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This article provides a list of famous people who died in 1797 .
See also: Category: Deaths in 1797
January
- January 13 - Elizabeth Christina of Braunschweig (81) - Queen of Prussia , wife of Frederick the Great .
- January 28 - Anton Golovaty ( exact age unknown ) - Cossack chieftain , military judge , one of the founders and administrator of the Black Sea Cossack army , initiator of the relocation of the Black Sea Cossacks to the Kuban .
February
- February 20 - Domenico Merlini (66) - Italian - Polish architect .
- February 22 - Karl Friedrich Munchausen (76) - German baron , descendant of the ancient Lower Saxon clan Munchausen , captain of the Russian service, historical personage and literary character .
- February 26 - Ivan Chernyshev (70) - Field Marshal General for the Navy , President of the Admiralty College, owner of the estate Alexandrino .
March
April
- April 11 - Ekaterina Cherkasova (69) - Hofmeisterin of Empress Elizabeth Petrovna .
May
- May 27 - Gracchus Babeuf (36) - French revolutionary communist - utopian , leader of the movement "in the name of equality" during the Directory ; executed.
June
July
August
- August 11 - Alexey Senyavin (74) - Russian admiral, commander of the Don and Azov naval flotillas.
- August 29 - Joseph Wright (62) - one of the outstanding British painters of the XVIII century .
September
October
- October 12 - Pierre de Geliott (84) - French singer and composer.
- October 26 - Peter Melissino - the first Russian artillery general.
November
- November 16 - Frederick William II (53) - King of Prussia from August 17, 1786 .
- November 26 - Ivan Shuvalov (70) - Russian statesman, adjutant general ( 1760 ), favorite of Empress Elizaveta Petrovna , philanthropist , founder of Moscow University and the St. Petersburg Academy of Arts .
December
- December 6 - Ivan Golitsyn (66) - Adjutant General of Emperor Peter III , later General from Infantry , Actual Privy Councilor .
- December 19 - Francesco Sabatini (75) - Italian architect , who worked mainly in Spain .
- December 23 - Frederick II Eugene (65) - Duke of Württemberg from 1795 to 1797 ; his sons became the founders of the five branches of the Württemberg house .
See also
- List of the dead in 1796
- List of the dead in 1798