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 Seth Pomeroy, American gunsmith and soldier (b. 1706) died on this day in history.

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 in the year 1777.

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 in the year 1777.

May 16 Button Gwinnet, US revolutionary leader, dies from wounds in the year 1777.

Jun 16 Jean-Baptiste-Louis Gresset, French poet and dramatist (b. 1709) died in the year 1777.

Jun 22 On this day in history josef Christian, German sculptor, dies at 71

Jul 13 On this day in history 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 Giuseppe Scarlotti, composer, dies at 54 on this day in history.

Aug 23 Giuseppe Sellitto, composer, dies at 77 in the year 1777.

Sep 01 In the year 1777 johann Ernst Bach, composer, dies at 55

Sep 25 On this day in history 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 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 On this day in history death of cornstalk, Shawnee chief

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 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 On this day in history birth of christian D Rauch, German sculptor

Jan 03 On this day in history birth of louis Poinsot, French instrument worker

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

Jan 08 Filippo Traetta, Italy, composer/musicologist was born in the year 1777.

Jan 25 In the year 1777 birth of elias Canneman, Dutch liberal minister of Finance (1813-14)

Feb 12 In the year 1777 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.