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 On this day in history elisabeth C von Brunswick-Bevern, wife of Frederick II, dies at 81  

Jan 30 On this day in history johann Abraham Sixt, composer, dies at 40  

Feb 08 In the year 1797 johann Friedrich Doles, composer, dies at 81  

Feb 11 Antoine Dauvergne, composer, dies at 83 in the year 1797.  

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 on this day in history.  

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

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

Apr 12 Josef Antonin Stepan, composer, dies at 71 on this day in history.  

May 17 Michel-Jean Sedaine, French dramatist (b. 1719) died in the year 1797.  

May 25 John Griffin Whitwell, 4th Baron Howard de Walden, British field marshal (b. 1719) died in the year 1797.  

May 27 In the year 1797 francois-Noal "Gracchus" Babeuf, French utopian socialist, dies at 36  

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

Jun 17 Aga Mohammed Khan, cruel ruler of Persia, castrated & killed died on this day in history.  

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 in the year 1797.  

Aug 03 Jeffrey Amherst, English gov-gen of America, dies at 80 in the year 1797.  

Aug 12 In the year 1797 ignaz Franz Xaver Kurzinger, composer, dies at 73  

Aug 22 Dagobert Sigmund von Wurmser, Alsatian-born Austrian general (b. 1724) died on this day in history.  

Sep 10 Mary Wollstonecraft, English author (b. 1759) died on this day in history.  

Sep 18 Louis-Lazare Hoche, French revolutionary general, dies on this day in history.  

Sep 23 In the year 1797 johann Georg Roser, composer, dies at 57  

Oct 09 Elia van Vilnius, Latvian rabbi, dies at 77 in the year 1797.  

Oct 10 Carter Braxton, US boer/signer (Decl of Independence), dies at 61 on this day in history.  

Oct 12 Pierre de Jelyotte, composer, dies at 84 in the year 1797.  

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

Nov 18 On this day in history death of jacques-Alexandre Laffon de Ladebat, French shipbuilder and merchant (b. 1719)  

Nov 29 Samuel Langdon, American President of Harvard University (b. 1723) died in the year 1797.  

Dec 01 In the year 1797 oliver Wolcott, US judge/signer (Decl of Independence), dies at 71  

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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 on this day in history.  

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 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 in the year 1797.