Date | Event |
---|---|
Jan 9 |
Noble Wimberly Jones, American Continental Congressman (b. 1723) |
Jan 17 |
Abraham-Hyacinthe Anquetil du Perron, French interpreter, dies at 73 |
Jan 19 |
Johann Gottlieb Karl Spazier, composer, dies at 43 |
Jan 23 |
Vaclav Pichl, composer, dies at 63 |
Jan 23 |
Claude Chappe, French telecommunications pioneer (b. 1763) |
Jan 24 |
Giacomo Conti, composer, dies at 50 |
Jan 28 |
Mihály Csokonai Vitéz, Dorottya |
Feb 25 |
Thomas Pownall, British colonial statesman (b. 1722) |
Feb 27 |
Stefan Paluselli, composer, dies at 57 |
Mar 4 |
Jean-Baptiste Greuze, French painter, dies at 79 |
Mar 14 |
Stanisław Szczęsny Potocki, Russian general (b. 1753) |
Apr 6 |
Lorenz Justinian Ott, composer, dies at 56 |
Apr 26 |
Jean BG d'ansse the Villoison, classic (Anecdota Graeca), dies at 55 |
May 7 |
William Petty, 2nd Earl of Shelburne, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1737) |
May 9 |
Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller, German poet/playwright, dies at 45 |
May 9 |
Friedrich Schiller, Don Carlos |
May 16 |
Christian Brunings, hydraulic engineer, dies at 68 |
May 25 |
William Paley, English philosopher (b. 1743) |
May 28 |
Ridolfo Luigi Boccherini, Ital composer/cellist (Minuet), dies at 62 |
May 28 |
Luigi Boccherini, Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World |
Jun 19 |
Louis-Jean-François Lagrenée, French painter (b. 1724) |
Jul 1 |
Georg Ritschel, composer, dies at 60 |
Jul 9 |
Georg W "Franz" Panzer, German vicar/librarian, dies at 76 |
Aug 1 |
Friedrich Christoph Gebtewitz, composer, dies at 51 |
Aug 3 |
Christopher Anstey, English writer (b. 1724) |
Aug 28 |
Alexander Carlyle, Scottish church leader (Moderator of the General Assembly 1770), dies at 83 |
Aug 31 |
Joseph Marie Clement dall' Abaco, composer, dies at 95 |
Oct 5 |
Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis, British general (b. 1738) |
Oct 13 |
Johann Christoph Kuhnau, composer, dies at 70 |
Oct 21 |
Admiral Horatio Nelson, dies in Battle of Trafalgar |
Oct 21 |
Johann Baptist Lasser, composer, dies at 54 |
Oct 29 |
Tito Brezovacki, Diogenes |
Nov 8 |
Francois-Thomas de Baculard d'Arnaud, French writer, dies at 87 |
Dec 10 |
Friedrich Franz Hurka, composer, dies at 43 |
Dec 23 |
Pehr Osbeck, Swedish explorer and naturalist (b. 1723) |
Dec 27 |
Belle van Zuylen, Neth/Swiss writer (Trois Femmes), dies at 65 |
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