Jan 01 Christleib Siegmund Binder, composer, dies at 65 on this day in history.
Jan 02 Franz Joseph Leonti Meyer von Schavensee, composer, dies at 68 on this day in history.
Jan 08 Jack Broughton, English boxer (bc. 1703) died on this day in history.
Jan 10 Pierre Lyonet, Dutch zoologist/cryptologist, dies at 82 in the year 1789.
Jan 20 Johann Christoph Oley, composer, dies at 50 in the year 1789.
Jan 23 On this day in history death of frances Brooke, English writer (b. 1724)
Feb 02 Armand-Louis Couperin, Fren composer/organist (Notre Dame), dies at 63 on this day in history.
Feb 12 Ethan Allen, American patriot (b. 1738) died on this day in history.