Famous Deaths Happened In 1789
Sunday, 17 August 2025
Jan 01 Christleib Siegmund Binder, composer, dies at 65 on this day in history.
Jan 02 In the year 1789 franz Joseph Leonti Meyer von Schavensee, composer, dies at 68
Jan 08 In the year 1789 death of jack Broughton, English boxer (bc. 1703)
Jan 10 Pierre Lyonet, Dutch zoologist/cryptologist, dies at 82 in the year 1789.
Jan 20 Johann Christoph Oley, composer, dies at 50 in the year 1789.
Jan 23 In the year 1789 death of frances Brooke, English writer (b. 1724)
Feb 02 On this day in history armand-Louis Couperin, Fren composer/organist (Notre Dame), dies at 63
Feb 12 Ethan Allen, American patriot (b. 1738) died on this day in history.
Feb 19 In the year 1789 death of nicholas Van Dyke, American lawyer and President of Delaware (b. 1738)
Apr 07 Peter Camper, anatomist/animal scholar, dies at 66 on this day in history.
Apr 26 Peter I Panin, Russian general (Pugatshov-uprising), dies at about 67 on this day in history.
May 10 Guillaume Gommaire Kennis, composer, dies at 72 on this day in history.
May 25 Anders Dahl, Swedish botanist (b. 1751) died on this day in history.
Jun 07 On this day in history vaclav Jan Kopriva, composer, dies at 81
Jun 12 Jean E Liotard, [Turk], Swiss painter (Maria-Theresia), dies on this day in history.
Jun 14 Johann Wilhelm Hertel, composer, dies at 61 in the year 1789.
Jul 04 Claudio M da Costa, Brazilian conductor, dies at 59 in the year 1789.
Jul 13 On this day in history death of victor de Riqueti, marquis de Mirabeau, French economist (b. 1715)
Jul 14 Jacques de Flesselles, French provost (assassinated) (b. 1721) died in the year 1789.
Jul 15 On this day in history jacques Duphly, composer, dies at 74
Jul 22 In the year 1789 death of joseph-François Foulon, French administrator (b. 1715)
Aug 25 Mary Ball Washington, mother of George, dies in the year 1789.
Sep 11 Luca Sorkocevic, composer, dies at 55 on this day in history.
Sep 12 On this day in history franz Xaver Richter, composer, dies at 79
Sep 23 John Rogers, American Continental Congressman (b. 1723) died on this day in history.
Sep 28 On this day in history death of thomas Day, author, killed by fall from a horse at Wargrave Berkshire
Oct 10 Pierre-Louis Couperin, composer, dies at 34 on this day in history.
Oct 24 Joaquin de Oxinaga, composer, dies at 69 on this day in history.
Oct 27 John Cook, American farmer and Governor of Delaware (b. 1730) died in the year 1789.
Dec 03 Claude-Joseph Vernet, French seascape painter, dies in the year 1789.
Dec 12 John Ponsonby, Irish politician (b. 1713) died on this day in history.
Dec 23 On this day in history death of charles-Michel de l'Épée, French philanthropist (b. 1712)