Page 2: 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 in the year 1797.   

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

Feb 28   On this day in history mary Lyon, US, educator (Mt Holyoke) (Hall of Fame)   

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

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   Karl Schwencke, composer on this day in history.   

Mar 13   Cherubini's opera "Medée," premieres in Paris in the year 1797.   

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

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

Mar 24   On this day in history antonio Rosmini-Serbati, philosopher/founder (Institute of Charity)   

Mar 25   In the year 1797 john Winebrenner, US, clergyman, founded Church of God   

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

Mar 27   Alfred V Comte de Vigny, French musketeer/writer (Moise, Chatterton) on this day in history.   

Mar 28   In the year 1797 nathaniel Briggs of New Hampshire patents a washing machine   

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

Apr 03   In the year 1797 cAPT Thomas Truxtun issued first known American signal book using numerary system   

Apr 03   Nonnosus Madlseder, composer, dies at 66 in the year 1797.   

Apr 10   Claude Ambroise Seurat, Troyes France, (World's skinniest man) in the year 1797.   

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

Apr 17   On this day in history sir Ralph Abercromby attacks San Juan, Puerto Rico in what would be one of the largest invasions to Spanish territories in America.   

Apr 18   In the year 1797 france & Austria signs cease fire   

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

Apr 30   Andreas V Michiels, Dutch military governor of West-Sumatra in the year 1797.   

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 in the year 1797.   

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

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

May 12   In the year 1797 first Coalition: Napoleon I of France conquers Venice.   

May 12   Johann Hermann Kufferath, composer in the year 1797.   

May 18   Frederick Augustus II, King of Saxony (1836-54) in the year 1797.   

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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 on this day in history.   

Jan 22   Maria Leopoldina of Austria, Empress of Brazil (d. 1826) was born in the year 1797.   

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

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

Jan 13   Elisabeth C von Brunswick-Bevern, wife of Frederick II, dies at 81 in the year 1797.   

Jan 30   In the year 1797 johann Abraham Sixt, composer, dies at 40   

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

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

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

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

Mar 01   On this day in history juan Manuel Olivares, composer, dies at 36