Famous Deaths In 1777

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

Jan 10 Spranger Barry, Irish actor (b. 1719) died in the year 1777.

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

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

Feb 24 On this day in history death of king Joseph I of Portugal (b. 1714)

Mar 01 Georg Christoph Wagenzeil, Austria (court)composer/pianist, dies at 62 on this day in history.

Mar 22 John Bartram, father of American botany, dies at 77 on this day in history.

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 in the year 1777.

Jun 22 Josef Christian, German sculptor, dies at 71 on this day in history.

Jul 13 On this day in history guillaume Coustou Jr, French sculptor (Apollo/Mars/Venus), dies at 61

Jul 27 On this day in history william Hayes, composer, dies at 69

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

Sep 25 On this day in history johann Heinrich Lambert, mathematician, dies at 49

Oct 05 On this day in history death of ján Andrej Segner, Slovak and German mathematician, physicist, and physician (b. 1704)

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

Oct 13 Dismas Hatas, composer, dies at 52 in the year 1777.

Oct 21 On this day in history death of samuel Foote, English dramatist and actor (b. 1720)

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 Maximilian III Jozef, elector of Bayern (1745-77), dies at 50 on this day in history.

Jan 01 In the year 1777 birth of micah Hawkins, composer

Jan 02 In the year 1777 birth of christian D Rauch, German sculptor

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 On this day in history birth of filippo Traetta, Italy, composer/musicologist

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

Feb 12 On this day in history birth of friedrich de la Motte Fouqué, German poet (d. 1843)

Mar 09 Alexander Orlowski, Polish painter/cartoonist/graphic artist was born on this day in history.