Page 2: Historical Events In 1797

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

Feb 26   First ever pound note issued by the Bank of England in the year 1797.   

Feb 27   In the year 1797 benvenuto Robbio San Rafaele, composer, dies at 61   

Feb 28   On this day in history mary Lyon, US, educator (Mt Holyoke) (Hall of Fame)   

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

Mar 02   Horace [Horatio] Walpole, British horror writer, dies at 79 on this day in history.   

Mar 04   In the year 1797 john Adams inaugurated as 2nd President of US   

Mar 07   In the year 1797 karl Schwencke, composer   

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

Mar 19   Philip Hayes, composer, dies at 58 on this day in history.   

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

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

Mar 27   On this day in history alfred V Comte de Vigny, French musketeer/writer (Moise, Chatterton)   

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

Mar 28   Nathaniel Briggs of NH patents a washing machine in the year 1797.   

Apr 03   CAPT Thomas Truxtun issued first known American signal book using numerary system in the year 1797.   

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

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

Apr 12   On this day in history 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   Jean-Baptiste-Joseph Tolbecque, Belgian composer/conductor in the year 1797.   

Apr 17   In the year 1797 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   In the year 1797 louis-Adolphe Thiers, president of France   

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 in the year 1797.   

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

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

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

May 12   In the year 1797 first Coalition: Napoleon I of France conquers Venice.   

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

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

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Jan 04   Wilhelm Beer, Germany, amateur astronomer (constructed 1st Moon map) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 10   Annette von Droste-Hülshoff, German writer (d. 1848) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 12   On this day in history birth of gideon Brecher, Austrian physician (d. 1873)   

Jan 22   Maria Leopoldina of Austria, Empress of Brazil (d. 1826) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 30   On this day in history birth of edwin Vose Sumner, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1863   

Jan 31   Franz Peter Schubert, Lichtenthal Aust, composer (Unfinished Symphony) was born in the year 1797.   

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

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