Famous Deaths In 1777

Jan 01 Emanuele Barbella, composer, dies at 58 in the year 1777.

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

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

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 in the year 1777.

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 in the year 1777.

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 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 on this day in history.

Jul 27 In the year 1777 william Hayes, composer, dies at 69

Aug 17 In the year 1777 giuseppe Scarlotti, composer, dies at 54

Aug 23 On this day in history giuseppe Sellitto, composer, dies at 77

Sep 01 Johann Ernst Bach, composer, dies at 55 in the year 1777.

Sep 25 Johann Heinrich Lambert, mathematician, dies at 49 in the year 1777.

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

Oct 07 On this day in history simon Fraser, English general, dies in battle

Oct 13 Dismas Hatas, composer, dies at 52 on this day in history.

Oct 21 Samuel Foote, English dramatist and actor (b. 1720) died on this day in history.

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 on this day in history.

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 on this day in history.

Jan 03 Louis Poinsot, French instrument worker was born on this day in history.

Jan 03 On this day in history birth of m A Elisa Bonaparte, Corsican monarch of Lucca/Piombino

Jan 08 In the year 1777 birth of filippo Traetta, Italy, composer/musicologist

Jan 25 Elias Canneman, Dutch liberal minister of Finance (1813-14) was born on this day in history.

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

Mar 09 In the year 1777 birth of alexander Orlowski, Polish painter/cartoonist/graphic artist