Notable Deaths - 1780
1780 Deaths
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
Jan 2 |
Johann Ludwig Krebs, composer, dies at 66 |
Jan 10 |
Francesco Antonio Vallotti, Italian organist/composer, dies at 82 |
Feb 14 |
William Blackstone, English lawyer, dies at 56 |
Feb 17 |
Andreas Felix von Oefele, German historian and librarian (b. 1706) |
Feb 18 |
Kristijonas Donelaitis, Lithuanian poet (b. 1714) |
Mar 20 |
Sir Benjamin Truman - English brewer (b. 1699/1700) |
Mar 26 |
Charles I, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (b. 1713) |
Apr 21 |
Ferdinand Zellbell, composer, dies at 60 |
May 18 |
Charles Hardy, British governor of Newfoundland |
Jun 3 |
Thomas Hutchinson, American colonial governor of Massachusetts (b. 1711) |
Jul 4 |
Charles Alexander, Duke of Lotharingen South Neth, dies at 67 |
Jul 14 |
Charles Batteux, French philosopher (b. 1713) |
Aug 3 |
Etienne B de Condillac, French philosopher (sensualism), dies at 64 |
Aug 19 |
Bernhard Haltenberger, composer, dies at 32 |
Aug 29 |
Jacques-Germain Soufflot, French architect (b. 1713) |
Sep 1 |
Reynier de Klerk, gov-gen of Dutch-Indies (1777-1800), dies at 69 |
Sep 4 |
John Fielding, English magistrate and social reformer (b. 1721) |
Sep 6 |
William Allen, Mayor of Philadelphia, dies at 76 |
Sep 8 |
Enoch Poor, American Continental Army general (b. 1736) |
Sep 8 |
Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont, Beauty and the Beast |
Sep 23 |
John Andre, hanged as a British spy at 29 |
Oct 2 |
John Andre, British major, hanged by Americans (spied with B Arnold) |
Oct 7 |
Patrick Ferguson, English major in SC, dies in battle at 36 |
Oct 17 |
William Cookworthy, English chemist (b. 1705) |
Nov 14 |
Jacobus Houbraken, engraver/illustrator, dies at 81 |
Nov 17 |
Bernardo Bellotto, Italian painter (b. 1720) |
Nov 26 |
James Denham Steuart, 4th Baronet, British economist (b. 1712) |
Nov 29 |
Maria Theresia Hapsburg, Queen of Austria, dies at 63 |
Dec 26 |
John Fothergill, English physician (b. 1712) |
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