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What Happened in November 1797

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Famous Birthdays

Nov 4 Aleksander Bestuzhev-Marlinsky, Russian author, born in St. Petersburg, Russian Empire (d. 1837)
Nov 7 Silas H. Stringham, Rear Admiral (Union Navy), born in Middletown, New York (d. 1876)

Charles Lyell (1797-1875)

Nov 14 Scottish geologist (Principles of Geology), born in Kinnordy, Angus, Scotland

Charles Lyell

Sojourner Truth (1797-1883)

Nov 18 African-American abolitionist and feminist, born in Swartekill, New York [birth date is approximate]

Sojourner Truth

Nov 23 Gábor Mátray, Hungarian composer and musicologist, born in Nagykata, Hungary (d. 1875)
Nov 29 Domenico Gaetano Donizetti, Italian opera composer (L'elisir d'amore; Lucia di Lammermoor), born in Bergamo, Cisalpine Republic (now Italy) (d. 1848)

Famous Deaths

Nov 14 Ivan Shuvalov, 1st Russian Minister of Education and founder of the Moscow University, dies at 70
Nov 16 King Frederick William II of Prussia (b. 1744) Reigns 1786-97
Nov 18 Jacques-Alexandre Laffon de Ladebat, French shipbuilder and merchant (b. 1719)
Nov 29 Samuel Langdon, American President of Harvard University (b. 1723)

What Happened in 1797

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