Rulers:
• Charles IV, King of Spain (1788-1808)
• George Washington, 1st President of the United States (1789-1797)
• John Adams, 2nd President of the United States (1797-1801)
Births:
• Donizetti, Gaetano (1797-1848)
• Manet, Auguste (1797-1862)
• Schubert, Franz (1797-1828)
• Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft (1797-1851)
Deaths:
• Wollstonecraft, Mary (1759-1797)
Music:
• Cherubini, Luigi (1760-1842): Médée (1797)
Art:
• Canova, Antonio (1757-1822): Amore e Psiche in piedi (1797)
• Goya, Francisco (1746-1828): La Duquesa de Alba (1797)
• Goya, Francisco (1746-1828): La maja desnuda (1795-1800)
• Goya, Francisco (1746-1828): San Ambrosio (c.1796-99)
• Turner, Joseph (1775-1851): The Villa of Maecenas at Tivoli (c.1794-97)