1797.   

Apr 18   On this day in history louis-Adolphe Thiers, president of France   

Apr 30   In the year 1797 andreas V Michiels, Dutch military governor of West-Sumatra   

May 05   In the year 1797 napoleon I's sister Elisa marries Felix Bacciochi   

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

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

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

May 12   First Coalition: Napoleon I of France conquers Venice in the year 1797.   

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

May 18   In the year 1797 frederick Augustus II, King of Saxony (1836-54)   

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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 on this day in history.   

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   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   On this day in history birth of henry Engelhard Steinway, piano maker (Steinway)   

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

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

Jan 30   On this day in history 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 in the year 1797.   

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

Feb 27   Benvenuto Robbio San Rafaele, composer, dies at 61 on this day in history.   

Mar 01   Juan Manuel Olivares, composer, dies at 36 in the year 1797.