Famous Deaths Happened In 1797

Jan 11 Francis Lightfoot Lee, US farmer (singer Decl of Independ), dies at 62 in the year 1797.  

Jan 13 On this day in history 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 Johann Friedrich Doles, composer, dies at 81 on this day in history.  

Feb 11 In the year 1797 antoine Dauvergne, composer, dies at 83  

Feb 22 Karl Friedrich Hieronymus Freiherr von Münchhausen, German officer and adventurer (b. 1720) died on this day in history.  

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 in the year 1797.  

Mar 26 In the year 1797 james Hutton, geologist, dies  

Apr 03 Nonnosus Madlseder, composer, dies at 66 on this day in history.  

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

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 Carl Ludwig Junker, composer, dies at 48 on this day in history.  

Jun 17 Aga Mohammed Khan, cruel ruler of Persia, castrated & killed died in the year 1797.  

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 On this day in history jeffrey Amherst, English gov-gen of America, dies at 80  

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

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

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

Sep 18 In the year 1797 louis-Lazare Hoche, French revolutionary general, dies  

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

Oct 09 In the year 1797 elia van Vilnius, Latvian rabbi, dies at 77  

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

Oct 12 On this day in history pierre de Jelyotte, composer, dies at 84  

Nov 16 Frederik Willem II, king of Prussia (1786-97), dies at 53 in the year 1797.  

Nov 18 In the year 1797 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 Oliver Wolcott, US judge/signer (Decl of Independence), dies at 71 on this day in history.  

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Jan 04 On this day in history birth of wilhelm Beer, Germany, amateur astronomer (constructed 1st Moon map)  

Jan 10 On this day in history birth of annette von Droste-Hülshoff, German writer (d. 1848)  

Jan 12 In the year 1797 birth of gideon Brecher, Austrian physician (d. 1873)  

Jan 22 In the year 1797 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 Henry Engelhard Steinway, piano maker (Steinway) was born on this day in history.