Famous Deaths In 1761

Jan 03 Willem de Fesch, Dutch violinist/composer (Joseph), dies at 73 in the year 1761.  

Jan 04 In the year 1761 stephen Hales, English vicar/inventor (ventilator), dies at 83  

Jan 10 In the year 1761 death of edward Boscawen, British admiral (b. 1711)  

Feb 01 On this day in history death of pierre François Xavier de Charlevoix, French historian (b. 1682)  

Feb 15 Carlo Cecere, composer, dies at 54 in the year 1761.  

Mar 07 On this day in history antonio Palella, composer, dies at 68  

Mar 27 On this day in history johann Ludwig Steiner, composer, dies at 72  

Apr 04 In the year 1761 death of theodore Gardelle, Swiss painter and enameler (b. 1722)  

Apr 09 On this day in history william Law, theologian, dies  

Apr 15 In the year 1761 death of archibald Campbell, 3rd Duke of Argyll, Scottish politician (b. 1682)  

Apr 17 In the year 1761 death of thomas Bayes, English mathematician  

May 14 In the year 1761 thomas Simpson, English mathematician (rule of Simpson), dies at 50  

May 15 Jacob Mossel, governor-general (Dutch East Indies), dies at 56 in the year 1761.  

Jun 02 In the year 1761 death of jonas Alströmer, Swedish industrialist (b. 1685)  

Jun 12 On this day in history meinrad Spiess, composer, dies at 77  

Jul 04 In the year 1761 death of samuel Richardson, English writer (b. 1689)  

Jul 13 On this day in history death of tokugawa Ieshige, Japanese shogun (b. 1712)  

Aug 03 On this day in history death of johann Matthias Gesner, German classical scholar (b. 1691)  

Sep 08 On this day in history death of bernard Forest de Bélidor, French engineer (b. 1698)  

Sep 19 In the year 1761 peter Musschenbroek, physician/physicist (Leidse Bottle), dies at 69  

Nov 30 John Dollond, British optician (b. 1706) died on this day in history.  

Dec 23 Alestair Ruadh MacDonnell, Scottish Jacobite spy died in the year 1761.  

Dec 25 On this day in history elisabeth Petrovna, tsarina of Russia (1741-62), dies at about 51  

Jan 17 On this day in history birth of james Hall, Scotland, geologist  

Jan 20 Giovanni Domenico Perotti, composer was born in the year 1761.  

Jan 23 In the year 1761 birth of friedrich von Matthison, German poet (Adelaide)  

Jan 29 In the year 1761 birth of abraham AA "Albert" Gallatin, Switz, US minister of Finance (1801-14)  

Feb 01 Christian Hendrik Persoon, South African mycologist (d. 1836) was born on this day in history.  

Feb 16 Charles Pichegru, French general (d. 1804) was born on this day in history.  

Feb 22 Erik Eriksson Tulindberg, composer was born in the year 1761.  

Feb 22 Jacob Kimball, composer was born in the year 1761.