Famous Deaths In 1777

Jan 01 Emanuele Barbella, composer, dies at 58 in the year 1777.

Jan 10 In the year 1777 death of spranger Barry, Irish actor (b. 1719)

Jan 12 On this day in history death of hugh Mercer, American Revolutionary War officer (mortally wounded in battle) (b. 1726)

Feb 09 On this day in history death of seth Pomeroy, American gunsmith and soldier (b. 1706)

Feb 24 King Joseph I of Portugal (b. 1714) died in the year 1777.

Mar 01 Georg Christoph Wagenzeil, Austria (court)composer/pianist, dies at 62 in the year 1777.

Mar 22 In the year 1777 john Bartram, father of American botany, dies at 77

May 11 On this day in history death of george Pigot, Baron Pigot, British governor of Madras (b. 1719)

May 16 Button Gwinnet, US revolutionary leader, dies from wounds on this day in history.

Jun 16 In the year 1777 death of jean-Baptiste-Louis Gresset, French poet and dramatist (b. 1709)

Jun 22 Josef Christian, German sculptor, dies at 71 on this day in history.

Jul 13 In the year 1777 guillaume Coustou Jr, French sculptor (Apollo/Mars/Venus), dies at 61

Jul 27 In the year 1777 william Hayes, composer, dies at 69

Aug 17 Giuseppe Scarlotti, composer, dies at 54 on this day in history.

Aug 23 Giuseppe Sellitto, composer, dies at 77 on this day in history.

Sep 01 Johann Ernst Bach, composer, dies at 55 on this day in history.

Sep 25 On this day in history johann Heinrich Lambert, mathematician, dies at 49

Oct 05 In the year 1777 death of ján Andrej Segner, Slovak and German mathematician, physicist, and physician (b. 1704)

Oct 07 In the year 1777 simon Fraser, English general, dies in battle

Oct 13 On this day in history dismas Hatas, composer, dies at 52

Oct 21 On this day in history death of samuel Foote, English dramatist and actor (b. 1720)

Nov 10 In the year 1777 death of cornstalk, Shawnee chief

Nov 30 Jean-Marie Leclair, composer, dies at 74 on this day in history.

Dec 12 On this day in history albrecht von Haller, Swiss physician/biologist/author, dies at 69

Dec 30 Maximilian III Jozef, elector of Bayern (1745-77), dies at 50 on this day in history.

Jan 01 Micah Hawkins, composer was born on this day in history.

Jan 02 Christian D Rauch, German sculptor was born on this day in history.

Jan 03 On this day in history birth of louis Poinsot, French instrument worker

Jan 03 On this day in history birth of m A Elisa Bonaparte, Corsican monarch of Lucca/Piombino

Jan 08 In the year 1777 birth of filippo Traetta, Italy, composer/musicologist

Jan 25 Elias Canneman, Dutch liberal minister of Finance (1813-14) was born in the year 1777.

Feb 12 Friedrich de la Motte Fouqué, German poet (d. 1843) was born on this day in history.

Mar 09 Alexander Orlowski, Polish painter/cartoonist/graphic artist was born on this day in history.