Birthdays Date 1797 | History by KabAstro

Franz Schubert (1797-1828)

Jan 31 Austrian composer (Unfinished Symphony), born in Vienna, Austria

Feb 6 Joseph Maria von Radowitz, German diplomat, born in Frankfurt, Germany (d. 1912)
Feb 15 Heinrich [Henry] Engelhard Steinway, German American piano maker (Steinway & Sons), born in Wolfshagen im Harz, Duchy of Brunswick (d. 1871)
Feb 24 Samuel Lover, Irish composer, novelist and painter, born in Dublin, Ireland (d. 1868)
Feb 28 Frederick, prince of Netherlands, general and admiral (10 day campaign), born in Berlin (d. 1881)
Feb 28 Mary Lyon, American educator and activist for woman's higher education (set up and first Principal of Mt Holyoke Female Seminary), born near Buckland, Massachusetts (d. 1849)
Mar 7 Carl Schwencke, German pianist and composer, born in Hamburg, Holy Roman Empire (d. 1870)

Wilhelm I (1797-1888)

Mar 22 King of Prussia (1861-88) and the 1st German Emperor (1871-88), born in Berlin, Kingdom of Prussia, Holy Roman Empire

Mar 24 Antonio Rosmini-Serbati, Italian philosopher and priest (founder Institute of Charity), born in Rovereto, Austro-Hungarian Empire (d. 1855)
Mar 25 John Winebrenner, American clergyman (founded Church of God General Conference), born in Walkersville, Maryland (d. 1860)
Mar 27 Alfred Victor, Comte de Vigny, French musketeer and writer (Moise, Chatterton), born in Loches, France (d. 1863)
Apr 10 Claude Ambroise Seurat, Frenchman exhibited in England as "Human Skeleton", born in Champaigne France (d. 1826)
Apr 14 Adolphe Thiers, 1st president of 3rd French Republic (1871-77), born in Bouc-Bel-Air, France (d. 1877)
Apr 17 Jean-Baptiste-Joseph Tolbecque, Belgian-French composer and conductor, born in Hanzinne, Belgium (d. 1869)
Apr 30 Andreas Victor Michiels, Dutch military governor of West-Sumatra, Dutch East Indies, born in Maastricht, Netherlands (d. 1849)

Abraham Gesner (1797-1864)

May 2 Canadian geologist (inventor of kerosene), born in Cornwallis, Nova Scotia

May 6 Joseph Brackett, American religious leader (Shakers) and composer (Simple Gifts), born in Cumberland, Maine (d. 1882)
May 12 Johann Hermann Kufferath, German composer, born in Mülheim an der Ruhr, Duchy of Westphalia (d. 1864)
May 18 Frederick Augustus II, King of Saxony (1836-54), born in Dresden, Electorate of Saxony, Holy Roman Empire (d. 1854)
May 19 Maria Isabel of Portugal, queen of Spain (d. 1818)
May 30 Johann Christian Lobe, German composer, born in Weimar, Duchy of Saxe-Weimar (d. 1881)
Jun 24 John Hughes, 1st Archbishop of the Archdiocese of New York, born in Annaloghan, County Tyrone, Kingdom of Ireland (d. 1864)
Jul 10 Piet [Petrus Lafras] Uys, South African pioneer (Great Pull), born in Potberg, Swellendam, South Africa (d. 1838)
Jul 17 Hippolyte Delaroche, French painter, born in Paris (d. 1856)
Jul 18 Immanuel Hermann Fichte, German philosopher, born in Jena, Saxe-Weimar (d. 1879)
Jul 19 Johann Gottlieb Schneider, German composer, born in Neugersdorf, Germany (d. 1856)
Jul 20 Paweł Edmund Strzelecki, Polish explorer and geologist, born in Glausche, Kingdom of Prussia (d. 1873)
Jul 21 Franz Schoberlechner, Austrian composer, born in Vienna, Austria (d. 1843)
Jul 25 Princess Augusta of Hesse-Kassel, Duchess of Cambridge, born in Offenbach, Germany (d. 1889)
Jul 29 Daniel Drew, American financier (d. 1879)
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

Sep 6 William "Extra Billy" Smith, American lawyer, politician (Governor of Virginia, 1846-49 and 1864-65; US Representative from Virginia, 1853-61), and oldest General in the Confederate Army, born in Marengo, Virginia (d. 1887)
Sep 16 Anthony Panizzi, Italian patriot, writer, and English librarian (British Museum, 1831-66), born in Brescello, Cisalpine Republic (now Italy) (d. 1879)
Oct 3 Leopold II, Grand Duke of Tuscany, born in Florence, Grand Duchy of Tuscany (now Italy) (d. 1870)
Oct 4 Jeremias Gotthelf [Albert Bitzius], Swiss writer (The Black Spider), born in Murten, Switzerland (d. 1854)
Oct 8 Eeltsje Hiddes Halbertsma, Dutch Frisian writer, poet and physician, born in Grou, Frisia, Batavian Republic (d. 1858)
Oct 13 William Motherwell, Scottish poet and civil servant, born in Glasgow, Scotland (d. 1835)
Oct 14 Ida Laura Pfeiffer, Austrian explorer and travel writerwho made two round the world trips, born in Vienna (d. 1858)
Oct 16 James Brudenell, British Earl Of Cardigan (led the Charge of the Light Brigade), born in Hambleden, England (d. 1868)
Oct 23 Jan Jacob Rochussen, Dutch Governor-General of Dutch East Indies (1845-51), born in Etten, Batavian Republic (d. 1871)
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

Sojourner Truth (1797-1883)

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

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)
Dec 3 Francis Kenrick, Irish-American Archbishop of Baltimore (1851-63), born in Dublin, Kingdom of Ireland (d. 1863)
Dec 11 Hiram Paulding, American Rear Admiral (Union Navy), born in Cortlandt, New York (d. 1878)
Dec 13 Heinrich Heine, German poet and lyricist (Schubert, Liszt), born in Düsseldorf, Grand Duchy of Berg (d. 1856)
Dec 17 Joseph Henry, American scientist and pioneer of electromagnetism, born in Albany, New York (d. 1878)
Dec 19 Josef Theodor Krov, Bohemian composer, singer and teacher, born in Nové Strašecí, Czechia (d. 1859)
Dec 26 Hans Skramstad, Norwegian pianist and composer, born in Toten, Norway (d. 1839)