Famous Deaths In 1776

Mar 05 Yeongjo of Joseon, ruler of Korea (b. 1694) died in the year 1776.

Mar 10 Élie Catherine Fréron, French critic (b. 1719) died in the year 1776.

Mar 24 John Harrison, English clockmaker (b. 1693) died in the year 1776.

Mar 26 Samuel Ward, American politician (b. 1725) died in the year 1776.

Apr 19 On this day in history jacob Israel Emden, [Jacob ben Tswi], German rabbi, dies at 78

Apr 22 On this day in history johann Adolph Scheibe, German music theroist/composer, dies at 67

Apr 24 On this day in history carolus van de Abeele, Flemish Jesuit, dies at 84

Apr 29 Edward Wortley Montagu, English traveler and writer (b. 1713) died on this day in history.

May 04 On this day in history death of jacques Saly, French sculptor (b. 1717)

May 06 On this day in history james Kent, composer, dies at 76

May 13 Anton de Haen, medical Ratio medendi, dies at 71 on this day in history.

Jun 10 On this day in history death of leopold Widhalm, Austrian luthier (b. 1722)

Jun 20 In the year 1776 death of benjamin Huntsman, English inventor and manufacturer (b. 1704)

Jun 27 Thomas Hickey, plan to hand George Washington to British, executed died on this day in history.

Jun 28 On this day in history death of thomas Hickey, American sergeant convicted of treason, hanged

Jul 01 Francis Salvador, 1st Jew to die in American Revolutionary War died on this day in history.

Jul 07 On this day in history death of jeremiah Markland, English classical scholar (b. 1693)

Jul 10 In the year 1776 death of richard Peters, English-born clergyman (b. 1704)

Aug 02 In the year 1776 death of louis François I, Prince of Conti, French military leader (b. 1717)

Aug 25 In the year 1776 death of david Hume, Scottish philosopher and historian (b. 1711)

Sep 22 Nathan Hale, US captain/patriot/spy, hanged by British at 21 died in the year 1776.

Oct 17 Pierre François le Courayer, French theologian (b. 1681) died in the year 1776.

Nov 17 James Ferguson, British astronomer (b. 1710) died on this day in history.

Nov 22 Johann Caspar Simon, composer, dies at 75 in the year 1776.

Nov 26 In the year 1776 dov Baer of Mezhirech, hassidic rabbi, dies

Dec 26 In the year 1776 johann Gottlieb Rall, Hessian colonel/mercenary, dies in battle

Jan 06 In the year 1776 birth of ferdinand von Schill, Prussian officer/rebel

Jan 24 On this day in history birth of ernst Theodor Amadeus Hoffmann, German writer/judge/composer (Undine)

Feb 11 Joannis Capodistrias, Greek governor of Troezen (1827-31) was born in the year 1776.

Feb 11 Ioannis Kapodistrias, Greek diplomat of the Russian Empire and first head of state of independent Greece (d. 1831) was born in the year 1776.

Feb 18 In the year 1776 birth of john Parry, composer

Feb 21 Vincenzo Lavigna, composer was born in the year 1776.

Feb 23 John Walter II, London, chief proprietor (The Times, 1812-47) was born in the year 1776.

Mar 10 Luise, queen of Prussia/wife of Frederik Willem III was born in the year 1776.