Famous Deaths 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 in the year 1781.

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

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

Feb 04 On this day in history josef Myslivecek, composer, dies at 43

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

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

Mar 18 On this day in history death of anne Robert Turgot, French statesman (b. 1727)

Apr 23 On this day in history death of james Abercrombie, British general (b. 1706)

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 In the year 1781 death of túpac Amaru II, Peruvian Indian revolutionary, a descendant of the last Inca ruler, Túpac Amaru (b. 1742)

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

May 27 Giovanni Battista Beccaria, Italian physicist (b. 1716) died in the year 1781.

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

Jul 23 In the year 1781 death of john Joachim Zubly, Swiss-born Continental Congressman (b. 1724)

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

Jul 30 On this day in history augustin Ullinger, composer, dies at 35

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

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 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 On this day in history death of johann Nikolaus Götz, German poet (b. 1721)

Nov 22 John Ekels, the Old, Amsterdam painter/cartoonist, dies at 57 on this day in history.

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

Dec 16 In the year 1781 georg Simon Lohlein, composer, dies at 56

Jan 20 Joseph Hormayr Freiherr zu Hortenburg, Austrian politician (d. 1848) was born in the year 1781.

Jan 22 Francois-Antoine Habeneck, composer was born in the year 1781.

Jan 26 On this day in history birth of achim v Arnim, writer

Jan 26 On this day in history birth of ludwig Joachim "Achim" von Arnim, German poet (Des Knaben Wunderhorn)

Jan 30 On this day in history birth of a v Chamisso, writer

Feb 09 On this day in history birth of johann Baptist von Spix, German scientist (d. 1826)

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

Feb 18 In the year 1781 birth of henry Martyn, Truro, missionary