What Happened In July 1797 In History

Historical Events for July, 1797

• 22nd » Battle of Santa Cruz de Tenerife (1797) called Battle of Santa Cruz de Tenerife: Battle between Spanish and British naval forces during the French Revolutionary Wars. During the Battle, Rear-Admiral Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson known as Nelson is w
• 25th » Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson or Horatio Nelson loses more than 300 men and his right arm during the failed conquest attempt of Tenerife (Spain).

Famous Birthdays on July in 1797

• 17th » Hippolyte Delaroche, French painter (d. 1856)
• 18th » Immanuel Hermann Fichte, German philosopher and academic (d. 1879)
• 20th » Paweł Edmund Strzelecki, Polish geologist and explorer (d. 1873)
• 25th » Princess Augusta of Hesse-Kassel (d. 1889)
• 29th » Daniel Drew, American businessman and financier (d. 1879)

Famous Deaths for July 1797

• 9th » Edmund Burke, Irish-English philosopher, academic, and politician (b. 1729)
• 11th » Ienăchiţă Văcărescu, Romanian historian and philologist (b. 1740)

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