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1797 Calendar

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•  January 7, 1797 – The modern Italian flag is first used.
•  January 13, 1797 – French Revolutionary Wars: A naval battle between a French ship of the line and two British frigates off the coast of Brittany ends with the French vessel running ashore, resulting in the death of over 900.
•  February 14, 1797 – French Revolutionary Wars: Battle of Cape St. Vincent – John Jervis, (later 1st Earl of St Vincent) and Horatio Nelson (later 1st Viscount Nelson) lead the British Royal Navy to victory over a Spanish fleet in action near Gibraltar.
•  February 22, 1797 – The Last Invasion of Britain begins near Fishguard, Wales.
•  March 4, 1797 – In the first ever peaceful transfer of power between elected leaders in modern times, John Adams is sworn in as President of the United States, succeeding George Washington.
•  April 17, 1797 – Sir Ralph Abercromby attacks San Juan, Puerto Rico in what would be one of the largest invasions of the Spanish territories in America.
•  April 18, 1797 – The Battle of Neuwied – French victory against the Austrians.
•  May 12, 1797 – First Coalition: Napoleon I of France conquers Venice.
•  September 4, 1797 – Coup of 18 Fructidor in France.
•  October 18, 1797 – Treaty of Campo Formio is signed between France and Austria

•  January 10, 1797 – Eugenio Kincaid, American missionary (d. 1883)
•  January 12, 1797 – Gideon Brecher, Austrian physician (d. 1873)
•  January 31, 1797 – Franz Schubert, Austrian composer (d. 1828)
•  March 16, 1797 – Alaric Alexander Watts, English poet and journalist (d. 1864)
•  April 18, 1797 – Adolphe Thiers, French statesman (d. 1877)
•  May 6, 1797 – Joseph Brackett, American religious leader and composer (d. 1882)
•  May 18, 1797 – King Frederick Augustus II of Saxony (d. 1854)
•  July 18, 1797 – Immanuel Hermann Fichte, German philosopher (d. 1879)
•  July 20, 1797 – Sir Paul Edmund de Strzelecki, Polish explorer and geologist (d. 1873)
•  October 26, 1797 – Giuditta Pasta, Italian soprano (d. 1865)