Famous Deaths In 1772

Feb 10 Jozef Wenceslas, monarch of Liechtenstein/general, dies at 75 on this day in history.

Feb 18 Johann Hartwig Ernst, Count von Bernstorff, Danish statesman (b. 1712) died in the year 1772.

Mar 02 Robert J Pothier, French lawyer, dies at 73 in the year 1772.

Mar 11 George Reuter, composer, dies at 63 in the year 1772.

Mar 21 Jacques-Nicolas Bellin, French cartographer (b. 1703) died on this day in history.

Mar 22 On this day in history death of john Canton, English physicist (b. 1718)

Mar 26 In the year 1772 death of charles Pinot Duclos, French writer (b. 1704)

Mar 29 In the year 1772 death of emanuel Swedenborg, Swedish philosopher and mathematician (b. 1688)

Apr 19 Johann Peter Kellner, composer, dies at 66 on this day in history.

Apr 28 On this day in history death of johann Friedrich Struensee, physician of Christian VII of Denmark (b. 1737)

May 01 On this day in history gottfried Achenwall, German lawyer/statistics/economist, dies at 52

May 11 On this day in history death of joseph Kerckhoff, Limburg surgeon/robber captain, hanged

May 22 Durastante Natalucci, Italian historian (b. 1687) died on this day in history.

Jun 12 On this day in history death of marc-Joseph Marion du Fresne, French explorer (b. 1724)

Jun 15 On this day in history louis-Claude Daquin, French organist/composer (La Rose), dies at 77

Jun 18 Gerard of Swieten, botanist/painter of Maria Theresia, dies at 72 in the year 1772.

Aug 21 On this day in history alessandro Felici, composer, dies at 29

Aug 31 William Borlase, English naturalist (b. 1695) died on this day in history.

Sep 30 James Brindley, English engineer (b. 1716) died in the year 1772.

Oct 07 John Woolman, American Quaker preacher and abolitionist (b. 1720) died on this day in history.

Oct 08 In the year 1772 jean-Joseph Cassenea de Mondonville, composer, dies at 60

Nov 05 Johannes Schmidlin, composer, dies at 50 on this day in history.

Nov 10 On this day in history death of pedro Antonio Joaquim Correa da Serra Garção, Portuguese poet (b. 1724)

Nov 11 In the year 1772 john Mauritius Quinkhard, portrait painter, dies at 84

Nov 19 In the year 1772 death of william Nelson, American colonial governor of Virginia (b. 1711)

Dec 12 Johann Gottfried Seyfert, composer, dies at 41 on this day in history.

Dec 28 In the year 1772 ernst J earl van/of Biron, Russian duke of Courland, dies at 82

Jan 04 In the year 1772 birth of paul-Louis Courier, (de Mere), French writer/interpreter

Jan 12 In the year 1772 birth of count Mikhail Speransky, Russian reformer (d. 1839)

Feb 22 On this day in history birth of joseph Lipavsky, composer

Feb 22 In the year 1772 birth of karl Jacob Wagner, composer

Feb 26 Caspar Furstenau, composer was born in the year 1772.

Mar 10 In the year 1772 birth of friedrich von Schlegel, Germany, romantic writer/critic (Lucinde)

Mar 27 On this day in history birth of giovanni Liverati, composer

Mar 30 Johann Wilhelm Wilms, composer was born on this day in history.