Famous Deaths Happened In 1761
Tuesday, 24 February 2026
Jan 03 Willem de fesch: Dutch violinist/composer (joseph), 


Jan 04 Stephen hales: English vicar/inventor (ventilator), 


Jan 10 Edward boscawen: British admiral (b. 1711) 


Feb 01 Pierre françois xavier de charlevoix: French historian (b. 1682) 


Feb 15 Carlo cecere: Composer, 


Mar 07 Antonio palella: Composer, 


Mar 27 Johann ludwig steiner: Composer, 


Apr 04 Theodore gardelle: Swiss painter and enameler (b. 1722) 


Apr 09 William law: Theologian, 


Apr 15 Archibald campbell: 3rd duke of argyll, scottish politician (b. 1682) 


Apr 17 Thomas bayes: English mathematician 


May 14 Thomas simpson: English mathematician (rule of simpson), 


May 15 Jacob mossel: Governor-general (dutch east in 


Jun 02 Jonas alströmer: Swedish industrialist (b. 1685) 


Jun 12 Meinrad spiess: Composer, 


Jul 04 Samuel richardson: English writer (b. 1689) 


Jul 13 Tokugawa ieshige: Japanese shogun (b. 1712) 


Aug 03 Johann matthias gesner: German classical scholar (b. 1691) 


Sep 08 Bernard forest de bélidor: French engineer (b. 1698) 


Sep 19 Peter musschenbroek: Physician/physicist (leidse bottle), 


Nov 30 John dollond: British optician (b. 1706) 


Dec 23 Alestair ruadh macdonnell: Scottish jacobite spy 


Dec 25 Elisabeth petrovna: Tsarina of russia (1741-62), 


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