Famous Deaths In 1781

Jan 12 Richard Challoner, English Catholic prelate (b. 1691) died on this day in history.  

Jan 15 On this day in history death of marianne Victoria of Borbón, queen regent of Portugal (b. 1718)  

Jan 17 On this day in history marie de Negre Dables, marquess, dies  

Jan 22 On this day in history johann Siebenkas, composer, dies at 66  

Feb 04 In the year 1781 josef Myslivecek, composer, dies at 43  

Feb 15 G E Lessing, writer, dies at 52 in the year 1781.  

Feb 23 George Taylor, American signer of the Declaration of Independence (bc. 1716) died on this day in history.  

Feb 24 On this day in history death of edward Capell, English critic (b. 1713)  

Feb 28 On this day in history richard Stockton, US attorney (signed Decl of Ind), dies at 50  

Mar 18 Anne Robert Turgot, French statesman (b. 1727) died on this day in history.  

Apr 23 James Abercrombie, British general (b. 1706) died on this day in history.  

Apr 28 Cornelius Harnett, American delegate to the Continental Congress (b. 1723) died in the year 1781.  

May 08 Richard Jago, English poet (b. 1715) died in the year 1781.  

May 18 On this day in history death of túpac Amaru II, Peruvian Indian revolutionary, a descendant of the last Inca ruler, Túpac Amaru (b. 1742)  

May 22 On this day in history garret Wesley Mornington, composer, dies at 45  

May 27 Giovanni Battista Beccaria, Italian physicist (b. 1716) died in the year 1781.  

Jul 11 Adolph Carl Kunzen, composer, dies at 60 on this day in history.  

Jul 23 In the year 1781 death of john Joachim Zubly, Swiss-born Continental Congressman (b. 1724)  

Jul 29 On this day in history death of johann Kies, German astronomer and mathematician (b. 1713)  

Jul 30 Augustin Ullinger, composer, dies at 35 in the year 1781.  

Sep 28 William Henry Nassau de Zuylestein, 4th Earl of Rochford, British diplomat and statesman (b. 1717) died on this day in history.  

Oct 09 In the year 1781 thomas Alexander Erskine Kelly, composer, dies at 49  

Oct 16 In the year 1781 death of edward Hawke, 1st Baron Hawke, British naval officer (b. 1705)  

Oct 27 In the year 1781 herman-Francois Delange, composer, dies at 66  

Nov 02 On this day in history jose F de Isla, Spanish Jesuit/author, dies at 78  

Nov 04 Johann Nikolaus Götz, German poet (b. 1721) died on this day in history.  

Nov 22 John Ekels, the Old, Amsterdam painter/cartoonist, dies at 57 on this day in history.  

Nov 24 On this day in history death of james Caldwell, American revolutionary (b. 1734)  

Dec 16 Georg Simon Lohlein, composer, dies at 56 on this day in history.  

Jan 20 In the year 1781 birth of joseph Hormayr Freiherr zu Hortenburg, Austrian politician (d. 1848)  

Jan 22 On this day in history birth of francois-Antoine Habeneck, composer  

Jan 26 On this day in history birth of achim v Arnim, writer  

Jan 26 In the year 1781 birth of ludwig Joachim "Achim" von Arnim, German poet (Des Knaben Wunderhorn)  

Jan 30 On this day in history birth of a v Chamisso, writer  

Feb 09 Johann Baptist von Spix, German scientist (d. 1826) was born in the year 1781.  

Feb 17 René-Theophile-Hyacinthe Lannec, France, inventor (stethoscope) was born on this day in history.  

Feb 18 Henry Martyn, Truro, missionary was born on this day in history.