Famous Deaths In 1797

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

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 In the year 1797 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 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 19 Philip Hayes, composer, dies at 58 on this day in history.  

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

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

Apr 12 On this day in history josef Antonin Stepan, composer, dies at 71  

May 17 On this day in history death of michel-Jean Sedaine, French dramatist (b. 1719)  

May 25 John Griffin Whitwell, 4th Baron Howard de Walden, British field marshal (b. 1719) died on this day in history.  

May 27 Francois-Noal "Gracchus" Babeuf, French utopian socialist, dies at 36 in the year 1797.  

May 30 On this day in history carl Ludwig Junker, composer, dies at 48  

Jun 17 In the year 1797 death of aga Mohammed Khan, cruel ruler of Persia, castrated & killed  

Jul 09 Edmund Burke, British author/parliament leader (Reflections), dies at 68 on this day in history.  

Jul 11 Ienăchiţă Văcărescu, Wallachian writer (b. 1740) died in the year 1797.  

Jul 29 Christoph Rheineck, composer, dies at 48 on this day in history.  

Aug 03 Jeffrey Amherst, English gov-gen of America, dies at 80 on this day in history.  

Aug 12 Ignaz Franz Xaver Kurzinger, composer, dies at 73 in the year 1797.  

Aug 22 In the year 1797 death of dagobert Sigmund von Wurmser, Alsatian-born Austrian general (b. 1724)  

Sep 10 On this day in history death of mary Wollstonecraft, English author (b. 1759)  

Sep 18 Louis-Lazare Hoche, French revolutionary general, dies in the year 1797.  

Sep 23 Johann Georg Roser, composer, dies at 57 on this day in history.  

Oct 09 Elia van Vilnius, Latvian rabbi, dies at 77 on this day in history.  

Oct 10 Carter Braxton, US boer/signer (Decl of Independence), dies at 61 in the year 1797.  

Oct 12 In the year 1797 pierre de Jelyotte, composer, dies at 84  

Nov 16 Frederik Willem II, king of Prussia (1786-97), dies at 53 on this day in history.  

Nov 18 In the year 1797 death of jacques-Alexandre Laffon de Ladebat, French shipbuilder and merchant (b. 1719)  

Nov 29 On this day in history death of samuel Langdon, American President of Harvard University (b. 1723)  

Dec 01 On this day in history oliver Wolcott, US judge/signer (Decl of Independence), dies at 71  

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Jan 04 Wilhelm Beer, Germany, amateur astronomer (constructed 1st Moon map) was born in the year 1797.  

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 on this day in history.  

Jan 22 Maria Leopoldina of Austria, Empress of Brazil (d. 1826) was born in the year 1797.  

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

Feb 15 Henry Engelhard Steinway, piano maker (Steinway) was born on this day in history.