Famous Deaths In 1772

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

Feb 18 In the year 1772 death of johann Hartwig Ernst, Count von Bernstorff, Danish statesman (b. 1712)

Mar 02 Robert J Pothier, French lawyer, dies at 73 on this day in history.

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

Mar 21 On this day in history death of jacques-Nicolas Bellin, French cartographer (b. 1703)

Mar 22 John Canton, English physicist (b. 1718) died in the year 1772.

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

Mar 29 Emanuel Swedenborg, Swedish philosopher and mathematician (b. 1688) died in the year 1772.

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 Gottfried Achenwall, German lawyer/statistics/economist, dies at 52 in the year 1772.

May 11 Joseph Kerckhoff, Limburg surgeon/robber captain, hanged died in the year 1772.

May 22 Durastante Natalucci, Italian historian (b. 1687) died in the year 1772.

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

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

Jun 18 Gerard of Swieten, botanist/painter of Maria Theresia, dies at 72 on this day in history.

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

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 On this day in history 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 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 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.

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

Jan 12 Count Mikhail Speransky, Russian reformer (d. 1839) was born on this day in history.

Feb 22 Joseph Lipavsky, composer was born on this day in history.

Feb 22 Karl Jacob Wagner, composer was born in the year 1772.

Feb 26 In the year 1772 birth of caspar Furstenau, composer

Mar 10 Friedrich von Schlegel, Germany, romantic writer/critic (Lucinde) was born in the year 1772.

Mar 27 Giovanni Liverati, composer was born in the year 1772.

Mar 30 Johann Wilhelm Wilms, composer was born in the year 1772.