Famous Deaths Happened In 1772
Wednesday, 17 September 2025
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 on this day in history.
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 On this day in history death of jacques-Nicolas Bellin, French cartographer (b. 1703)
Mar 22 On this day in history death of john Canton, English physicist (b. 1718)
Mar 26 On this day in history death of charles Pinot Duclos, French writer (b. 1704)
Mar 29 Emanuel Swedenborg, Swedish philosopher and mathematician (b. 1688) died on this day in history.
Apr 19 Johann Peter Kellner, composer, dies at 66 in the year 1772.
Apr 28 In the year 1772 death of johann Friedrich Struensee, physician of Christian VII of Denmark (b. 1737)
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 In the year 1772 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 on this day in history.
Aug 21 Alessandro Felici, composer, dies at 29 in the year 1772.
Aug 31 William Borlase, English naturalist (b. 1695) died in the year 1772.
Sep 30 James Brindley, English engineer (b. 1716) died in the year 1772.
Oct 07 In the year 1772 death of john Woolman, American Quaker preacher and abolitionist (b. 1720)
Oct 08 Jean-Joseph Cassenea de Mondonville, composer, dies at 60 in the year 1772.
Nov 05 In the year 1772 johannes Schmidlin, composer, dies at 50
Nov 10 In the year 1772 death of pedro Antonio Joaquim Correa da Serra Garção, Portuguese poet (b. 1724)
Nov 11 John Mauritius Quinkhard, portrait painter, dies at 84 on this day in history.
Nov 19 William Nelson, American colonial governor of Virginia (b. 1711) died in the year 1772.
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.