1797 (AD 1797) Historical Timeline & Archive

Notable Figures in 1797 (AD 1797) (13)

• Adolphe Thiers (Born: 1797-04-15) — Influential French statesman, historian, and President of the Third Republic.
• Alfred de Vigny (Born: 1797-03-27) — French poet and early Romanticist, known for his plays and novels.
• Charles Lyell (Born: 1797-11-14) — Scottish geologist, pioneer of uniformitarianism, and author of Principles of Geology.
• Edmund Burke (Died: 1797-07-09) — Founder of modern political conservatism, influential philosopher and statesman.
• Franz Schubert (Born: 1797-01-31) — Master of the German Lied, Schubert's prolific output defined the early Romantic era.
• Ghalib (Born: 1797-12-27) — Master poet of Urdu and Persian, chronicling love, philosophy, and the human condition.
• Heinrich Heine (Born: 1797-12-13) — Poet, satirist, and literary critic whose work blended lyricism with sharp political irony.
• Hiroshige (Born: 1797) — Master of ukiyo-e landscapes, famed for the Tōkaidō and Edo views.
• Joseph Henry (Born: 1797-12-17) — Pioneering American physicist and inventor, instrumental in developing electromagnetism and the electric telegraph.
• Mary Shelley (Born: 1797-08-30) — Pioneering Gothic novelist, author of Frankenstein, and advocate for feminist thought.
• Sojourner Truth (Born: 1797) — Pioneering abolitionist and civil rights activist for African Americans and women.
• Vilna Gaon (Died: 1797-10-09) — Foremost leader of non-Hasidic Jewry, renowned Talmudist and scholar.
• Wilhelm I (Born: 1797-03-22) — King of Prussia and first German Emperor (1871-1888)