Page 2: Historical Events In 1797

Feb 26   Bank of England issues first £1-note on this day in history.   

Feb 26   In the year 1797 first ever pound note issued by the Bank of England   

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

Feb 28   In the year 1797 mary Lyon, US, educator (Mt Holyoke) (Hall of Fame)   

Mar 01   On this day in history 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   John Adams inaugurated as 2nd President of US in the year 1797.   

Mar 07   In the year 1797 karl Schwencke, composer   

Mar 13   Cherubini's opera "Medée," premieres in Paris on this day in history.   

Mar 19   In the year 1797 philip Hayes, composer, dies at 58   

Mar 22   On this day in history kaiser Wilhelm I, German emperor (1871-88)   

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 in the year 1797.   

Mar 26   James Hutton, geologist, dies on this day in history.   

Mar 27   In the year 1797 alfred V Comte de Vigny, French musketeer/writer (Moise, Chatterton)   

Mar 28   On this day in history nathaniel Briggs of New Hampshire patents a washing machine   

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 in the year 1797.   

Apr 03   In the year 1797 nonnosus Madlseder, composer, dies at 66   

Apr 10   Claude Ambroise Seurat, Troyes France, (World's skinniest man) on this day in history.   

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

Apr 14   In the year 1797 adolphe Thiers, 1st president of 3rd French Republic (1871-77)   

Apr 17   In the year 1797 jean-Baptiste-Joseph Tolbecque, Belgian composer/conductor   

Apr 17   In the year 1797 sir Ralph Abercromby attacks San Juan, Puerto Rico in what would be one of the largest invasions to Spanish territories in America.   

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

Apr 18   Louis-Adolphe Thiers, president of France in the year 1797.   

Apr 30   In the year 1797 andreas V Michiels, Dutch military governor of West-Sumatra   

May 05   On this day in history napoleon I's sister Elisa marries Felix Bacciochi   

May 10   1st Navy ship, the "United States," is launched on this day in history.   

May 10   In the year 1797 the first Navy ship, the "United States" is launched   

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

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

May 12   On this day in history johann Hermann Kufferath, composer   

May 18   In the year 1797 frederick Augustus II, King of Saxony (1836-54)   

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Jan 04   Wilhelm Beer, Germany, amateur astronomer (constructed 1st Moon map) was born on this day in history.   

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   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   Joseph Maria von Radowitz, Prussian minister of Foreign affairs was born on this day in history.   

Feb 15   On this day in history birth of henry Engelhard Steinway, piano maker (Steinway)   

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

Jan 13   In the year 1797 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   Johann Friedrich Doles, composer, dies at 81 in the year 1797.   

Feb 11   On this day in history antoine Dauvergne, composer, dies at 83   

Feb 22   In the year 1797 death of karl Friedrich Hieronymus Freiherr von Münchhausen, German officer and adventurer (b. 1720)   

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

Mar 01   Juan Manuel Olivares, composer, dies at 36 on this day in history.