Famous Deaths Happened In 1781
Thursday, 15 January 2026
Jan 12 On this day in history death of richard Challoner, English Catholic prelate (b. 1691) 


Jan 15 In the year 1781 death of marianne Victoria of Borbón, queen regent of Portugal (b. 1718) 


Jan 17 Marie de Negre Dables, marquess, dies on this day in history. 


Jan 22 In the year 1781 johann Siebenkas, composer, dies at 66 


Feb 04 Josef Myslivecek, composer, dies at 43 in the year 1781. 


Feb 15 G E Lessing, writer, dies at 52 in the year 1781. 


Feb 23 George Taylor, American signer of the Declaration of Independence (bc. 1716) died in the year 1781. 


Feb 24 On this day in history death of edward Capell, English critic (b. 1713) 


Feb 28 In the year 1781 richard Stockton, US attorney (signed Decl of Ind), dies at 50 


Mar 18 Anne Robert Turgot, French statesman (b. 1727) died on this day in history. 


Apr 23 James Abercrombie, British general (b. 1706) died on this day in history. 


Apr 28 Cornelius Harnett, American delegate to the Continental Congress (b. 1723) died in the year 1781. 


May 08 Richard Jago, English poet (b. 1715) died in the year 1781. 


May 18 On this day in history death of túpac Amaru II, Peruvian Indian revolutionary, a descendant of the last Inca ruler, Túpac Amaru (b. 1742) 


May 22 On this day in history garret Wesley Mornington, composer, dies at 45 


May 27 Giovanni Battista Beccaria, Italian physicist (b. 1716) died on this day in history. 


Jul 11 Adolph Carl Kunzen, composer, dies at 60 in the year 1781. 


Jul 23 John Joachim Zubly, Swiss-born Continental Congressman (b. 1724) died on this day in history. 


Jul 29 In the year 1781 death of johann Kies, German astronomer and mathematician (b. 1713) 


Jul 30 In the year 1781 augustin Ullinger, composer, dies at 35 


Sep 28 In the year 1781 death of william Henry Nassau de Zuylestein, 4th Earl of Rochford, British diplomat and statesman (b. 1717) 


Oct 09 Thomas Alexander Erskine Kelly, composer, dies at 49 on this day in history. 


Oct 16 On this day in history death of edward Hawke, 1st Baron Hawke, British naval officer (b. 1705) 


Oct 27 On this day in history herman-Francois Delange, composer, dies at 66 


Nov 02 On this day in history jose F de Isla, Spanish Jesuit/author, dies at 78 


Nov 04 Johann Nikolaus Götz, German poet (b. 1721) died on this day in history. 


Nov 22 John Ekels, the Old, Amsterdam painter/cartoonist, dies at 57 in the year 1781. 


Nov 24 In the year 1781 death of james Caldwell, American revolutionary (b. 1734) 


Dec 16 Georg Simon Lohlein, composer, dies at 56 on this day in history. 


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