Famous Deaths Happened In 1781

Jan 12 Richard Challoner, English Catholic prelate (b. 1691) died in the year 1781.  

Jan 15 Marianne Victoria of Borbón, queen regent of Portugal (b. 1718) died on this day in history.  

Jan 17 Marie de Negre Dables, marquess, dies in the year 1781.  

Jan 22 Johann Siebenkas, composer, dies at 66 in the year 1781.  

Feb 04 Josef Myslivecek, composer, dies at 43 on this day in history.  

Feb 15 G E Lessing, writer, dies at 52 on this day in history.  

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

Feb 24 Edward Capell, English critic (b. 1713) died on this day in history.  

Feb 28 Richard Stockton, US attorney (signed Decl of Ind), dies at 50 in the year 1781.  

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 In the year 1781 death of cornelius Harnett, American delegate to the Continental Congress (b. 1723)  

May 08 Richard Jago, English poet (b. 1715) died on this day in history.  

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

May 22 Garret Wesley Mornington, composer, dies at 45 in the year 1781.  

May 27 On this day in history death of giovanni Battista Beccaria, Italian physicist (b. 1716)  

Jul 11 On this day in history adolph Carl Kunzen, composer, dies at 60  

Jul 23 John Joachim Zubly, Swiss-born Continental Congressman (b. 1724) died in the year 1781.  

Jul 29 Johann Kies, German astronomer and mathematician (b. 1713) died on this day in history.  

Jul 30 Augustin Ullinger, composer, dies at 35 in the year 1781.  

Sep 28 On this day in history 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 in the year 1781.  

Oct 16 Edward Hawke, 1st Baron Hawke, British naval officer (b. 1705) died in the year 1781.  

Oct 27 Herman-Francois Delange, composer, dies at 66 on this day in history.  

Nov 02 In the year 1781 jose F de Isla, Spanish Jesuit/author, dies at 78  

Nov 04 In the year 1781 death of johann Nikolaus Götz, German poet (b. 1721)  

Nov 22 In the year 1781 john Ekels, the Old, Amsterdam painter/cartoonist, dies at 57  

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

Dec 16 Georg Simon Lohlein, composer, dies at 56 in the year 1781.  

Jan 20 On this day in history birth of joseph Hormayr Freiherr zu Hortenburg, Austrian politician (d. 1848)  

Jan 22 In the year 1781 birth of francois-Antoine Habeneck, composer  

Jan 26 In the year 1781 birth of achim v Arnim, writer  

Jan 26 In the year 1781 birth of ludwig Joachim "Achim" von Arnim, German poet (Des Knaben Wunderhorn)  

Jan 30 A v Chamisso, writer was born in the year 1781.  

Feb 09 Johann Baptist von Spix, German scientist (d. 1826) was born on this day in history.  

Feb 17 In the year 1781 birth of rené-Theophile-Hyacinthe Lannec, France, inventor (stethoscope)  

Feb 18 Henry Martyn, Truro, missionary was born in the year 1781.