Famous Deaths In 1781

Jan 12 Richard Challoner, English Catholic prelate (b. 1691) died on this day in history.

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 Johann Siebenkas, composer, dies at 66 on this day in history.

Feb 04 In the year 1781 josef Myslivecek, composer, dies at 43

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

Feb 23 George Taylor, American signer of the Declaration of Independence (bc. 1716) died on this day in history.

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 In the year 1781 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 in the year 1781.

May 18 Túpac Amaru II, Peruvian Indian revolutionary, a descendant of the last Inca ruler, Túpac Amaru (b. 1742) died in the year 1781.

May 22 In the year 1781 garret Wesley Mornington, composer, dies at 45

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

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 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 On this day in history thomas Alexander Erskine Kelly, composer, dies at 49

Oct 16 Edward Hawke, 1st Baron Hawke, British naval officer (b. 1705) died on this day in history.

Oct 27 In the year 1781 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 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 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 In the year 1781 birth of achim v Arnim, writer

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