Date | Event |
---|---|
Jan 2 |
Ignaz Franz von Beecke, composer, dies at 69 |
Jan 18 |
Ippolit Bogdanovich, Russian poet (b. 1743) |
Jan 23 |
Arthur Guinness, Irish brewer (b. 1725) |
Jan 26 |
Georg von Pasterwiz, composer, dies at 72 |
Feb 3 |
Pedro R de Campomanes, Spanish economist/lawyer/literary, dies at 79 |
Feb 9 |
Jean François de Saint-Lambert, French poet (b. 1716) |
Feb 16 |
Jan V clav Stich, Bohemian composer, dies at 56 |
Feb 18 |
J W L Gleim, writer, dies |
Feb 20 |
Marie Dumesnil, French actress (b. 1713) |
Feb 21 |
Edward Despard, last person drawn & quartered in England |
Mar 13 |
William Emes, English landscape architect (b. 1729 or 1730) |
Mar 14 |
Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock, German poet, dies at 78 |
Mar 14 |
Friedrich G. Klopstock, Satana |
Mar 17 |
Candido Jose Ruano, composer, dies at 42 |
Mar 29 |
Gottfried van Swieten, Dutch composer (b. 1733) |
Apr 2 |
Hieronymus van Alphen, Dutch attorney/poet (church hymns), dies at 56 |
Apr 7 |
[Francois D] Toussaint L'Ouverture/Haitian revolutionary, dies |
Jun 8 |
Joannes Natalis Paquot, Belgian priest/historian, dies at 80 |
Jun 22 |
Wilhelm Heinse, writer, dies |
Jun 24 |
Matthew Thornton, Irish/US physician/signer (Decl of Ind), dies at 88 |
Jul 5 |
William Jackson, composer, dies at 73 |
Jul 14 |
Esteban Salas y Castro, composer, dies |
Jul 23 |
Arthur Wolfe, 1st viscount Kilwarden/Chief Justice of Ireld, murdered |
Aug 18 |
James Beattie, Scottish poet/philosopher (Essay on Truth), dies at 67 |
Aug 28 |
Charles L Fournier, Flemish writer/painter, dies |
Sep 5 |
Francois Devienne, composer, dies at 44 |
Sep 9 |
Armand-Emmanuel Trial, composer, dies at 32 |
Sep 13 |
John Barry, 1st American commodore, dies |
Sep 15 |
Gian Francesco Albani, Italian Catholic cardinal (b. 1719) |
Sep 16 |
Nicolas Baudin, French explorer (b. 1754) |
Sep 17 |
Franz Xaver Sussmayr, composer, dies |
Sep 20 |
Robert Emmet, Irish nationalist, executed |
Sep 30 |
Charles Broche, composer, dies at 51 |
Oct 2 |
Samuel Adams, US revolutionary (Boston Massacre-Tea Party) and politican, dies at 81 |
Oct 8 |
Vittorio A Alfieri, Italian earl/writer (Filippo), dies at 54 |
Oct 8 |
Vittorio Alfieri, Agamennone |
Oct 26 |
Granville Leveson-Gower, 1st Marquess of Stafford, English politician (b. 1721) |
Nov 3 |
Henri Moreau, composer, dies at 75 |
Nov 5 |
Ch de Laclos, writer, dies |
Nov 5 |
Choderlos de Laclos, Cruel Intentions |
Nov 22 |
Bernardus Bosch, Dutch vicar/patriot, dies at 57 |
Nov 23 |
Roger Newdigate, British politician (b. 1719) |
Dec 18 |
Johann G von Herder, German philosopher/theologist/poet, dies at 59 |
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