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What Happened in August 1797

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Historical Events

  • Aug 3 Emperor Francis I permits Jews who served in military in "Countries of Bohemian Crown" to marry non Jews
  • Aug 16 Comet C/1797 P1 (Bouvard-Herschel) approaches 0.0879 AUs of Earth

Events in 1797

Famous Birthdays

  • Aug 5 Friedrich August Kummer, German composer and musician, born in Meiningen, Duchy of Saxe-Meiningen (now Germany) (d. 1879)
  • Aug 9 Charles Robert Malden, British naval officer (discoverer of Malden Island, central Pacific), born in Putney, Surrey (d. 1855)

Mary Shelley (1797-1851)

Aug 30 English novelist (Frankenstein), born in London

Mary Shelley

Born in 1797

Famous Deaths

  • Aug 3 Jeffrey Amherst, English army general (commanded British forces in North America) and Royal Governor of Virginia (1759-1768), dies at 80
  • Aug 12 Ignaz Franz Xaver Kürzinger, German violinist, composer, and Kapellmeister, dies at 73
  • Aug 18 Josiah Spode, English potter and founder of Spode pottery works, dies at 64
  • Aug 22 Dagobert Sigmund von Wurmser, Austrian general, dies at 73


What Happened in 1797

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