Famous Deaths In 1761
Wednesday, 27 September 2023
Jan 03 Willem de Fesch, Dutch violinist/composer (Joseph), dies at 73 in the year 1761.
Jan 04 Stephen Hales, English vicar/inventor (ventilator), dies at 83 on this day in history.
Jan 10 Edward Boscawen, British admiral (b. 1711) died on this day in history.
Feb 01 Pierre François Xavier de Charlevoix, French historian (b. 1682) died in the year 1761.
Feb 15 On this day in history carlo Cecere, composer, dies at 54
Mar 07 In the year 1761 antonio Palella, composer, dies at 68
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 William Law, theologian, dies in the year 1761.
Apr 15 Archibald Campbell, 3rd Duke of Argyll, Scottish politician (b. 1682) died in the year 1761.
Apr 17 In the year 1761 death of thomas Bayes, English mathematician
May 14 In the year 1761 thomas Simpson, English mathematician (rule of Simpson), dies at 50
May 15 In the year 1761 jacob Mossel, governor-general (Dutch East Indies), dies at 56
Jun 02 In the year 1761 death of jonas Alströmer, Swedish industrialist (b. 1685)
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 on this day in history.
Aug 03 Johann Matthias Gesner, German classical scholar (b. 1691) died on this day in history.
Sep 08 In the year 1761 death of bernard Forest de Bélidor, French engineer (b. 1698)
Sep 19 On this day in history peter Musschenbroek, physician/physicist (Leidse Bottle), dies at 69
Nov 30 On this day in history death of john Dollond, British optician (b. 1706)
Dec 23 Alestair Ruadh MacDonnell, Scottish Jacobite spy died on this day in history.
Dec 25 Elisabeth Petrovna, tsarina of Russia (1741-62), dies at about 51 on this day in history.