Famous Deaths Happened In 1777

Jan 01 Emanuele Barbella, composer, dies at 58 on this day in history.  

Jan 10 On this day in history death of spranger Barry, Irish actor (b. 1719)  

Jan 12 Hugh Mercer, American Revolutionary War officer (mortally wounded in battle) (b. 1726) died on this day in history.  

Feb 09 Seth Pomeroy, American gunsmith and soldier (b. 1706) died in the year 1777.  

Feb 24 King Joseph I of Portugal (b. 1714) died on this day in history.  

Mar 01 In the year 1777 georg Christoph Wagenzeil, Austria (court)composer/pianist, dies at 62  

Mar 22 John Bartram, father of American botany, dies at 77 in the year 1777.  

May 11 On this day in history death of george Pigot, Baron Pigot, British governor of Madras (b. 1719)  

May 16 On this day in history button Gwinnet, US revolutionary leader, dies from wounds  

Jun 16 Jean-Baptiste-Louis Gresset, French poet and dramatist (b. 1709) died on this day in history.  

Jun 22 Josef Christian, German sculptor, dies at 71 in the year 1777.  

Jul 13 Guillaume Coustou Jr, French sculptor (Apollo/Mars/Venus), dies at 61 in the year 1777.  

Jul 27 William Hayes, composer, dies at 69 in the year 1777.  

Aug 17 Giuseppe Scarlotti, composer, dies at 54 on this day in history.  

Aug 23 In the year 1777 giuseppe Sellitto, composer, dies at 77  

Sep 01 On this day in history johann Ernst Bach, composer, dies at 55  

Sep 25 In the year 1777 johann Heinrich Lambert, mathematician, dies at 49  

Oct 05 Ján Andrej Segner, Slovak and German mathematician, physicist, and physician (b. 1704) died on this day in history.  

Oct 07 Simon Fraser, English general, dies in battle in the year 1777.  

Oct 13 On this day in history dismas Hatas, composer, dies at 52  

Oct 21 Samuel Foote, English dramatist and actor (b. 1720) died in the year 1777.  

Nov 10 Cornstalk, Shawnee chief died in the year 1777.  

Nov 30 Jean-Marie Leclair, composer, dies at 74 on this day in history.  

Dec 12 On this day in history albrecht von Haller, Swiss physician/biologist/author, dies at 69  

Dec 30 In the year 1777 maximilian III Jozef, elector of Bayern (1745-77), dies at 50  

Jan 01 On this day in history birth of micah Hawkins, composer  

Jan 02 Christian D Rauch, German sculptor was born in the year 1777.  

Jan 03 Louis Poinsot, French instrument worker was born in the year 1777.  

Jan 03 M A Elisa Bonaparte, Corsican monarch of Lucca/Piombino was born in the year 1777.  

Jan 08 Filippo Traetta, Italy, composer/musicologist was born in the year 1777.  

Jan 25 Elias Canneman, Dutch liberal minister of Finance (1813-14) was born in the year 1777.  

Feb 12 In the year 1777 birth of friedrich de la Motte Fouqué, German poet (d. 1843)  

Mar 09 On this day in history birth of alexander Orlowski, Polish painter/cartoonist/graphic artist