Famous Deaths Happened In 1794

Jan 08 Justus möser: German statesman (b. 1720)  

Jan 10 Georg forster: German scientist and revolutionary  

Jan 16 Edward gibbon: Historian (decline & fall),  

Jan 31 Marriott arbuthnot: British admiral (b. 1711)  

Mar 04 Henri d count de larochejacquelin: Fr royalist army leader,  

Mar 29 Marie-j-a-n c condorcet: Mathematician (theory of comets),  

Apr 05 Georges-jacques danton: French revolutionary leader, guillotined at 34  

Apr 08 Marie-jean-antoine-nicholas-caritat: Mathematician  

Apr 13 Nicolas chamfort: French writer (b. 1741)  

Apr 18 Charles pratt: 1st earl camden, lord chancellor of great britain (b. 1714)  

Apr 23 Guillaume-chrétien de lamoignon de malesherbes: French statesman (executed) (b. 1721)  

Apr 27 William jones: British orientalist/jurist,  

May 06 Jean-jacques beauvarget-charpentier: Composer,  

May 08 Antoine-laurent lavoisier: Chemist (identified oxygen), guillotined  

May 10 Elisabeth pmh: Princess of france, beheaded at 30  

Jun 08 G a borger: Writer,  

Jun 14 Francis seymour-conway: 1st marquess of hertford, viceroy of ireland (b. 1718)  

Jun 18 James murray: British military officer and administrator (b. 1721)  

Jun 19 Richard h lee: Us farmer (signed decl of independence),  

Jun 27 Wenzel anton graf kaunitz: Austrian statesman (b. 1711)  

Jul 02 Franz xaver thomas pokorny: Composer,  

Jul 07 Pascal boyer: Composer,  

Jul 17 Jean-frederic edelmann: Composer,  

Jul 22 Jean-benjamin de la borde: Composer,  

Jul 25 Andrea-marie chenier: French poet (avis aux francais sur leurs),  

Jul 28 Georges couthon: French politician, beheaded at 39  

Aug 06 Henry bathurst: 2nd earl bathurst, british politician (b. 1714)  

Aug 11 Jakob friedrich kleinknecht: Composer,  

Aug 14 George colman: The elder, playwright,  

Sep 04 John hely-hutchinson: Irish statesman (b. 1724)  

Sep 15 Abraham clark: American signer of the declaration of independence (b. 1725)  

Sep 25 Paul rabaut: French huguenot pastor (b. 1718)  

Oct 12 James lyon: Composer,  

Oct 20 James adam: System architect (essays on agriculture),  

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Jan 06 Kaspar masek: Composer  

Jan 10 Georg forster: German scientist and revolutionary  

Jan 25 François-vincent raspail: French chemist  

Feb 12 Alexander petrov: Russian chess player  

Feb 20 William carleton: Irish novelist  

Feb 21 Antonio lopez de santa anna: President of mexico (1833-36)  

Feb 25 Gerrit schimmelpenninck: Dutch earl of nijenhuis/peckedam  

Mar 05 Jacques babinet: French physicist/mathematician/astronomer