Notable Deaths In 1777

Jan 01 Emanuele barbella: Composer,  

Jan 10 Spranger barry: Irish actor (b. 1719)  

Jan 12 Hugh mercer: American revolutionary war officer (mortally wounded in battle) (b. 1726)  

Feb 09 Seth pomeroy: American gunsmith and soldier (b. 1706)  

Feb 24 King joseph i of portugal: King joseph i of portugal (b. 1714)  

Mar 01 Georg christoph wagenzeil: Austria (court)composer/pianist,  

Mar 22 John bartram: Father of american botany,  

May 11 George pigot: Baron pigot, british governor of madras (b. 1719)  

May 16 Button gwinnet: Us revolutionary leader,  

Jun 16 Jean-baptiste-louis gresset: French poet and dramatist (b. 1709)  

Jun 22 Josef christian: German sculptor,  

Jul 13 Guillaume coustou jr: French sculptor (apollo/mars/venus),  

Jul 27 William hayes: Composer,  

Aug 17 Giuseppe scarlotti: Composer,  

Aug 23 Giuseppe sellitto: Composer,  

Sep 01 Johann ernst bach: Composer,  

Sep 25 Johann heinrich lambert: Mathematician,  

Oct 05 Ján andrej segner: Slovak and german mathematician, physicist, and physician (b. 1704)  

Oct 07 Simon fraser: English general,  

Oct 13 Dismas hatas: Composer,  

Oct 21 Samuel foote: English dramatist and actor (b. 1720)  

Nov 10 Cornstalk: Shawnee chief  

Nov 30 Jean-marie leclair: Composer,  

Dec 12 Albrecht von haller: Swiss physician/biologist/author,  

Dec 30 Maximilian iii jozef: Elector of bayern (1745-77),  

Jan 01 Micah hawkins: Composer  

Jan 02 Christian d rauch: German sculptor  

Jan 03 Louis poinsot: French instrument worker  

Jan 03 M a elisa bonaparte: Corsican monarch of lucca/piombino  

Jan 08 Filippo traetta: Italy, composer/musicologist  

Jan 25 Elias canneman: Dutch liberal minister of finance (1813-14)  

Feb 12 Friedrich de la motte fouqué: German poet  

Mar 09 Alexander orlowski: Polish painter/cartoonist/graphic artist