Famous Deaths In 1776

Mar 05 Yeongjo of Joseon, ruler of Korea (b. 1694) died on this day in history.

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

Mar 24 John Harrison, English clockmaker (b. 1693) died on this day in history.

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 in the year 1776.

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

Apr 24 Carolus van de Abeele, Flemish Jesuit, dies at 84 in the year 1776.

Apr 29 Edward Wortley Montagu, English traveler and writer (b. 1713) died in the year 1776.

May 04 In the year 1776 death of jacques Saly, French sculptor (b. 1717)

May 06 James Kent, composer, dies at 76 on this day in history.

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 on this day in history.

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

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 in the year 1776.

Jul 07 Jeremiah Markland, English classical scholar (b. 1693) died in the year 1776.

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 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 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 On this day in history 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 Ernst Theodor Amadeus Hoffmann, German writer/judge/composer (Undine) was born in the year 1776.

Feb 11 Joannis Capodistrias, Greek governor of Troezen (1827-31) was born on this day in history.

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 Vincenzo Lavigna, composer was born in the year 1776.

Feb 23 On this day in history birth of john Walter II, London, chief proprietor (The Times, 1812-47)

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