Page 3: Historical Events In 1797

May 27   In the year 1797 francois-Noal "Gracchus" Babeuf, French utopian socialist, dies at 36   

May 30   In the year 1797 carl Ludwig Junker, composer, dies at 48   

May 30   On this day in history johann Christian Lobe, composer   

Jun 02   On this day in history 1st ascent of "Great Mountain" (4,622') in Adirondack NY (C Broadhead)   

Jun 02   On this day in history first ascent of "Great Mountain" (4,622') in Adirondack NY (C Broadhead)   

Jun 06   In the year 1797 napoleon forms Ligurische Republic   

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

Jun 24   John Hughes, archbishop, founded Fordham University in the Bronx in the year 1797.   

Jun 26   Charles Newbold patents 1st cast-iron plow. He can't sell it to farmers, though, they fear effects of iron on soil! in the year 1797.   

Jun 26   Charles Newbold patents first cast-iron plow. Farmers fear the effects of the iron on the soil in the year 1797.   

Jul 08   In the year 1797 1st US senator (William Blount of Tennessee) expelled by impeachment   

Jul 08   In the year 1797 first US senator (William Blount of Tennessee) expelled by impeachment   

Jul 09   In the year 1797 edmund Burke, British author/parliament leader (Reflections), dies at 68   

Jul 10   In the year 1797 1st US frigate, the "United States," is launched in Phila   

Jul 10   On this day in history pieter L Uys, South African pioneer (Great Pull)   

Jul 19   Johann Gottlieb Schneider, composer in the year 1797.   

Jul 21   Franz Schoberlechner, composer in the year 1797.   

Jul 25   On this day in history horatio Nelson loses more than 300 men and his right arm during the failed conquest attempt of Tenerife (Spain).   

Jul 29   Christoph Rheineck, composer, dies at 48 on this day in history.   

Aug 03   Emperor Francis I permits Jews who served in military in "Countries of Bohemian Crown" to marry non Jews on this day in history.   

Aug 03   Jeffrey Amherst, English gov-gen of America, dies at 80 in the year 1797.   

Aug 05   In the year 1797 friedrich August Kummer, composer   

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

Aug 16   In the year 1797 comet C/1797 P1 (Bouvard-Herschel) approaches 0.0879 AUs of Earth   

Aug 23   On this day in history emanuel Allen sold at public auction in Montreal; last slave transaction in Canada.   

Aug 30   On this day in history mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, London England, author (Frankenstein)   

Aug 30   The birth of Mary Shelley, English novelist and creator of 'Frankenstein' on this day in history.   

Sep 01   2nd National Meeting in Hague on this day in history.   

Sep 06   On this day in history wililam "Extra Billy" Smith, Confederacy (Confederate Army)   

Sep 16   In the year 1797 anthony Panizzi, Librarian at British Museum   

Sep 18   Louis-Lazare Hoche, French revolutionary general, dies in the year 1797.   

Sep 20   In the year 1797 uS frigate Constitution (Old Ironsides) launched in Boston   

Sep 23   On this day in history johann Georg Roser, composer, dies at 57   

Oct 04   J Gotthelf, writer 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   On this day in history birth of annette von Droste-Hülshoff, German writer (d. 1848)   

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 on this day in history.   

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   In the year 1797 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 in the year 1797.   

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

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 in the year 1797.   

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

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