Page 4: Historical Events In 1797

Oct 09   On this day in history elia van Vilnius, Latvian rabbi, dies at 77   

Oct 10   On this day in history carter Braxton, US boer/signer (Decl of Independence), dies at 61   

Oct 11   Battle at Kamperduin: English fleet destroys Bataafse in the year 1797.   

Oct 11   In the year 1797 british naval forces defeat Dutch off Camperdown, the Netherlands   

Oct 12   On this day in history pierre de Jelyotte, composer, dies at 84   

Oct 13   In the year 1797 william Motherwell, Scottish civil servant/poet   

Oct 17   In the year 1797 peace of Campo Formio: Austrian Dutch possessions & France   

Oct 21   US Navy frigate Constitution, Old Ironsides, launched in Boston on this day in history.   

Oct 22   1st sky diver (Andre-Jacques Trim, above Paris) on this day in history.   

Oct 22   In the year 1797 andr,-Jacques Garnerin makes first parachute jump from balloon (Paris)   

Oct 22   On this day in history the First Parachute Jump from hot air balloon over Paris   

Oct 23   On this day in history john J Rochussen, governor-general of Dutch-Indies (1845-51)   

Nov 04   Aleksander A Bestuzhev-Marlinsky, Russian author on this day in history.   

Nov 07   Silas Horton Stringham, Rear Admiral (Union Navy), died in 1876 on this day in history.   

Nov 14   In the year 1797 charles Lyell, Scotland, geologist (Principles of Geology)   

Nov 16   In the year 1797 frederik Willem II, king of Prussia (1786-97), dies at 53   

Nov 23   In the year 1797 gabor Matray, composer   

Nov 29   On this day in history domenico Gaetano Maria Donizetti, composer   

Dec 01   Oliver Wolcott, US judge/signer (Decl of Independence), dies at 71 on this day in history.   

Dec 03   In the year 1797 francis P Kenrick, Irish/US archbishop of Baltimore   

Dec 11   In the year 1797 hiram Paulding, Rear Admiral (Union Navy), died in 1878   

Dec 13   In the year 1797 heinrich Heine, Germany, poet/lyricist (Schubert, Liszt)   

Dec 13   The birth of Heinrich Heine, German romantic poet and writer on this day in history.   

Dec 17   On this day in history joseph Henry, US, scientist/inventor/pioneer of electromagnetism   

Dec 19   Josef Theodor Krov, composer on this day in history.   

Dec 22   On this day in history giovanni Marco Rutini, composer, dies at 74   

Dec 26   Hans Skramstad, composer on this day in history.   

Dec 26   In the year 1797 john Wilkes, English journalist/Higher/Lower house leader, dies at 72   

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

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 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 on this day in history.   

Jan 31   Franz Peter Schubert, Lichtenthal Aust, composer (Unfinished Symphony) was born on this day in history.   

Feb 06   Joseph Maria von Radowitz, Prussian minister of Foreign affairs was born in the year 1797.   

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

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   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 in the year 1797.   

Mar 01   Juan Manuel Olivares, composer, dies at 36 in the year 1797.