Notable Deaths In 1772

Feb 10 Jozef wenceslas: Monarch of liechtenstein/general,  

Feb 18 Johann hartwig ernst: Count von bernstorff, danish statesman (b. 1712)  

Mar 02 Robert j pothier: French lawyer,  

Mar 11 George reuter: Composer,  

Mar 21 Jacques-nicolas bellin: French cartographer (b. 1703)  

Mar 22 John canton: English physicist (b. 1718)  

Mar 26 Charles pinot duclos: French writer (b. 1704)  

Mar 29 Emanuel swedenborg: Swedish philosopher and mathematician (b. 1688)  

Apr 19 Johann peter kellner: Composer,  

Apr 28 Johann friedrich struensee: Physician of christian vii of denmark (b. 1737)  

May 01 Gottfried achenwall: German lawyer/statistics/economist,  

May 11 Joseph kerckhoff: Limburg surgeon/robber captain, hanged  

May 22 Durastante natalucci: Italian historian (b. 1687)  

Jun 12 Marc-joseph marion du fresne: French explorer (b. 1724)  

Jun 15 Louis-claude daquin: French organist/composer (la rose),  

Jun 18 Gerard of swieten: Botanist/painter of maria theresia,  

Aug 21 Alessandro felici: Composer,  

Aug 31 William borlase: English naturalist (b. 1695)  

Sep 30 James brindley: English engineer (b. 1716)  

Oct 07 John woolman: American quaker preacher and abolitionist (b. 1720)  

Oct 08 Jean-joseph cassenea de mondonville: Composer,  

Nov 05 Johannes schmidlin: Composer,  

Nov 10 Pedro antonio joaquim correa da serra garção: Portuguese poet (b. 1724)  

Nov 11 John mauritius quinkhard: Portrait painter,  

Nov 19 William nelson: American colonial governor of virginia (b. 1711)  

Dec 12 Johann gottfried seyfert: Composer,  

Dec 28 Ernst j earl van/of biron: Russian duke of courland,  

Jan 04 Paul-louis courier: (de mere), french writer/interpreter  

Jan 12 Count mikhail speransky: Russian reformer  

Feb 22 Joseph lipavsky: Composer  

Feb 26 Caspar furstenau: Composer  

Mar 10 Friedrich von schlegel: Germany, romantic writer/critic (lucinde)  

Mar 27 Giovanni liverati: Composer  

Mar 30 Johann wilhelm wilms: Composer  

Apr 01 Ignaz franz von mosel: Composer