Notable Deaths - 1776
1776 Deaths
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
Mar 5 |
Yeongjo of Joseon, ruler of Korea (b. 1694) |
Mar 10 |
Élie Catherine Fréron, French critic (b. 1719) |
Mar 10 |
Niclas Sahlgren, Swedish merchant and philanthropist (b. 1701) |
Mar 24 |
John Harrison, English clockmaker (b. 1693) |
Mar 26 |
Samuel Ward, American politician (b. 1725) |
Apr 19 |
Jacob Israel Emden, [Jacob ben Tswi], German rabbi, dies at 78 |
Apr 22 |
Johann Adolph Scheibe, German music theroist/composer, dies at 67 |
Apr 24 |
Carolus van de Abeele, Flemish Jesuit, dies at 84 |
Apr 24 |
Giuseppi Paolucci, composer, dies at 49 |
Apr 29 |
Edward Wortley Montagu, English traveler and writer (b. 1713) |
May 4 |
Jacques Saly, French sculptor (b. 1717) |
May 6 |
James Kent, composer, dies at 76 |
May 13 |
Anton de Haen, medical Ratio medendi, dies at 71 |
Jun 10 |
Leopold Widhalm, Austrian luthier (b. 1722) |
Jun 20 |
Benjamin Huntsman, English inventor and manufacturer (b. 1704) |
Jun 27 |
Thomas Hickey, plan to hand George Washington to British, executed |
Jun 28 |
Thomas Hickey, American sergeant convicted of treason, hanged |
Jul 1 |
Francis Salvador, 1st Jew to die in American Revolutionary War |
Jul 7 |
Jeremiah Markland, English classical scholar (b. 1693) |
Jul 10 |
Richard Peters, English-born clergyman (b. 1704) |
Aug 2 |
Louis François I, Prince of Conti, French military leader (b. 1717) |
Aug 25 |
David Hume, Scottish philosopher and historian (A Treatise of Human Nature), dies of abdominal cancer at 65 |
Sep 22 |
Nathan Hale, US captain/patriot/spy, hanged by British at 21 |
Oct 17 |
Pierre François le Courayer, French theologian (b. 1681) |
Nov 17 |
James Ferguson, British astronomer (b. 1710) |
Nov 22 |
Johann Caspar Simon, composer, dies at 75 |
Nov 26 |
Dov Baer of Mezhirech, hassidic rabbi, dies |
Dec 26 |
Johann Gottlieb Rall, Hessian colonel/mercenary, dies in battle in American Revolutionary War |
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