Famous Deaths Happened In 1777
Wednesday, 27 August 2025
Jan 01 Emanuele Barbella, composer, dies at 58 in the year 1777.
Jan 10 In the year 1777 death of spranger Barry, Irish actor (b. 1719)
Jan 12 In the year 1777 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 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 In the year 1777 john Bartram, father of American botany, dies at 77
May 11 In the year 1777 death of george Pigot, Baron Pigot, British governor of Madras (b. 1719)
May 16 In the year 1777 button Gwinnet, US revolutionary leader, dies from wounds
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 on this day in history.
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 In the year 1777 giuseppe Scarlotti, composer, dies at 54
Aug 23 Giuseppe Sellitto, composer, dies at 77 on this day in history.
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 on this day in history.
Oct 07 In the year 1777 simon Fraser, English general, dies in battle
Oct 13 In the year 1777 dismas Hatas, composer, dies at 52
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 in the year 1777.
Dec 12 Albrecht von Haller, Swiss physician/biologist/author, dies at 69 on this day in history.
Dec 30 Maximilian III Jozef, elector of Bayern (1745-77), dies at 50 in the year 1777.