Famous Deaths In 1776

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

Mar 10 Élie Catherine Fréron, French critic (b. 1719) died on this day in history.

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

Mar 26 On this day in history 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 on this day in history.

Apr 24 Carolus van de Abeele, Flemish Jesuit, dies at 84 on this day in history.

Apr 29 On this day in history 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 In the year 1776 james Kent, composer, dies at 76

May 13 In the year 1776 anton de Haen, medical Ratio medendi, dies at 71

Jun 10 Leopold Widhalm, Austrian luthier (b. 1722) died in the year 1776.

Jun 20 On this day in history death of benjamin Huntsman, English inventor and manufacturer (b. 1704)

Jun 27 In the year 1776 death of thomas Hickey, plan to hand George Washington to British, executed

Jun 28 Thomas Hickey, American sergeant convicted of treason, hanged died in the year 1776.

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

Jul 07 In the year 1776 death of jeremiah Markland, English classical scholar (b. 1693)

Jul 10 On this day in history death of richard Peters, English-born clergyman (b. 1704)

Aug 02 On this day in history death of louis François I, Prince of Conti, French military leader (b. 1717)

Aug 25 David Hume, Scottish philosopher and historian (b. 1711) died on this day in history.

Sep 22 In the year 1776 death of nathan Hale, US captain/patriot/spy, hanged by British at 21

Oct 17 On this day in history death of pierre François le Courayer, French theologian (b. 1681)

Nov 17 On this day in history death of james Ferguson, British astronomer (b. 1710)

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 Johann Gottlieb Rall, Hessian colonel/mercenary, dies in battle on this day in history.

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

Jan 24 In the year 1776 birth of ernst Theodor Amadeus Hoffmann, German writer/judge/composer (Undine)

Feb 11 In the year 1776 birth of joannis Capodistrias, Greek governor of Troezen (1827-31)

Feb 11 In the year 1776 birth of ioannis Kapodistrias, Greek diplomat of the Russian Empire and first head of state of independent Greece (d. 1831)

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

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