Famous Deaths Happened In 1777

Jan 01 In the year 1777 emanuele Barbella, composer, dies at 58  

Jan 10 Spranger Barry, Irish actor (b. 1719) died on this day in history.  

Jan 12 On this day in history death of hugh Mercer, American Revolutionary War officer (mortally wounded in battle) (b. 1726)  

Feb 09 On this day in history death of seth Pomeroy, American gunsmith and soldier (b. 1706)  

Feb 24 King Joseph I of Portugal (b. 1714) died in the year 1777.  

Mar 01 On this day in history 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 In the year 1777 death of george Pigot, Baron Pigot, British governor of Madras (b. 1719)  

May 16 Button Gwinnet, US revolutionary leader, dies from wounds on this day in history.  

Jun 16 On this day in history death of jean-Baptiste-Louis Gresset, French poet and dramatist (b. 1709)  

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

Jul 13 In the year 1777 guillaume Coustou Jr, French sculptor (Apollo/Mars/Venus), dies at 61  

Jul 27 William Hayes, composer, dies at 69 on this day in history.  

Aug 17 Giuseppe Scarlotti, composer, dies at 54 in the year 1777.  

Aug 23 Giuseppe Sellitto, composer, dies at 77 in the year 1777.  

Sep 01 In the year 1777 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 in the year 1777.  

Oct 07 Simon Fraser, English general, dies in battle on this day in history.  

Oct 13 In the year 1777 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 on this day in history.  

Nov 30 In the year 1777 jean-Marie Leclair, composer, dies at 74  

Dec 12 Albrecht von Haller, Swiss physician/biologist/author, dies at 69 in the year 1777.  

Dec 30 Maximilian III Jozef, elector of Bayern (1745-77), dies at 50 in the year 1777.  

Jan 01 Micah Hawkins, composer was born on this day in history.  

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

Jan 03 On this day in history birth of louis Poinsot, French instrument worker  

Jan 03 M A Elisa Bonaparte, Corsican monarch of Lucca/Piombino was born on this day in history.  

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

Jan 25 On this day in history birth of elias Canneman, Dutch liberal minister of Finance (1813-14)  

Feb 12 Friedrich de la Motte Fouqué, German poet (d. 1843) was born in the year 1777.  

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