Famous Deaths Happened In 1772
Sunday, 26 October 2025
Feb 10 Jozef Wenceslas, monarch of Liechtenstein/general, dies at 75 in the year 1772. 


Feb 18 On this day in history death of johann Hartwig Ernst, Count von Bernstorff, Danish statesman (b. 1712) 


Mar 02 In the year 1772 robert J Pothier, French lawyer, dies at 73 


Mar 11 On this day in history george Reuter, composer, dies at 63 


Mar 21 Jacques-Nicolas Bellin, French cartographer (b. 1703) died in the year 1772. 


Mar 22 In the year 1772 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 On this day in history 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 Johann Friedrich Struensee, physician of Christian VII of Denmark (b. 1737) died on this day in history. 


May 01 In the year 1772 gottfried Achenwall, German lawyer/statistics/economist, dies at 52 


May 11 In the year 1772 death of joseph Kerckhoff, Limburg surgeon/robber captain, hanged 


May 22 On this day in history death of durastante Natalucci, Italian historian (b. 1687) 


Jun 12 Marc-Joseph Marion du Fresne, French explorer (b. 1724) died on this day in history. 


Jun 15 In the year 1772 louis-Claude Daquin, French organist/composer (La Rose), dies at 77 


Jun 18 On this day in history gerard of Swieten, botanist/painter of Maria Theresia, dies at 72 


Aug 21 Alessandro Felici, composer, dies at 29 in the year 1772. 


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


Sep 30 On this day in history death of james Brindley, English engineer (b. 1716) 


Oct 07 In the year 1772 death of john Woolman, American Quaker preacher and abolitionist (b. 1720) 


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 In the year 1772 death of pedro Antonio Joaquim Correa da Serra Garção, Portuguese poet (b. 1724) 


Nov 11 On this day in history john Mauritius Quinkhard, portrait painter, dies at 84 


Nov 19 William Nelson, American colonial governor of Virginia (b. 1711) died on this day in history. 


Dec 12 Johann Gottfried Seyfert, composer, dies at 41 in the year 1772. 


Dec 28 Ernst J earl van/of Biron, Russian duke of Courland, dies at 82 on this day in history. 


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