Famous Deaths Happened In 1772
Monday, 09 February 2026
Feb 10 On this day in history jozef Wenceslas, monarch of Liechtenstein/general, dies at 75 


Feb 18 On this day in history 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 on this day in history. 


Mar 21 Jacques-Nicolas Bellin, French cartographer (b. 1703) died on this day in history. 


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


Mar 26 Charles Pinot Duclos, French writer (b. 1704) died on this day in history. 


Mar 29 On this day in history death of emanuel Swedenborg, Swedish philosopher and mathematician (b. 1688) 


Apr 19 On this day in history johann Peter Kellner, composer, dies at 66 


Apr 28 In the year 1772 death of johann Friedrich Struensee, physician of Christian VII of Denmark (b. 1737) 


May 01 On this day in history gottfried Achenwall, German lawyer/statistics/economist, dies at 52 


May 11 On this day in history death of joseph Kerckhoff, Limburg surgeon/robber captain, hanged 


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


Jun 12 On this day in history death of marc-Joseph Marion du Fresne, French explorer (b. 1724) 


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


Jun 18 In the year 1772 gerard of Swieten, botanist/painter of Maria Theresia, dies at 72 


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


Aug 31 On this day in history death of william Borlase, English naturalist (b. 1695) 


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 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 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 on this day in history. 


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


Dec 12 In the year 1772 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. 


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