1797

Year 1797 () was a (link will display the full calendar) of the  (or a  of the 11-day slower ).

January - February

 * - New Year Eve Party with the invention of and party hats.
 * - The (a peace treaty between the  and ) is signed at . see also.
 * - The parliament of the adopts the Italian green-white-red tricolour as official flag. It is the birthday of the.
 * - London  wears silk  in public and attracts a large crowd of onlookers. He is later fined £500 for causing.
 * - The, part of the.
 * - Spanish Governor peacefully surrenders the colony of  to a British naval force commanded by Sir.
 * - The begins. French forces under the command of American  land near  in.
 * - surrenders to the British at Fishguard.
 * - The (national bank of ) issues the first one-pound and two-pound notes (discontinued  ).

March - June

 * - succeeds  as the.
 * - Sir unsuccessfully invades  in what would be one of the largest British attacks on Spanish territories in the western hemisphere and one of the worst defeats of the English navy for years to come.
 * - : conquers, ending the 1070 years of independence of the city. The last , , steps down.
 * - : conquers, ending the 1070 years of independence of the city. The last , , steps down.

July - December

 * - is wounded at the, losing an arm.
 * - ends the.
 * - In, the 44-gun frigate  is launched to fight  pirates off the coast of.
 * - leads a successful French charge against  to secure.

Undated

 * composes the music to "," the tune of which also became the music to the German national anthem, "."
 * between France and the United States

Births

 * -, German writer (died )
 * -, Austrian pianist and composer (died )
 * -, German-American piano manufacturer (died )
 * - Emperor (died )
 * -, French author (died )
 * -, American religious leader and composer (died )
 * -, (died )
 * -, Polish explorer and geologist (died )
 * -, English writer (died )
 * - (died )
 * -, British geologist (died )
 * -, Italian composer (died )
 * -, German poet (died )
 * -, American scientist (died )
 * date unknown -, Japanese woodblock print or ukiyo-e  (died )


 * See also .

Deaths

 * -, wife of (born )
 * -, French composer (born )
 * -, German officer and adventurer (born )
 * -, English politician and writer (born )
 * -, Scottish geologist (born )
 * - Nigerian ex-slave and slavery abolitionist (born )
 * -, French dramatist (born )
 * -, British field marshal (born )
 * -, French revolutionary leader (executed) (born )
 * -, French revolutionary leader (executed) (born )
 * -, Irish philosopher (born )
 * -, Wallachian writer (born )
 * -, British military commander (born )
 * -, Alsatian-born Austrian general (born )
 * -, feminist author (born )
 * -, Lithuanian rabbi (born )
 * -, founder of the (born )
 * - King of Prussia (born )
 * -, French shipbuilder and merchant (born )
 * -, American President of Harvard University (born )
 * -, English physician (born )


 * See also .

Fiction
The events of happen in this year.