Eleven Ships Struck Their Colors: Camperdown, 1797
On October 11, 1797, Admiral Adam Duncan smashed a Dutch fleet off Camperduin, capturing eleven ships and killing France's planned invasion of the British Isles.
Tales from the year 1797
The Man Who Jumped Out of a Balloon — and Invented the Parachute
On October 22, 1797, French balloonist André-Jacques Garnerin cut loose from a hydrogen balloon 3,000 ft over Paris and floated down under silk — the first successful high-altitude parachute descent.