1797

Years:
1794 1795 1796 – 1797 – 1798 1799 1800

Decades:
1760s 1770s 1780s – 1790s – 1800s 1810s 1820s

Centuries:
17th century – 18th century – 19th century

1797 in topic:
Arts
Architecture - Literature - Music
Other topics
Canada – Science

Lists of leaders:
Colonial governors - State leaders

1797 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar).

Events

January 3 – The Treaty of Tripoli (a peace treaty between the United States and Tripoli) is signed at Algiers.
January 7 – The parliament of the Cisalpine Republic adopts the Italian gree-white-red tricolour as official flag. It is the birthday of the flag of Italy.
February 14 – The Battle of Cape St. Vincent (1797), part of the Wars of the French Revolution.
February 18 – Spanish Governor Chacon peacefully surrenders the colony of Trinidad and Tobago to a British naval force.
February 22 – Attempted invasion of Britain at Fishguard in Wales by French forces
February 26 – The Bank of England (national bank of Britain) issues the first one pound note (discontinued March 11 1988).
March 4 – John Adams succeeds George Washington as the President of the United States of America.
May 12 – First Coalition: Napoleon I of France conquers Venice, ending the 1070 years of independence of the city.
July 24 – Horatio Nelson is wounded at Tenerife, causing a loss of one arm.
September 7 – Treaty of Campo Formio ends the War of the First Coalition.
October 21 – In Boston Harbor, the 44-gun United States Navy frigate USS Constitution is launched to fight Barbary pirates off the coast of Tripoli.

Large-scale mutinies in Royal Navy
Joseph Haydn composes the music to "Gott erhalte Franz den Kaiser," the tune of which also became the music to the German national anthem, "Deutschland, Deutschland über alles."

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