Famous Deaths In 1781

Jan 12 On this day in history 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 In the year 1781 marie de Negre Dables, marquess, dies  

Jan 22 Johann Siebenkas, composer, dies at 66 on this day in history.  

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

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

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 on this day in history.  

May 27 In the year 1781 death of giovanni Battista Beccaria, Italian physicist (b. 1716)  

Jul 11 In the year 1781 adolph Carl Kunzen, composer, dies at 60  

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 On this day in history 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 In the year 1781 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 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 James Caldwell, American revolutionary (b. 1734) died on this day in history.  

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

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

Feb 09 In the year 1781 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 On this day in history birth of henry Martyn, Truro, missionary