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 on this day in history.   

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

Feb 28   Mary Lyon, US, educator (Mt Holyoke) (Hall of Fame) on this day in history.   

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

Mar 02   On this day in history horace [Horatio] Walpole, British horror writer, dies at 79   

Mar 04   On this day in history john Adams inaugurated as 2nd President of US   

Mar 07   On this day in history karl Schwencke, composer   

Mar 13   On this day in history cherubini's opera "Medée," premieres in Paris   

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

Mar 22   Kaiser Wilhelm I, German emperor (1871-88) on this day in history.   

Mar 24   Antonio Rosmini-Serbati, philosopher/founder (Institute of Charity) on this day in history.   

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

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

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 in the year 1797.   

Mar 28   In the year 1797 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   In the year 1797 nonnosus Madlseder, composer, dies at 66   

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   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 on this day in history.   

Apr 18   France & Austria signs cease fire on this day in history.   

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

Apr 30   On this day in history 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   On this day in history the first Navy ship, the "United States" is launched   

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

May 12   First Coalition: Napoleon I of France conquers Venice on this day in history.   

May 12   In the year 1797 johann Hermann Kufferath, composer   

May 18   On this day in history 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 in the year 1797.   

Jan 22   In the year 1797 birth of maria Leopoldina of Austria, Empress of Brazil (d. 1826)   

Jan 30   Edwin Vose Sumner, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1863 was born on this day in history.   

Jan 31   On this day in history birth of franz Peter Schubert, Lichtenthal Aust, composer (Unfinished Symphony)   

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.   

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   Johann Abraham Sixt, composer, dies at 40 in the year 1797.   

Feb 08   Johann Friedrich Doles, composer, dies at 81 in the year 1797.   

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 on this day in history.   

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