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 on this day in history.

Jan 17 Marie de Negre Dables, marquess, dies on this day in history.

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

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

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 On this day in history 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 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 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 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 Augustin Ullinger, composer, dies at 35 in the year 1781.

Sep 28 William Henry Nassau de Zuylestein, 4th Earl of Rochford, British diplomat and statesman (b. 1717) died on this day in history.

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 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 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 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 In the year 1781 birth of joseph Hormayr Freiherr zu Hortenburg, Austrian politician (d. 1848)

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

Jan 26 Achim v Arnim, writer was born in the year 1781.

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

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 On this day in history birth of rené-Theophile-Hyacinthe Lannec, France, inventor (stethoscope)

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