Famous Deaths In 1772

Feb 10 Jozef Wenceslas, monarch of Liechtenstein/general, dies at 75 on this day in history.  

Feb 18 On this day in history death of johann Hartwig Ernst, Count von Bernstorff, Danish statesman (b. 1712)  

Mar 02 Robert J Pothier, French lawyer, dies at 73 in the year 1772.  

Mar 11 On this day in history george Reuter, composer, dies at 63  

Mar 21 In the year 1772 death of jacques-Nicolas Bellin, French cartographer (b. 1703)  

Mar 22 In the year 1772 death of john Canton, English physicist (b. 1718)  

Mar 26 On this day in history death of charles Pinot Duclos, French writer (b. 1704)  

Mar 29 Emanuel Swedenborg, Swedish philosopher and mathematician (b. 1688) died in the year 1772.  

Apr 19 On this day in history johann Peter Kellner, composer, dies at 66  

Apr 28 Johann Friedrich Struensee, physician of Christian VII of Denmark (b. 1737) died on this day in history.  

May 01 Gottfried Achenwall, German lawyer/statistics/economist, dies at 52 on this day in history.  

May 11 On this day in history death of joseph Kerckhoff, Limburg surgeon/robber captain, hanged  

May 22 In the year 1772 death of durastante Natalucci, Italian historian (b. 1687)  

Jun 12 In the year 1772 death of marc-Joseph Marion du Fresne, French explorer (b. 1724)  

Jun 15 Louis-Claude Daquin, French organist/composer (La Rose), dies at 77 on this day in history.  

Jun 18 Gerard of Swieten, botanist/painter of Maria Theresia, dies at 72 in the year 1772.  

Aug 21 In the year 1772 alessandro Felici, composer, dies at 29  

Aug 31 In the year 1772 death of william Borlase, English naturalist (b. 1695)  

Sep 30 In the year 1772 death of james Brindley, English engineer (b. 1716)  

Oct 07 John Woolman, American Quaker preacher and abolitionist (b. 1720) died on this day in history.  

Oct 08 On this day in history jean-Joseph Cassenea de Mondonville, composer, dies at 60  

Nov 05 On this day in history johannes Schmidlin, composer, dies at 50  

Nov 10 Pedro Antonio Joaquim Correa da Serra Garção, Portuguese poet (b. 1724) died in the year 1772.  

Nov 11 John Mauritius Quinkhard, portrait painter, dies at 84 in the year 1772.  

Nov 19 William Nelson, American colonial governor of Virginia (b. 1711) died on this day in history.  

Dec 12 On this day in history johann Gottfried Seyfert, composer, dies at 41  

Dec 28 Ernst J earl van/of Biron, Russian duke of Courland, dies at 82 on this day in history.  

Jan 04 On this day in history birth of paul-Louis Courier, (de Mere), French writer/interpreter  

Jan 12 Count Mikhail Speransky, Russian reformer (d. 1839) was born in the year 1772.  

Feb 22 Joseph Lipavsky, composer was born in the year 1772.  

Feb 22 Karl Jacob Wagner, composer was born in the year 1772.  

Feb 26 Caspar Furstenau, composer was born on this day in history.  

Mar 10 Friedrich von Schlegel, Germany, romantic writer/critic (Lucinde) was born in the year 1772.  

Mar 27 In the year 1772 birth of giovanni Liverati, composer  

Mar 30 On this day in history birth of johann Wilhelm Wilms, composer