Events from 1797

Abbe Barruel publishes Memoirs Illustrating History of Jacobinism - claims Revolution was Illuminati conspiracy

John Robison publishes Proofs of a Conspiracy - sparks Illuminati panic in Britain and America

Lazare Carnot attempts rigorous foundations for calculus - develops compensation of errors theory

Louis-Nicolas Vauquelin discovers chromium - new possibilities in steel alloys and pigments

Robert Morris imprisoned for debt - financier of American Revolution spends 3 years in debtors' prison, sparking bankruptcy law debate

Napoleon conquers Venice - thousand-year republic ends without a fight, last Doge Ludovico Manin abdicates

Venice given to Austria - Treaty of Campo Formio transfers Venice to Habsburgs, begins Austrian occupation

Johnny Appleseed begins planting apple nurseries - travels Ohio River valley with apple seeds from cider presses