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 In the year 1781 marie de Negre Dables, marquess, dies  

Jan 22 Johann Siebenkas, composer, dies at 66 in the year 1781.  

Feb 04 Josef Myslivecek, composer, dies at 43 on this day in history.  

Feb 15 G E Lessing, writer, dies at 52 on this day in history.  

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

Feb 24 Edward Capell, English critic (b. 1713) died on this day in history.  

Feb 28 Richard Stockton, US attorney (signed Decl of Ind), dies at 50 on this day in history.  

Mar 18 Anne Robert Turgot, French statesman (b. 1727) died in the year 1781.  

Apr 23 James Abercrombie, British general (b. 1706) died in the year 1781.  

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 Túpac Amaru II, Peruvian Indian revolutionary, a descendant of the last Inca ruler, Túpac Amaru (b. 1742) died on this day in history.  

May 22 Garret Wesley Mornington, composer, dies at 45 in the year 1781.  

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

Jul 11 On this day in history adolph Carl Kunzen, composer, dies at 60  

Jul 23 John Joachim Zubly, Swiss-born Continental Congressman (b. 1724) died in the year 1781.  

Jul 29 Johann Kies, German astronomer and mathematician (b. 1713) died in the year 1781.  

Jul 30 On this day in history augustin Ullinger, composer, dies at 35  

Sep 28 In the year 1781 death of william Henry Nassau de Zuylestein, 4th Earl of Rochford, British diplomat and statesman (b. 1717)  

Oct 09 Thomas Alexander Erskine Kelly, composer, dies at 49 on this day in history.  

Oct 16 On this day in history death of edward Hawke, 1st Baron Hawke, British naval officer (b. 1705)  

Oct 27 Herman-Francois Delange, composer, dies at 66 on this day in history.  

Nov 02 In the year 1781 jose F de Isla, Spanish Jesuit/author, dies at 78  

Nov 04 In the year 1781 death of johann Nikolaus Götz, German poet (b. 1721)  

Nov 22 John Ekels, the Old, Amsterdam painter/cartoonist, dies at 57 in the year 1781.  

Nov 24 James Caldwell, American revolutionary (b. 1734) died in the year 1781.  

Dec 16 On this day in history georg Simon Lohlein, composer, dies at 56  

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 Achim v Arnim, writer was born in the year 1781.  

Jan 26 Ludwig Joachim "Achim" von Arnim, German poet (Des Knaben Wunderhorn) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 30 In the year 1781 birth of a v Chamisso, writer  

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

Feb 17 In the year 1781 birth of rené-Theophile-Hyacinthe Lannec, France, inventor (stethoscope)  

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