WHAT ALL HAPPENED MARCH TO DECEMBER 1797
Find out what all happened March to December 1797

Treaty of Campo Formio is signed between France and Austria (18. October 1797)

The Battle of Neuwied – French victory against the Austrians. (18. April 1797)

Battle of Santa Cruz de Tenerife: Battle between Spanish and British naval forces during the French Revolutionary Wars. During the Battle, Rear-Admiral Nelson is wounded in the arm and the arm had to be partially amputated. (22. July 1797)

Citizens of Verona, Italy, begin an eight-day rebellion against the French occupying forces, which will end unsuccessfully. (17. April 1797)

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. (11. October 1797)

First Coalition: Napoleon I of France conquers Venice. (12. May 1797)

Horatio Nelson loses more than 300 men and his right arm during the failed conquest attempt of Tenerife (Spain). (25. July 1797)

Coup of 18 Fructidor in France. (4. September 1797)

Sir Ralph Abercromby attacks San Juan, Puerto Rico, in what would be one of the largest invasions of the Spanish territories in America. (17. April 1797)

André-Jacques Garnerin makes the first recorded parachute jump from one thousand meters (3,200 feet) above Paris. (22. October 1797)

The Bank of England issues the first one-pound and two-pound banknotes. (2. March 1797)

In Boston Harbor, the 44-gun United States Navy frigate USS Constitution is launched. (21. October 1797)