1797 deaths

English writer and intellectual (1759–1797)

Anglo-Irish statesman, political theorist and conservative philosopher (1729–1797)

English writer and politician (1717–1797)

Scottish geologist, physician, chemical manufacturer, naturalist, and experimental agriculturalist; (1726-1797)

French political agitator and journalist (1760-1797)

King of Prussia from 1786 to 1797 (1744–1797)

founder of the Qajar Dynasty (1796–1797)

Polish-Lithuanian rabbi and Talmudist (1720–1797)

Black British abolitionist and writer (c. 1745 – 1797)

18th-century British painter (1734-1797)

poet, essayist, scholar of the Qing Dynasty (1716-1797)

English radical, journalist, and politician (1725–1797)

French general (1768–1797)

Duke of Wurttemburg (1732-1797)

Queen of Prussia and Electress of Brandenburg (1715–1797)

French Navy officer of the 18th century

British Army officer (1717–1797)

Italian opera composer

wife of Maximilian III Joseph, Elector of Bavaria; daughter of Augustus III of Poland and Maria Josepha of Austria

Russian Minister of Education, one of the founders of the Moscow University (1755)

Chinese astronomer, mathematician and poet (18th century).

Luxembourgian botanist (1722-1797)

French dramatist and librettist

Italian philosopher, economist, historian and writer (1728-1797)

Azerbaijani poet

Mirza Asaf-ud-Daula (23 September 1748 – 21 September 1797) was the Nawab wazir of Oudh ratified by the Mughal emperor Shah Alam II, from 26 January 1775 to 21 September 1797, and the son of Shuja-ud-Dowlah. His mother and grandmother were the Begums of Oudh.

Swiss physician (1728-1797)

Italian scientist (1732-1797)

French novelist, playwright, journalist, politician, and diplomat (1760-1797)

American politician (1736-1797), signer of the Declaration of Independence

Italian architect

American politician, Connecticut (1726-1797)

Grand Master of the Knights Hospitaller

consort princess of Carignan

British artist (1744-1797)

German poet and dramatist

American politician (1730-1797)

Austrian marshall

Danish politician (1735-1797)

Austrian composer

German prince

French composer and violinist

Russian composer

Spanish explorer of San Francisco Bay

French politician (1752-1797)

Romanian polyglot

German composer

British artist

Italian-Polish architect

poet (1724-1797)

German opera tenor

Danish botanist (1727-1797)

Norwegian priest, naturalist (1726-1797)

Irish actor and playwright who introduced natural acting

United States federal judge (1733–1797)

American politician (1734-1797)

painter and architect (1730-1797)

Karmapas

Italian composer

British–Dutch soldier, slave catcher and author (1744-1797)