page_title: 1797
section_title: July–September
hierarchical_section_title: 1797 / Events / July–September
caption_attribution_description: Español: La obra representa la batalla de Santa Cruz de Tenerife, librada en 1797.
context_page_description: 1797 was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Thursday of the Julian calendar, the 1797th year of the Common Era and Anno Domini designations, the 797th year of the 2nd millennium, the 97th year of the 18th century, and the 8th year of the 1790s decade. As of the start of 1797, the Gregorian calendar was 11 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which remained in localized use until 1923.
context_section_description: July 9 – U.S. Senator William Blount becomes the first federal legislator to be expelled from office, as his fellow Senators vote 25 to 1 to block him from his seat during an investigation against him on charges of criminal conspiracy.
  July 24 – Horatio Nelson is wounded at the Battle of Santa Cruz, losing an arm.
  August 29 – Massacre of Tranent: British troops attack protestors against enforced recruitment into the militia at Tranent, Scotland, killing 12.
  September 4 – The Coup of 18 Fructidor is carried out in France as three of the five members of The Directory, France's executive council, arrested royalist members of the Council of Five Hundred, the national legislature, and discard the results of the spring elections.
  September 5 –  France's new government decrees that citizens who left the country without authorization are subject to the death penalty if they return.
  September 30 – Dominique-Vincent Ramel-Nogaret, French finance minister, repudiates two thirds of France's debt.
caption: July 24: Battle of Santa Cruz
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