1797

Events from the year 1797 in the United States.
==Incumbents==
===Federal Government===
* President: George Washington (F-VA) (until March 4), John Adams (F-MA) (starting March 4)
* Vice President: John Adams (F-MA) (until March 4), Thomas Jefferson (DR-VA) (starting March 4)
* Chief Justice: Oliver Ellsworth (CT)
* Speaker of the House of Representatives: Jonathan Dayton (F-NJ)
* Congress: 4th (until March 4), 5th (starting March 4)
==Events==
* January 3 – The Treaty of Tripoli (a peace treaty between the United States and Tripoli) is signed at Algiers.
* February 22 – The last invasion of Britain: An American colonel named William Tate leads French forces in a landing near Fishguard in Wales.
* March 4 – John Adams is sworn in as the 2nd President of the United States, and Thomas Jefferson is sworn in as Vice President of the United States.
* April 17 – Sir Ralph Abercromby unsuccessfully invades San Juan, Puerto Rico in what will be one of the largest British attacks on Spanish territories in the western hemisphere, and one of the worst defeats of the English navy for years to come.
* May 10 – The first ship of the United States Navy, the frigate USS United States, is commissioned.
* October 21 – In Boston Harbor, the 44-gun United States Navy frigate USS Constitution is launched to fight Barbary pirates off the coast of Tripoli.
==Memoriam==
* November 26 – Andrew Adams, signatory of the Articles of Confederation (aged 61; Litchfield, CT, USA)
==External links==
* 1797 in the United States
Category:United States History: Volume 2