Notable Birthdays - 1797
1797 Birthdays
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
Jan 4 |
Wilhelm Beer, Germany, amateur astronomer (constructed 1st Moon map) |
Jan 10 |
Annette von Droste-Hülshoff, German writer (d. 1848) |
Jan 10 |
Annette von Droste-Huelshoff, Die Judenbuche |
Jan 12 |
Gideon Brecher, Austrian physician (d. 1873) |
Jan 21 |
François Joseph Méry, Don Carlos |
Jan 22 |
Maria Leopoldina of Austria, Empress of Brazil (d. 1826) |
Jan 30 |
Edwin Vose Sumner, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1863 |
Jan 31 |
Franz Peter Schubert, Lichtenthal Austria, composer (Unfinished Symphony) |
Jan 31 |
Franz Schubert, Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows |
Feb 6 |
Joseph Maria von Radowitz, Prussian minister of Foreign affairs |
Feb 15 |
Henry Engelhard Steinway, piano maker (Steinway) |
Feb 22 |
William I, Berlin, King of Prussia (1861-88)/German Emperor (1871-88) |
Feb 24 |
Samuel Lover, composer |
Feb 24 |
Samuel Lover, Breaker Morant |
Feb 28 |
Mary Lyon, US, educator (Mt Holyoke) (Hall of Fame) |
Feb 28 |
W Frederik K, prince of Netherlands/general/admiral (10 day campaign) |
Mar 7 |
Karl Schwencke, composer |
Mar 19 |
Józef Korzeniowski, Mistrz tanca |
Mar 22 |
Kaiser Wilhelm I, German emperor (1871-88) |
Mar 24 |
Antonio Rosmini-Serbati, philosopher/founder (Institute of Charity) |
Mar 25 |
John Winebrenner, US, clergyman, founded Church of God |
Mar 27 |
Alfred V Comte de Vigny, French musketeer/writer (Moise, Chatterton) |
Apr 10 |
Claude Ambroise Seurat, Troyes France, (World's skinniest man) |
Apr 14 |
Adolphe Thiers, 1st president of 3rd French Republic (1871-77) |
Apr 17 |
Jean-Baptiste-Joseph Tolbecque, Belgian composer/conductor |
Apr 18 |
Louis-Adolphe Thiers, president of France |
Apr 30 |
Andreas V Michiels, Dutch military governor of West-Sumatra |
May 2 |
Abraham Gesner, Cornwallis Nova Scotia, Canadian geologist (inventor of kerosene) |
May 6 |
Joseph Brackett, American religious leader and composer (d. 1882) |
May 12 |
Johann Hermann Kufferath, composer |
May 18 |
Frederick Augustus II, King of Saxony (1836-54) |
May 19 |
Maria Isabel of Portugal, queen of Spain (d. 1818) |
May 30 |
Johann Christian Lobe, composer |
Jun 24 |
John Hughes, archbishop, founded Fordham University in the Bronx |
Jul 10 |
Pieter L Uys, South African pioneer (Great Pull) |
Jul 17 |
Hippolyte Delaroche, French painter (d. 1856) |
Jul 18 |
Immanuel Hermann Fichte, German philosopher (d. 1879) |
Jul 19 |
Johann Gottlieb Schneider, composer |
Jul 20 |
Sir Paweł Edmund Strzelecki, Polish explorer and geologist (d. 1873) |
Jul 21 |
Franz Schoberlechner, composer |
Jul 25 |
Princess Augusta, Duchess of Cambridge (d. 1889) |
Jul 29 |
Daniel Drew, American financier (d. 1879) |
Aug 5 |
Friedrich August Kummer, composer |
Aug 9 |
Charles Robert Malden, British naval officer (d. 1855) |
Aug 30 |
Mary Shelley, London England, author (Frankenstein) |
Aug 30 |
Mary Shelley, Young Frankenstein |
Sep 6 |
Wililam "Extra Billy" Smith, Confederacy (Confederate Army) |
Sep 16 |
Anthony Panizzi, Librarian at British Museum |
Oct 3 |
Leopold II, Grand Duke of Tuscany (d. 1870) |
Oct 4 |
J Gotthelf, writer |
Oct 4 |
Jeremias Gotthelf, Uli, der Knecht |
Oct 13 |
William Motherwell, Scottish civil servant/poet |
Oct 23 |
John J Rochussen, governor-general of Dutch-Indies (1845-51) |
Nov 4 |
Aleksander A Bestuzhev-Marlinsky, Russian author |
Nov 7 |
Silas Horton Stringham, Rear Admiral (Union Navy), died in 1876 |
Nov 14 |
Charles Lyell, Scotland, geologist (Principles of Geology) |
Nov 23 |
Gabor Matray, composer |
Nov 29 |
Domenico Gaetano Maria Donizetti, composer |
Nov 29 |
Gaetano Donizetti, The Departed |
Dec 3 |
Francis P Kenrick, Irish/US archbishop of Baltimore |
Dec 11 |
Hiram Paulding, Rear Admiral (Union Navy), died in 1878 |
Dec 13 |
Heinrich Heine, Germany, poet/lyricist (Schubert, Liszt) |
Dec 13 |
Heinrich Heine, Die Nacht |
Dec 17 |
Joseph Henry, US, scientist/inventor/pioneer of electromagnetism |
Dec 19 |
Josef Theodor Krov, composer |
Dec 26 |
Hans Skramstad, composer |
Dec 27 |
Mirza Ghalib, Hazaaron Khwaishein Aisi |
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