BIGpedia - 1797 - Encyclopedia and Dictionary Online

Years: 1794 1795 1796 - 1797 - 1798 1799 1800
Decades: 1760s 1770s 1780s - 1790s - 1800s 1810s 1820s
Centuries: 17th century - 18th century - 19th century

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

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1 Events

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 Repubblica Cisalpina 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 in Fishguard 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 city.
July 24 - Horatio Nelson wounded at Tenerife - injury causes 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 (in 1805 the Tripoli peace treaty was signed on Constitution's deck).