| Date | Event |
|---|---|
Jan 5 |
John Russell, 4th Duke of Bedford, British statesman (b. 1710) |
Jan 11 |
Jean-Baptiste de Boyer, marquis d'Argens, French author, dies at 66 |
Feb 8 |
Augusta von Saxen-Gotha, German prince Frederick Louis of Wales, dies |
Feb 12 |
Adolf Frederik, King of Sweden (1751-70), dies at 60 |
Feb 20 |
Jean Jacques d'Ortous de Mairan, French geophysicist (b. 1678) |
Mar 1 |
Isfrid Kayser, composer, dies at 58 |
Mar 8 |
Louis August le Clerc, French-born sculptor (b. 1688) |
May 21 |
Christopher Smart, English poet (b. 1722) |
Jun 8 |
George Montague-Dunk, 2nd Earl of Halifax, English statesman (b. 1716) |
Jun 23 |
Jean-Claude Trial, composer, dies at 38 |
Jul 7 |
Thomas Gray, English poet (Elegy), dies at 54 |
Jul 30 |
Thomas Gray, English poet, dies at 54 |
Jul 30 |
Thomas Gray, Pastoral Panoramas |
Sep 17 |
Tobias George Smollett, novelist (Adv of Roderick Random), dies at 50 |
Oct 8 |
John E Loovens, lawyer, dies at 76 |
Oct 14 |
Franz Xaver Brixi, composer, dies at 39 |
Oct 18 |
Robert Praelisauer, composer, dies at 62 |
Oct 27 |
Johann Gottlieb Graun, composer, dies |
Nov 6 |
Hermanus Noordkerk, Dutch jurist, dies at 69 |
Nov 6 |
John Bevis, English physician and astronomer (b. 1695) |
Nov 13 |
Conrad E Ackermann, German actor/theater director, dies at 61 |
Nov 18 |
Giuseppe de Majo, composer, dies at 73 |
Dec 6 |
Giovanni Battista Morgagni, Italian anatomist (b. 1682) |
Dec 23 |
Marie-Marguerite d'Youville, Canadian saint (b. 1701) |
Dec 26 |
Claude Adrien Helvétius, French philosopher (b. 1715) |
Dec 27 |
Henri Pitot, French engineer (b. 1695) |
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