Famous Deaths In 1777
Sunday, 24 September 2023
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 in the year 1777.
Feb 09 Seth Pomeroy, American gunsmith and soldier (b. 1706) died on this day in history.
Feb 24 On this day in history death of king Joseph I of Portugal (b. 1714)
Mar 01 In the year 1777 georg Christoph Wagenzeil, Austria (court)composer/pianist, dies at 62
Mar 22 In the year 1777 john Bartram, father of American botany, dies at 77
May 11 George Pigot, Baron Pigot, British governor of Madras (b. 1719) died on this day in history.
May 16 On this day in history button Gwinnet, US revolutionary leader, dies from wounds
Jun 16 In the year 1777 death of jean-Baptiste-Louis Gresset, French poet and dramatist (b. 1709)
Jun 22 Josef Christian, German sculptor, dies at 71 on this day in history.
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 on this day in history.
Aug 17 Giuseppe Scarlotti, composer, dies at 54 on this day in history.
Aug 23 On this day in history giuseppe Sellitto, composer, dies at 77
Sep 01 Johann Ernst Bach, composer, dies at 55 on this day in history.
Sep 25 Johann Heinrich Lambert, mathematician, dies at 49 on this day in history.
Oct 05 On this day in history death of ján Andrej Segner, Slovak and German mathematician, physicist, and physician (b. 1704)
Oct 07 In the year 1777 simon Fraser, English general, dies in battle
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 In the year 1777 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