Famous Deaths Happened In 1761

Jan 03 Willem de Fesch, Dutch violinist/composer (Joseph), dies at 73 on this day in history.  

Jan 04 Stephen Hales, English vicar/inventor (ventilator), dies at 83 in the year 1761.  

Jan 10 On this day in history death of edward Boscawen, British admiral (b. 1711)  

Feb 01 Pierre François Xavier de Charlevoix, French historian (b. 1682) died in the year 1761.  

Feb 15 Carlo Cecere, composer, dies at 54 in the year 1761.  

Mar 07 Antonio Palella, composer, dies at 68 in the year 1761.  

Mar 27 Johann Ludwig Steiner, composer, dies at 72 in the year 1761.  

Apr 04 Theodore Gardelle, Swiss painter and enameler (b. 1722) died in the year 1761.  

Apr 09 In the year 1761 william Law, theologian, dies  

Apr 15 On this day in history death of archibald Campbell, 3rd Duke of Argyll, Scottish politician (b. 1682)  

Apr 17 In the year 1761 death of thomas Bayes, English mathematician  

May 14 Thomas Simpson, English mathematician (rule of Simpson), dies at 50 in the year 1761.  

May 15 On this day in history jacob Mossel, governor-general (Dutch East Indies), dies at 56  

Jun 02 Jonas Alströmer, Swedish industrialist (b. 1685) died in the year 1761.  

Jun 12 Meinrad Spiess, composer, dies at 77 in the year 1761.  

Jul 04 On this day in history death of samuel Richardson, English writer (b. 1689)  

Jul 13 Tokugawa Ieshige, Japanese shogun (b. 1712) died in the year 1761.  

Aug 03 Johann Matthias Gesner, German classical scholar (b. 1691) died on this day in history.  

Sep 08 Bernard Forest de Bélidor, French engineer (b. 1698) died in the year 1761.  

Sep 19 Peter Musschenbroek, physician/physicist (Leidse Bottle), dies at 69 in the year 1761.  

Nov 30 John Dollond, British optician (b. 1706) died in the year 1761.  

Dec 23 On this day in history death of alestair Ruadh MacDonnell, Scottish Jacobite spy  

Dec 25 Elisabeth Petrovna, tsarina of Russia (1741-62), dies at about 51 in the year 1761.  

Jan 17 James Hall, Scotland, geologist was born on this day in history.  

Jan 20 Giovanni Domenico Perotti, composer was born in the year 1761.  

Jan 23 On this day in history birth of friedrich von Matthison, German poet (Adelaide)  

Jan 29 Abraham AA "Albert" Gallatin, Switz, US minister of Finance (1801-14) was born in the year 1761.  

Feb 01 Christian Hendrik Persoon, South African mycologist (d. 1836) was born in the year 1761.  

Feb 16 On this day in history birth of charles Pichegru, French general (d. 1804)  

Feb 22 Erik Eriksson Tulindberg, composer was born on this day in history.  

Feb 22 Jacob Kimball, composer was born in the year 1761.