Notable Deaths - 1762
1762 Deaths
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
Jan 5 |
Elizabeth of Russia [Elizaveta Petrovna], tsarina of Russia (1741-62), dies at 52 |
Jan 11 |
Louis-François Roubiliac, French sculptor (b. 1695) |
Jan 13 |
Leonhard Trautsch, composer, dies at 68 |
Feb 11 |
Johann Tobias Krebs, composer, dies at 71 |
Feb 12 |
Laurent Belissen, composer, dies at 68 |
Feb 20 |
Tobias Mayer, German astronomer (b. 1723) |
Mar 4 |
Johannes Zick, German fresco painter (b. 1702) |
Mar 21 |
Nicolas Louis de Lacaille, French astronomer (b. 1713) |
Apr 23 |
Johann Samuel Endler, composer, dies at 67 |
May 16 |
Ernst Chreistian Hesse, composer, dies at 86 |
May 24 |
Joseph Umstatt, composer, dies at 51 |
May 26 |
Alexander Gottlieb Baumgarten, German philosopher (b. 1714) |
Jun 17 |
Prosper Jolyot de Crébillon, French writer (b. 1674) |
Jun 19 |
Johann Ernst Eberlin, composer, dies at 60 |
Jul 10 |
Johann F Gronovius, physician/botany, dies at 76 |
Jul 13 |
James Bradley, 3rd English Astronomer Royal, dies aged 69 |
Jul 14 |
Cornelis Hop, Amsterdams regent/diplomat, dies at 77 |
Jul 16 |
Jacques Hotteterre, composer, dies at 87 |
Jul 17 |
Peter III, Emperor of Russia (1762), dies at 34 |
Jul 20 |
Christoph Nichelsmann, German klavecinist/composer, dies |
Jul 28 |
George Dodington, 1st Baron Melcombe, English politician (b. 1691) |
Aug 13 |
John Alberti, theologist/philological, dies at 64 |
Aug 21 |
Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, English writer (b. 1689) |
Sep 17 |
Francesco Xaverio Geminiani, composer, dies at 74 |
Sep 17 |
Francesco Geminiani, Amreeka |
Oct 6 |
Francesco Onofrio Manfredini, composer, dies at 78 |
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