Jan 21 Mustapha III, sultan of Turkey (1957-74), dies at 56 on this day in history.
Jan 30 Frantisek Ignac Antonin Tuma, composer, dies at 69 on this day in history.
Feb 04 Charles Marie de La Condamine, French mathematician and geographer (b. 1701) died in the year 1774.
Feb 10 In the year 1774 florian Leopold Gassmann, composer, dies at 44
Apr 04 Oliver Goldsmith, Irish poet (She Stoops to Conquer), dies at 17 on this day in history.
Apr 23 Christian Wilhelm Ernst Dietrich, painter, dies on this day in history.
May 04 Anthony Ulrich II, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (b. 1714) died on this day in history.
May 10 Louis XV, king of France (1715-74), dies at 64 in the year 1774.