Page 2: Historical Events In 1797

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

Feb 26   On this day in history first ever pound note issued by the Bank of England   

Feb 27   Benvenuto Robbio San Rafaele, composer, dies at 61 on this day in history.   

Feb 28   Mary Lyon, US, educator (Mt Holyoke) (Hall of Fame) in the year 1797.   

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

Mar 02   Horace [Horatio] Walpole, British horror writer, dies at 79 on this day in history.   

Mar 04   John Adams inaugurated as 2nd President of US in the year 1797.   

Mar 07   Karl Schwencke, composer in the year 1797.   

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

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

Mar 22   Kaiser Wilhelm I, German emperor (1871-88) in the year 1797.   

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

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 on this day in history.   

Mar 28   Nathaniel Briggs of NH patents a washing machine on this day in history.   

Apr 03   On this day in history cAPT Thomas Truxtun issued first known American signal book using numerary system   

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

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

Apr 17   On this day in history jean-Baptiste-Joseph Tolbecque, Belgian composer/conductor   

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

Apr 18   On this day in history 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   In the year 1797 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   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   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   Frederick Augustus II, King of Saxony (1836-54) in the year 1797.   

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Jan 04   Wilhelm Beer, Germany, amateur astronomer (constructed 1st Moon map) was born in the year 1797.   

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   On this day in history 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   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   Henry Engelhard Steinway, piano maker (Steinway) was born in the year 1797.   

Jan 11   In the year 1797 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   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   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   In the year 1797 juan Manuel Olivares, composer, dies at 36