Famous Deaths In 1788

Jan 05 On this day in history johann Schneider, composer, dies at 85  

Jan 14 François Joseph Paul, marquis de Grasetilly, comte de Grasse, French admiral (b. 1722) died in the year 1788.  

Jan 15 Gaetano Latilla, composer, dies at 77 in the year 1788.  

Jan 17 On this day in history alessio Prati, composer, dies at 37  

Jan 31 Charles E Stuart, English pretender to the throne, dies at 67 in the year 1788.  

Feb 18 In the year 1788 death of john Whitehurst, English clockmaker and scientist (b. 1713)  

Feb 20 On this day in history gijsbert John van Hardenbroeck, Dutch regent (Utrecht), dies at 68  

Feb 21 Johann Georg Palitzsch, German astronomer (b. 1723) died on this day in history.  

Feb 22 Franz Joseph Oehlschlagel, composer, dies at 63 in the year 1788.  

Feb 28 In the year 1788 death of thomas Cushing, American Continental Congressman (b. 1725)  

Mar 01 On this day in history orazio Mei, composer, dies at 56  

Mar 29 In the year 1788 charles Wesley, hymn writer, dies  

Apr 12 In the year 1788 carl Joseph Toeschi, composer, dies at 56  

Apr 15 On this day in history giuseppi Bonno, composer, dies at 77  

Apr 16 Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon, French naturalist (b. 1707) died on this day in history.  

Apr 22 In the year 1788 zacharias H Alewijn, Dutch poet, dies 46  

May 08 On this day in history death of giovanni Antonio Scopoli, Italian-born physician and naturalist (b. 1723)  

May 29 In the year 1788 jacques Aliamet, French etcher/engraver, dies at 61  

Jun 12 In the year 1788 johann A Cramer, prime minister/poet, dies at 65  

Jun 18 On this day in history death of adam Gib, Scottish religious leader (b. 1714)  

Jun 28 On this day in history johann Christoph Vogel, composer, dies at 32  

Jul 14 Johann Gottfried Muthel, composer, dies at 60 on this day in history.  

Aug 02 In the year 1788 thomas Gainsborough, English painter (Blue Boy), dies at 61  

Aug 08 Louis FAD Duke the Richelieu, French marshal, dies at 92 in the year 1788.  

Aug 14 Thomas Sheridan, actor/biographer/lexicographer (Intelligencer), dies on this day in history.  

Sep 14 In the year 1788 john Penn, US attorney, signed (Decl of Independence), dies at 47  

Sep 26 In the year 1788 francois Bainville, composer, dies at 63  

Oct 13 In the year 1788 death of robert Nugent, 1st Earl Nugent, Irish politician and poet (b. 1702)  

Oct 15 Samuel Greig, Scottish-Russian admiral (b. 1735) died in the year 1788.  

Oct 18 Jean-Guillain Cardon, composer, dies at 56 on this day in history.  

Nov 01 Johann Samuel Schroeter, composer, dies in the year 1788.  

Nov 15 In the year 1788 peregrinus Pogl, composer, dies at 77  

Nov 28 In the year 1788 charles C of Nassau-Weilburg, governor of Maastricht, dies at about 53  

Dec 06 Jonathan Shipley, British bishop and politician (b. 1714) died on this day in history.  

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Jan 05 On this day in history birth of kaspar Ett, German organist/composer  

Jan 08 In the year 1788 birth of erik Drake, composer  

Jan 08 On this day in history birth of archduke Rudolph of Austria (d. 1831)  

Jan 08 In the year 1788 birth of pavel Kiselyov, Russian general and politician (d. 1874)  

Jan 11 On this day in history birth of william Thomas Brande, English chemist (d. 1866)  

Jan 13 In the year 1788 birth of carl Ludwig Cornelius Westenholz, composer  

Jan 22 On this day in history birth of lord [George Gordon Noel] Byron, England, romantic poet (Don Juan)  

Feb 05 Karoly Kisfaludy, Hungarian literary (A Tat rok Magyarorsz gon) was born in the year 1788.