Famous Deaths In 1777

Jan 01 Emanuele Barbella, composer, dies at 58 on this day in history.  

Jan 10 Spranger Barry, Irish actor (b. 1719) died on this day in history.  

Jan 12 In the year 1777 death of hugh Mercer, American Revolutionary War officer (mortally wounded in battle) (b. 1726)  

Feb 09 On this day in history death of seth Pomeroy, American gunsmith and soldier (b. 1706)  

Feb 24 In the year 1777 death of king Joseph I of Portugal (b. 1714)  

Mar 01 On this day in history georg Christoph Wagenzeil, Austria (court)composer/pianist, dies at 62  

Mar 22 On this day in history john Bartram, father of American botany, dies at 77  

May 11 George Pigot, Baron Pigot, British governor of Madras (b. 1719) died in the year 1777.  

May 16 On this day in history button Gwinnet, US revolutionary leader, dies from wounds  

Jun 16 On this day in history death of jean-Baptiste-Louis Gresset, French poet and dramatist (b. 1709)  

Jun 22 Josef Christian, German sculptor, dies at 71 on this day in history.  

Jul 13 Guillaume Coustou Jr, French sculptor (Apollo/Mars/Venus), dies at 61 in the year 1777.  

Jul 27 On this day in history william Hayes, composer, dies at 69  

Aug 17 Giuseppe Scarlotti, composer, dies at 54 on this day in history.  

Aug 23 Giuseppe Sellitto, composer, dies at 77 on this day in history.  

Sep 01 In the year 1777 johann Ernst Bach, composer, dies at 55  

Sep 25 On this day in history johann Heinrich Lambert, mathematician, dies at 49  

Oct 05 Ján Andrej Segner, Slovak and German mathematician, physicist, and physician (b. 1704) died on this day in history.  

Oct 07 In the year 1777 simon Fraser, English general, dies in battle  

Oct 13 On this day in history dismas Hatas, composer, dies at 52  

Oct 21 Samuel Foote, English dramatist and actor (b. 1720) died in the year 1777.  

Nov 10 On this day in history death of cornstalk, Shawnee chief  

Nov 30 In the year 1777 jean-Marie Leclair, composer, dies at 74  

Dec 12 Albrecht von Haller, Swiss physician/biologist/author, dies at 69 in the year 1777.  

Dec 30 Maximilian III Jozef, elector of Bayern (1745-77), dies at 50 in the year 1777.  

Jan 01 Micah Hawkins, composer was born on this day in history.  

Jan 02 Christian D Rauch, German sculptor was born on this day in history.  

Jan 03 In the year 1777 birth of louis Poinsot, French instrument worker  

Jan 03 M A Elisa Bonaparte, Corsican monarch of Lucca/Piombino was born on this day in history.  

Jan 08 Filippo Traetta, Italy, composer/musicologist was born in the year 1777.  

Jan 25 Elias Canneman, Dutch liberal minister of Finance (1813-14) was born in the year 1777.  

Feb 12 Friedrich de la Motte Fouqué, German poet (d. 1843) was born in the year 1777.  

Mar 09 In the year 1777 birth of alexander Orlowski, Polish painter/cartoonist/graphic artist