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 Elisabeth C von Brunswick-Bevern, wife of Frederick II, dies at 81 in the year 1797.  

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

Feb 08 On this day in history johann Friedrich Doles, composer, dies at 81  

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

Feb 22 On this day in history death of karl Friedrich Hieronymus Freiherr von Münchhausen, German officer and adventurer (b. 1720)  

Feb 27 In the year 1797 benvenuto Robbio San Rafaele, composer, dies at 61  

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 On this day in history james Hutton, geologist, dies  

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

Apr 12 Josef Antonin Stepan, composer, dies at 71 in the year 1797.  

May 17 In the year 1797 death of michel-Jean Sedaine, French dramatist (b. 1719)  

May 25 On this day in history death of john Griffin Whitwell, 4th Baron Howard de Walden, British field marshal (b. 1719)  

May 27 Francois-Noal "Gracchus" Babeuf, French utopian socialist, dies at 36 on this day in history.  

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 in the year 1797.  

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

Jul 29 In the year 1797 christoph Rheineck, composer, dies at 48  

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

Aug 12 On this day in history ignaz Franz Xaver Kurzinger, composer, dies at 73  

Aug 22 On this day in history death of dagobert Sigmund von Wurmser, Alsatian-born Austrian general (b. 1724)  

Sep 10 Mary Wollstonecraft, English author (b. 1759) died in the year 1797.  

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 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 on this day in history.  

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

Nov 18 Jacques-Alexandre Laffon de Ladebat, French shipbuilder and merchant (b. 1719) died in the year 1797.  

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 on this day in history.  

Jan 10 Annette von Droste-Hülshoff, German writer (d. 1848) was born in the year 1797.  

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 in the year 1797.  

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 On this day in history birth of henry Engelhard Steinway, piano maker (Steinway)