1797 deaths

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

Italian composer

titular Prince of Nassau-Saarbrücken from the late 18th century

French general (1769-1797)

Japanese Edo period publisher (1750-1797)

German actress

Agui (; ; September 7, 1717 – October 10, 1797) was a Manchu noble general for the Qing dynasty. As the only son of Akdun, he was a scion of a noble family who led a number of important Manchu military operations, including several of the "Ten Great Campaigns".

writer (1711–1797)

English hosier and cotton spinner (1726-1797)

Dutch composer

French diplomat (1757-1797)

Norwegian revolutionary (1750-1797)

French writer

Venetian-born opera singer, hostess and entertainment manager

Agonglo was a King of the Kingdom of Dahomey, in present-day Benin, from 1789 until 1797. Agonglo took over from his father King Kpengla in 1789 and inherited many of the economic problems that developed during Kpengla's reign. Because of the poor economy, Agonglo was often constrained by domestic opposition. As a response, he reformed many of the economic policies (lowered taxes and removed constrains on the slave trade) and did military expeditions to try to increase the supply for the Atlantic slave trade. Many of these efforts were unsuccessful and European traders became less active in th

British botanist (1713-1797)

German entomologist

Empress Consort of the Jiaqing Emperor

Spanish Viceroy

German noble

Hasidic rabbi

German organist

American politician (1765-1797)

British painter and engraver (1737-1797)

Italian physicist (1719-1797)

Italian historian (1741-1797)

French revolutionary (1769-1797)

Subadar (Ruler of Indore)

French chemist (1761-1797)

French prostitute

Spanish admiral

General of the Artillery of the Russian Empire

Italian mathematician

German composer

Russian Field Marshal

Danish diplomat

French head midwife of the Hôtel-Dieu

English peeress (1753-1797)

politician

Armenian philosopher

Qing Dynasty rebel

Austro-Hungarian army officer

Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth noble, died 1797

Vicar Apostolic of England and Wales

Italian painter (1720-1808)

English composer, organist, singer and conductor

French printmaker and editor (1723-1797)

American politician (1740–1797)

French operatic tenor

Austrian painter (1729-1797)

Count of Limburg

Spanish artist

Sultan of Kedah

Polish noble

British peeress and letter writer (1723-1797)

Czech composer (1726–1797)

American politician 1742-1797

18th-century Iraqi Islamic scholar and poet

British unitarian minister

German organist and composer (1762-1797)