Notable Deaths - 1778
1778 Deaths
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
Jan 4 |
Charles D J Eisen, French engraver/painter, dies at 57 |
Jan 10 |
Carolus linaeus "Carl von Linne", Swedish botanist/explorer, dies at 70 |
Feb 15 |
Johann Gottlieb Gorner, composer, dies at 80 |
Feb 18 |
Joseph Marie Terray, French statesman (b. 1715) |
Feb 20 |
Laura Bassi, Italian scholar (b. 1711) |
Mar 5 |
Thomas A Arne, English composer (Alfred, Rule Britannia), dies at 67 |
Mar 5 |
Thomas Augustine Arne, Minions |
Mar 7 |
Charles De Geer, Swedish industrialist (b. 1720) |
Mar 13 |
Charles le Beau, French historian (b. 1701) |
Apr 7 |
Johann Balthasar Kehl, composer, dies at 52 |
Apr 8 |
Pieter Teyler van der Hulst, Dutch founder (Teyler Museum), dies at 76 |
Apr 22 |
James Hargreaves, inventor (spinning jenny), dies |
May 11 |
William Pitt Sr, English premier (1756-61, 66-68), dies at 69 |
May 16 |
Robert Darcy, 4th Earl of Holderness, English diplomat (b. 1718) |
May 30 |
Voltaire, [Francois-Marie Arouet], French writer (Candide), dies at 42 |
May 30 |
Voltaire, Candide |
Jun 7 |
Johann Georg Zechner, composer, dies at 62 |
Jun 12 |
Philip Livingston, American merchant (signed Declaration of Independance), dies at 62 |
Jun 16 |
Konrad Ekhof, German actor (b. 1720) |
Jun 24 |
Pieter Burmann the Younger, Dutch philologist (b. 1714) |
Jun 26 |
Angelo Antonio Caroli, composer, dies at 77 |
Jul 2 |
Jean-Jacques Rousseau, composer, dies at 66 |
Jul 2 |
Bathsheba Spooner, American murderer |
Jul 2 |
Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Joy of Learning |
Jul 3 |
Jean-Jacques Rousseau, French writer/composer (Pygmalion), dies |
Jul 3 |
Anna Maria Pertl Mozart, mother of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (b. 1720) |
Jul 28 |
Arvid Niclas Hopken, composer, dies at 68 |
Aug 4 |
Pierre de Rigaud, French colonial governor in North America (b. 1698) |
Aug 5 |
Thomas Linley, composer, dies at 22 |
Aug 5 |
Charles Clémencet, French historian (b. 1703) |
Aug 11 |
Augustus Montague Toplady, hymn writer (Rock of Ages), dies |
Aug 11 |
Augustus Montague Toplady, The Silence of the Lambs |
Aug 12 |
Peregrine Bertie, 3rd Duke of Ancaster and Kesteven, British general and politician (b. 1714) |
Aug 28 |
Jacob Wallenberg, Swedish writer/shipminister, dies |
Sep 23 |
Balthazar Huydecoper, translator/historian, dies at 83 |
Nov 9 |
Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Italian etcher, dies at 58 |
Nov 20 |
Francesco Cetti, Italian Jesuit scientist (b. 1726) |
Nov 26 |
Jean-Noel Hamal, composer, dies at 68 |
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