| Date | Event |
|---|---|
Jan 7 |
Carl Gustaf Tessin, Swedish politician (b. 1695) |
Jan 20 |
Charles Yorke, Lord Chancellor of Great Britain (b. 1722) |
Feb 22 |
Christopher Snider, 11, Boston, becomes 1st martyr of US Revolution |
Feb 26 |
Francois Hanot, composer, dies at 72 |
Feb 26 |
Giuseppe Tartini, Italian composer/violinist, dies at 77 |
Mar 5 |
Crispus Attucks, slave, is 1st of 5 killed during Boston Massacre |
Mar 27 |
Giovanni B Tiepolo, Italian painter (Banquet of Cleopatra), dies at 73 |
Apr 19 |
Esprit Joseph Antoine Blanchard, composer, dies at 74 |
Apr 25 |
Jean-Antoine Nollet, French abbot and physicist (b. 1700) |
Apr 28 |
Marie AC de Camargo, Spanish/Italian/Belgian dancer, dies at 60 |
May 4 |
Christian Gottfried Krause, composer, dies at 51 |
May 10 |
Charles Avison, composer, dies at 61 |
May 30 |
François Boucher, French painter (b. 1703) |
Jun 23 |
Mark Akenside, English poet and physician (b. 1721) |
Jul 14 |
David 't Kindt, Flemish architect (Mammelokker, Ghent), dies at 71 |
Jul 16 |
Francis Cotes, English painter (b. 1726) |
Jul 26 |
Michael Schevenstuhl, composer, dies at 65 |
Jul 27 |
Robert Dinwiddie, British colonial governor of Virginia (b. 1693) |
Aug 24 |
Thomas Chatterton, English poet (Revenge), dies |
Aug 26 |
Domingos dos Reis Quita, Portuguese playwright/poet, dies at 42 |
Sep 9 |
Bernard S Albinus, [Weiss], German surgeon/anatomist, dies at 73 |
Sep 9 |
Georg D Ehret, German/English cartoonist, dies at 62 |
Sep 30 |
Thomas Robinson, 1st Baron Grantham, English politician and diplomat |
Sep 30 |
George Whitefield, English-born Methodist leader (b. 1714) |
Oct 1 |
Louis-Gabriel Guillemain, composer, dies at 64 |
Oct 18 |
John Manners, Marquess of Granby, British soldier (b. 1721) |
Nov 9 |
John Campbell, 4th Duke of Argyll, Scottish politician |
Nov 13 |
George Grenville, British premier (1763-65)/Stamp Act, dies at 58 |
Nov 17 |
Gian Francesco de Majo, composer, dies at 38 |
Nov 24 |
Charles-Jean-François Hénault, French historian (b. 1685) |
Dec 5 |
James Stirling, Scot mathematician (Formula of Stirling), dies at 78 |
Dec 9 |
Gottlieb Theophil Muffat, composer, dies at 80 |
Dec 10 |
Theophil "Gottlieb" Muffat, German court organist/composer, dies at 80 |
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