| Date | Event |
|---|---|
Jan 5 |
Johann Schneider, composer, dies at 85 |
Jan 14 |
François Joseph Paul, marquis de Grasetilly, comte de Grasse, French admiral (b. 1722) |
Jan 15 |
Gaetano Latilla, composer, dies at 77 |
Jan 17 |
Alessio Prati, composer, dies at 37 |
Jan 31 |
Francesco Zannetti, composer, dies at 50 |
Jan 31 |
[Bonnie Prince Charlie] Charles E Stuart, English pretender to the throne, dies at 67 |
Feb 18 |
John Whitehurst, English clockmaker and scientist (b. 1713) |
Feb 20 |
Gijsbert John van Hardenbroeck, Dutch regent (Utrecht), dies at 68 |
Feb 21 |
Johann Georg Palitzsch, German astronomer (b. 1723) |
Feb 22 |
Franz Joseph Oehlschlagel, composer, dies at 63 |
Feb 28 |
Thomas Cushing, American Continental Congressman (b. 1725) |
Mar 1 |
Orazio Mei, composer, dies at 56 |
Mar 29 |
Charles Wesley, hymn writer, dies |
Apr 12 |
Carl Joseph Toeschi, composer, dies at 56 |
Apr 12 |
Carlo Antonio Campioni, composer, dies at 67 |
Apr 15 |
Giuseppi Bonno, composer, dies at 77 |
Apr 16 |
Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon, French naturalist (b. 1707) |
Apr 22 |
Zacharias H Alewijn, Dutch poet, dies 46 |
May 8 |
Giovanni Antonio Scopoli, Italian-born physician and naturalist (b. 1723) |
May 29 |
Jacques Aliamet, French etcher/engraver, dies at 61 |
Jun 12 |
Johann A Cramer, prime minister/poet, dies at 65 |
Jun 18 |
Adam Gib, Scottish religious leader (b. 1714) |
Jun 28 |
Johann Christoph Vogel, composer, dies at 32 |
Jul 14 |
Johann Gottfried Muthel, composer, dies at 60 |
Aug 2 |
Thomas Gainsborough, English painter (Blue Boy), dies at 61 |
Aug 8 |
Louis FAD Duke the Richelieu, French marshal, dies at 92 |
Aug 14 |
Thomas Sheridan, actor/biographer/lexicographer (Intelligencer), dies |
Sep 14 |
John Penn, US attorney, signed (Decl of Independence), dies at 47 |
Sep 14 |
Theodore-Jean Tarade, composer, dies at 56 |
Sep 26 |
Francois Bainville, composer, dies at 63 |
Oct 13 |
Robert Nugent, 1st Earl Nugent, Irish politician and poet (b. 1702) |
Oct 15 |
Samuel Greig, Scottish-Russian admiral (b. 1735) |
Oct 18 |
Jean-Guillain Cardon, composer, dies at 56 |
Nov 1 |
Johann Samuel Schroeter, composer, dies |
Nov 15 |
Peregrinus Pogl, composer, dies at 77 |
Nov 28 |
Charles C of Nassau-Weilburg, governor of Maastricht, dies at about 53 |
Dec 6 |
Jonathan Shipley, British bishop and politician (b. 1714) |
Dec 12 |
Joseph Gibbs, composer, dies at 88 |
Dec 14 |
Carl Phillip Emanuel Bach, German composer, dies at 74 |
Dec 14 |
Carlos III, King of Naples/Spain (1759-88), dies at 72 |
Dec 14 |
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach, Wuthering Heights |
Dec 22 |
Percivall Pott, English physician and surgeon (b. 1714) |
Dec 25 |
John Logan, Scottish conductor (Ode to the Cuckoo), dies at about 40 |
Dec 30 |
Francesco Zuccarelli, Italian rococo painter/etcher, dies at 86 |
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