Famous Deaths In 1776

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

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

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

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

May 04 Jacques Saly, French sculptor (b. 1717) died in the year 1776.

May 06 In the year 1776 james Kent, composer, dies at 76

May 13 Anton de Haen, medical Ratio medendi, dies at 71 in the year 1776.

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

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

Jun 27 Thomas Hickey, plan to hand George Washington to British, executed died in the year 1776.

Jun 28 In the year 1776 death of thomas Hickey, American sergeant convicted of treason, hanged

Jul 01 On this day in history death of francis Salvador, 1st Jew to die in American Revolutionary War

Jul 07 Jeremiah Markland, English classical scholar (b. 1693) died on this day in history.

Jul 10 Richard Peters, English-born clergyman (b. 1704) died on this day in history.

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 in the year 1776.

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 In the year 1776 johann Caspar Simon, composer, dies at 75

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

Jan 24 In the year 1776 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 On this day in history birth of john Parry, composer

Feb 21 On this day in history birth of vincenzo Lavigna, composer

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

Mar 10 In the year 1776 birth of luise, queen of Prussia/wife of Frederik Willem III