1797
| Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 17th century – 18th century – 19th century |
| Decades: | 1760s 1770s 1780s – 1790s – 1800s 1810s 1820s |
| Years: | 1794 1795 1796 – 1797 – 1798 1799 1800 |
| Gregorian calendar | 1797 MDCCXCVII |
| French Republican calendar | 5–6 |
| Ab urbe condita | 2550 |
| Armenian calendar | 1246 ԹՎ ՌՄԽԶ |
| Assyrian calendar | 6547 |
| Balinese saka calendar | 1718–1719 |
| Bengali calendar | 1204 |
| Berber calendar | 2747 |
| British Regnal year | 37 Geo. 3 – 38 Geo. 3 |
| Buddhist calendar | 2341 |
| Burmese calendar | 1159 |
| Byzantine calendar | 7305–7306 |
| Chinese calendar | 丙辰年 (Fire Dragon) 4493 or 4433 — to — 丁巳年 (Fire Snake) 4494 or 4434 |
| Coptic calendar | 1513–1514 |
| Discordian calendar | 2963 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1789–1790 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5557–5558 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1853–1854 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1718–1719 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4897–4898 |
| Holocene calendar | 11797 |
| Igbo calendar | 797–798 |
| Iranian calendar | 1175–1176 |
| Islamic calendar | 1211–1212 |
| Japanese calendar | Kansei 9 (寛政９年) |
| Javanese calendar | 1723–1724 |
| Julian calendar | Gregorian minus 11 days |
| Korean calendar | 4130 |
| Minguo calendar | 115 before ROC 民前115年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | 329 |
| Thai solar calendar | 2339–2340 |
| Tibetan calendar | 阳火龙年 (male Fire-Dragon) 1923 or 1542 or 770 — to — 阴火蛇年 (female Fire-Snake) 1924 or 1543 or 771 |
1797 (MDCCXCVII) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Thursday of the Julian calendar, the 1797th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 797th year of the 2nd millennium, the 97th year of the 18th century, and the 8th year of the 1790s decade. As of the start of 1797, the Gregorian calendar was 11 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which remained in localized use until 1923.
Events[change | change source]
- 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 green-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 1100 years of independence of the city. Last doge of Venice, Ludovico Manin, steps down.
- 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.
- December 17 – Napoleon leads a successful French charge against Fort l'Aiguilette to secure Toulon for French
- 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, "Einigkeit und Recht und Freiheit."
Births[change | change source]
- Date unknown – Mahmud Bayazidi, Kurdish polymath
- August 30 – Mary Shelley, British writer of Frankenstein
Deaths[change | change source]
- September 10 – Mary Wollstonecraft, female philosopher (b. 1759)