| Date | Event |
|---|---|
Jan 8 |
John Baskerville, English printer/type designer, dies at 68 |
Jan 10 |
Jemeljan Pugatshov, Russian kosak leader/"Tsar Peter III", dies |
Jan 11 |
Yemelyan Pugachov, Don Cossack rebel, executed by tsarist Russia |
Jan 11 |
Prithvi Narayan Shah, began the unification of modern Nepal (b. 1723) |
Jan 15 |
Giovanni Battista Sammartini, composer, dies |
Feb 5 |
Eusebius Amort, German Catholic theologian (b. 1692) |
Feb 6 |
William Dowdeswell, English politician (b. 1721) |
Feb 15 |
Peter Dens, Flemish Catholic theologian (b. 1690) |
Jun 11 |
Egidio Romoaldo Duni, Italian composer, dies at 67 |
Jun 17 |
Major John Pitcairn, British marine (killed in battle) (b. 1722) |
Jun 23 |
Karl Ludwig, Freiherr von Pöllnitz, German adventurer and writer (b. 1692) |
Jul 11 |
Simon Boerum, American Continental Congressman (b. 1724) |
Aug 6 |
Heinrich Nikolaus Gerber, composer, dies at 72 |
Sep 7 |
Johann Georg Holzbogen, composer, dies at 48 |
Sep 16 |
Allen Bathurst, 1st Earl Bathurst, English privy councillor (b. 1684) |
Sep 18 |
Andrew Foulis, bookseller/printer, dies |
Oct 2 |
Chiyo-ni, Japanese poet (b. 1703) |
Oct 14 |
Johann Jacob Rowalt, composer, dies at 57 |
Oct 18 |
Christian August Crusius, German philosopher and theologian (b. 1715) |
Oct 21 |
Peyton Randolph, American president of the Continental Congress (b. 1721) |
Oct 21 |
François-Hubert Drouais, Night Descends on Treasure Island |
Nov 16 |
Marian Paradeiser, composer, dies at 28 |
Nov 21 |
John Hill, British writer |
Nov 24 |
Lorenzo Ricci, Italian Jesuit leader (b. 1703) |
Nov 29 |
Lorenzo Somis, composer, dies at 87 |
Dec 7 |
Charles Saunders, British admiral |
Dec 28 |
Peter A van de Parra, gov-gen of (Neth Indies), dies at 61 |
Dec 31 |
Richard Montgomery, General in Continental Army during American Revolutionary War, dies in attack on Quebec |
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