Famous Deaths In 1776

Mar 05 In the year 1776 death of yeongjo of Joseon, ruler of Korea (b. 1694)

Mar 10 On this day in history death of Élie Catherine Fréron, French critic (b. 1719)

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

Mar 26 In the year 1776 death of samuel Ward, American politician (b. 1725)

Apr 19 Jacob Israel Emden, [Jacob ben Tswi], German rabbi, dies at 78 in the year 1776.

Apr 22 Johann Adolph Scheibe, German music theroist/composer, dies at 67 in the year 1776.

Apr 24 In the year 1776 carolus van de Abeele, Flemish Jesuit, dies at 84

Apr 29 In the year 1776 death of edward Wortley Montagu, English traveler and writer (b. 1713)

May 04 In the year 1776 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 in the year 1776.

Jun 10 In the year 1776 death of leopold Widhalm, Austrian luthier (b. 1722)

Jun 20 Benjamin Huntsman, English inventor and manufacturer (b. 1704) died in the year 1776.

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 In the year 1776 death of francis Salvador, 1st Jew to die in American Revolutionary War

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 David Hume, Scottish philosopher and historian (b. 1711) died in the year 1776.

Sep 22 Nathan Hale, US captain/patriot/spy, hanged by British at 21 died on this day in history.

Oct 17 In the year 1776 death of pierre François le Courayer, French theologian (b. 1681)

Nov 17 James Ferguson, British astronomer (b. 1710) died in the year 1776.

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

Nov 26 Dov Baer of Mezhirech, hassidic rabbi, dies on this day in history.

Dec 26 On this day in history johann Gottlieb Rall, Hessian colonel/mercenary, dies in battle

Jan 06 Ferdinand von Schill, Prussian officer/rebel was born in the year 1776.

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 On this day in history birth of ioannis Kapodistrias, Greek diplomat of the Russian Empire and first head of state of independent Greece (d. 1831)

Feb 18 John Parry, composer was born on this day in history.

Feb 21 In the year 1776 birth of vincenzo Lavigna, composer

Feb 23 In the year 1776 birth of john Walter II, London, chief proprietor (The Times, 1812-47)

Mar 10 On this day in history birth of luise, queen of Prussia/wife of Frederik Willem III