Famous Deaths In 1781

Jan 12 In the year 1781 death of richard Challoner, English Catholic prelate (b. 1691)

Jan 15 On this day in history 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 Johann Siebenkas, composer, dies at 66 in the year 1781.

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

Feb 15 On this day in history g E Lessing, writer, dies at 52

Feb 23 In the year 1781 death of george Taylor, American signer of the Declaration of Independence (bc. 1716)

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

Feb 28 Richard Stockton, US attorney (signed Decl of Ind), dies at 50 on this day in history.

Mar 18 Anne Robert Turgot, French statesman (b. 1727) died in the year 1781.

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 on this day in history.

May 08 On this day in history death of richard Jago, English poet (b. 1715)

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 Garret Wesley Mornington, composer, dies at 45 on this day in history.

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

Jul 11 Adolph Carl Kunzen, composer, dies at 60 on this day in history.

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

Jul 29 Johann Kies, German astronomer and mathematician (b. 1713) died in the year 1781.

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

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 on this day in history.

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

Nov 04 Johann Nikolaus Götz, German poet (b. 1721) died in the year 1781.

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

Nov 24 James Caldwell, American revolutionary (b. 1734) died on this day in history.

Dec 16 On this day in history 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 In the year 1781 birth of francois-Antoine Habeneck, composer

Jan 26 Achim v Arnim, writer was born on this day in history.

Jan 26 Ludwig Joachim "Achim" von Arnim, German poet (Des Knaben Wunderhorn) was born in the year 1781.

Jan 30 A v Chamisso, writer was born on this day in history.

Feb 09 Johann Baptist von Spix, German scientist (d. 1826) was born in the year 1781.

Feb 17 René-Theophile-Hyacinthe Lannec, France, inventor (stethoscope) was born on this day in history.

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