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 on this day in history.

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

Mar 11 In the year 1772 george Reuter, composer, dies at 63

Mar 21 In the year 1772 death of jacques-Nicolas Bellin, French cartographer (b. 1703)

Mar 22 John Canton, English physicist (b. 1718) died on this day in history.

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 on this day in history.

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 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 In the year 1772 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 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 in the year 1772.

Aug 21 In the year 1772 alessandro Felici, composer, dies at 29

Aug 31 In the year 1772 death of william Borlase, English naturalist (b. 1695)

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 On this day in history jean-Joseph Cassenea de Mondonville, composer, dies at 60

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

Nov 10 Pedro Antonio Joaquim Correa da Serra Garção, Portuguese poet (b. 1724) died on this day in history.

Nov 11 John Mauritius Quinkhard, portrait painter, dies at 84 in the year 1772.

Nov 19 William Nelson, American colonial governor of Virginia (b. 1711) died in the year 1772.

Dec 12 On this day in history johann Gottfried Seyfert, composer, dies at 41

Dec 28 Ernst J earl van/of Biron, Russian duke of Courland, dies at 82 in the year 1772.

Jan 04 On this day in history 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 In the year 1772 birth of joseph Lipavsky, composer

Feb 22 Karl Jacob Wagner, composer was born on this day in history.

Feb 26 On this day in history birth of caspar Furstenau, composer

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

Mar 27 Giovanni Liverati, composer was born on this day in history.

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