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What Happened In October 1797 In History

Historical Events for October, 1797

  • 11th » Battle of Camperdown: Naval battle between Royal Navy and Royal Netherlands Navy during the French Revolutionary Wars. The outcome of the battle was a decisive British victory.
  • 18th » Treaty of Campo Formio is signed between France and Austria
  • 21st » In Boston Harbor, the 44-gun United States Navy frigate USS called Constitution is launched.
  • 22nd » AndrĂ©-Jacques Garnerin makes the first recorded parachute jump from one thousand meters (3,200 feet) above Paris.

Famous Birthdays on October in 1797

  • 3rd » Leopold II, Grand Duke of Tuscany (d. 1870)
  • 26th » Giuditta Pasta, Italian soprano (d. 1865)

Famous Deaths for October 1797

  • 9th » Vilna Gaon, Lithuanian rabbi (b. 1720)

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