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 in the year 1777.  

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 In the year 1777 georg Christoph Wagenzeil, Austria (court)composer/pianist, dies at 62  

Mar 22 On this day in history 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 Button Gwinnet, US revolutionary leader, dies from wounds in the year 1777.  

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 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 On this day in history giuseppe Scarlotti, composer, dies at 54  

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

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 Ján Andrej Segner, Slovak and German mathematician, physicist, and physician (b. 1704) died in the year 1777.  

Oct 07 Simon Fraser, English general, dies in battle in the year 1777.  

Oct 13 On this day in history dismas Hatas, composer, dies at 52  

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

Nov 10 In the year 1777 death of cornstalk, Shawnee chief  

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 Micah Hawkins, composer was born on this day in history.  

Jan 02 In the year 1777 birth of christian D Rauch, German sculptor  

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

Jan 03 M A Elisa Bonaparte, Corsican monarch of Lucca/Piombino was born in the year 1777.  

Jan 08 On this day in history birth of filippo Traetta, Italy, composer/musicologist  

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

Feb 12 On this day in history 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.