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  • Paris, France
    1797
    Robert Fulton

    Fulton went to Paris

    Paris, France
    1797

    In 1797 Fulton went to Paris, where he was well known as an inventor. He studied French and German, along with mathematics and chemistry. In Paris, Fulton met James Rumsey, an inventor from Virginia with an interest in steamboats, who in 1786 ran his own first steamboat up the Potomac River.




  • Rivoli, Italy
    Sunday Jan 15, 1797
    Napoleon

    Decisive French triumph at Rivoli

    Rivoli, Italy
    Sunday Jan 15, 1797

    The decisive French triumph at Rivoli in January 1797 led to the collapse of the Austrian position in Italy. At Rivoli, the Austrians lost up to 14,000 men while the French lost about 5,000.




  • Riobamba, Spanish Empire (now Ecuador)
    Saturday Feb 4, 1797
    12:30:00 PM
    Disasters with highest death tolls

    1797 Riobamba Earthquake

    Riobamba, Spanish Empire (now Ecuador)
    Saturday Feb 4, 1797
    12:30:00 PM

    The 1797 Riobamba earthquake occurred at 12:30 UTC on 4 February. It devastated the city of Riobamba and many other cities in the Interandean valley, causing between 6,000–40,000 casualties.




  • Swartekill, New York, U.S.
    1797
    Sojourner Truth

    Birth

    Swartekill, New York, U.S.
    1797

    Truth was one of the 10 or 12 children born to James and Elizabeth Baumfree (or Bomefree). Colonel Hardenbergh bought James and Elizabeth Baumfree from slave traders and kept their family at his estate in a big hilly area called by the Dutch name Swartekill (just north of present-day Rifton), in the town of Esopus, New York, 95 miles (153 km) north of New York City.




  • Caracas, Venezuela
    1797
    Simón Bolívar

    Don Simón Rodríguez was forced to leave the country

    Caracas, Venezuela
    1797

    When Bolívar was fourteen, Don Simón Rodríguez was forced to leave the country after being accused of involvement in a conspiracy against the Spanish government in Caracas. Bolívar then entered the military academy of the Milicias de Aragua.




  • Tarvisio, Italy
    Tuesday Mar 21, 1797
    Napoleon

    Battle of Tarvis

    Tarvisio, Italy
    Tuesday Mar 21, 1797

    In the first encounter between the two commanders, Napoleon pushed back his opponent and advanced deep into Austrian territory after winning at the Battle of Tarvis in March 1797.




  • Mount Vernon, Virginia, U.S.
    Mar, 1797
    George Washington

    Washington retired

    Mount Vernon, Virginia, U.S.
    Mar, 1797

    Washington retired to Mount Vernon in March 1797 and devoted time to his plantations and other business interests, including his distillery. His plantation operations were only minimally profitable, and his lands in the west (Piedmont) were under Indian attacks and yielded little income, with the squatters there refusing to pay rent. He attempted to sell these but without success. He became an even more committed Federalist. He vocally supported the Alien and Sedition Acts and convinced Federalist John Marshall to run for Congress to weaken the Jeffersonian hold on Virginia.


  • Leoben, Austria
    Tuesday Apr 18, 1797
    Napoleon

    Treaty of Leoben

    Leoben, Austria
    Tuesday Apr 18, 1797

    The Austrians were alarmed by the French thrust that reached all the way to Leoben, about 100 km from Vienna, and finally decided to sue for peace. The Treaty of Leoben, followed by the more comprehensive Treaty of Campo Formio, gave France control of most of northern Italy and the Low Countries, and a secret clause promised the Republic of Venice to Austria. Bonaparte marched on Venice and forced its surrender, ending 1,100 years of independence. He also authorized the French to loot treasures such as the Horses of Saint Mark.


  • London, United Kingdom
    1797
    Valentine's Day

    The publishment of The Young Man's Valentine Writer

    London, United Kingdom
    1797

    The sharing of love-notes between sweethearts seems to have been common practice, as it was first published in 1797, The Young Man's Valentine Writer or the High Road to Love; for both Sexes. That included gems of sentimental rhymes.


  • Kendal, England, United Kingdom
    1797
    Libraries

    Economical Library in Kendal

    Kendal, England, United Kingdom
    1797

    The late 18th century saw a rise in subscription libraries intended for the use of tradesmen. In 1797, there was established at Kendal the Economical Library, "designed principally for the use and instruction of the working classes".


  • Paris, France
    Monday Sep 4, 1797
    Napoleon

    Coup of 18 Fructidor

    Paris, France
    Monday Sep 4, 1797

    Bonaparte sent General Pierre Augereau to Paris to lead a coup d'état and purge the royalists on 4 September (Coup of 18 Fructidor).


  • Campoformido, Republic of Venice (Present Day Campoformido, Italy)
    Tuesday Oct 17, 1797
    Napoleon

    Treaty of Campo Formio

    Campoformido, Republic of Venice (Present Day Campoformido, Italy)
    Tuesday Oct 17, 1797

    These negotiations resulted in the Treaty of Campo Formio.


  • Paris, France
    Dec, 1797
    Napoleon

    Bonaparte returned to Paris as a hero

    Paris, France
    Dec, 1797

    Bonaparte returned to Paris in December as a hero.


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