Famous Deaths In 1776

Mar 05 In the year 1776 death of yeongjo of Joseon, ruler of Korea (b. 1694)  

Mar 10 On this day in history death of Élie Catherine Fréron, French critic (b. 1719)  

Mar 24 John Harrison, English clockmaker (b. 1693) died on this day in history.  

Mar 26 On this day in history death of samuel Ward, American politician (b. 1725)  

Apr 19 Jacob Israel Emden, [Jacob ben Tswi], German rabbi, dies at 78 on this day in history.  

Apr 22 In the year 1776 johann Adolph Scheibe, German music theroist/composer, dies at 67  

Apr 24 In the year 1776 carolus van de Abeele, Flemish Jesuit, dies at 84  

Apr 29 Edward Wortley Montagu, English traveler and writer (b. 1713) died on this day in history.  

May 04 Jacques Saly, French sculptor (b. 1717) died on this day in history.  

May 06 James Kent, composer, dies at 76 in the year 1776.  

May 13 Anton de Haen, medical Ratio medendi, dies at 71 in the year 1776.  

Jun 10 On this day in history death of leopold Widhalm, Austrian luthier (b. 1722)  

Jun 20 Benjamin Huntsman, English inventor and manufacturer (b. 1704) died in the year 1776.  

Jun 27 On this day in history death of thomas Hickey, plan to hand George Washington to British, executed  

Jun 28 On this day in history death of thomas Hickey, American sergeant convicted of treason, hanged  

Jul 01 Francis Salvador, 1st Jew to die in American Revolutionary War died in the year 1776.  

Jul 07 In the year 1776 death of jeremiah Markland, English classical scholar (b. 1693)  

Jul 10 On this day in history death of richard Peters, English-born clergyman (b. 1704)  

Aug 02 On this day in history death of louis François I, Prince of Conti, French military leader (b. 1717)  

Aug 25 In the year 1776 death of david Hume, Scottish philosopher and historian (b. 1711)  

Sep 22 Nathan Hale, US captain/patriot/spy, hanged by British at 21 died in the year 1776.  

Oct 17 Pierre François le Courayer, French theologian (b. 1681) died in the year 1776.  

Nov 17 James Ferguson, British astronomer (b. 1710) died on this day in history.  

Nov 22 On this day in history johann Caspar Simon, composer, dies at 75  

Nov 26 In the year 1776 dov Baer of Mezhirech, hassidic rabbi, dies  

Dec 26 On this day in history johann Gottlieb Rall, Hessian colonel/mercenary, dies in battle  

Jan 06 On this day in history birth of ferdinand von Schill, Prussian officer/rebel  

Jan 24 In the year 1776 birth of ernst Theodor Amadeus Hoffmann, German writer/judge/composer (Undine)  

Feb 11 In the year 1776 birth of joannis Capodistrias, Greek governor of Troezen (1827-31)  

Feb 11 In the year 1776 birth of ioannis Kapodistrias, Greek diplomat of the Russian Empire and first head of state of independent Greece (d. 1831)  

Feb 18 On this day in history birth of john Parry, composer  

Feb 21 On this day in history birth of vincenzo Lavigna, composer  

Feb 23 John Walter II, London, chief proprietor (The Times, 1812-47) was born in the year 1776.  

Mar 10 In the year 1776 birth of luise, queen of Prussia/wife of Frederik Willem III