Page 2: Historical Events In 1797

Feb 26   Bank of England issues first £1-note on this day in history.   

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

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

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 on this day in history.   

Mar 07   Karl Schwencke, composer in the year 1797.   

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   Kaiser Wilhelm I, German emperor (1871-88) in the year 1797.   

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

Mar 25   John Winebrenner, US, clergyman, founded Church of God on this day in history.   

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

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

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

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

Apr 03   CAPT Thomas Truxtun issued first known American signal book using numerary system on this day in history.   

Apr 03   On this day in history nonnosus Madlseder, composer, dies at 66   

Apr 10   In the year 1797 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   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 in the year 1797.   

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

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

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

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

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   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   On this day in history frederick Augustus II, King of Saxony (1836-54)   

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Jan 04   In the year 1797 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   On this day in history 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   Franz Peter Schubert, Lichtenthal Aust, composer (Unfinished Symphony) was born on this day in history.   

Feb 06   On this day in history birth of joseph Maria von Radowitz, Prussian minister of Foreign affairs   

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 on this day in history.   

Jan 30   Johann Abraham Sixt, composer, dies at 40 on this day in history.   

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

Feb 11   On this day in history antoine Dauvergne, composer, dies at 83   

Feb 22   On this day in history 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   Juan Manuel Olivares, composer, dies at 36 on this day in history.