Famous Deaths Happened In 1761

Jan 03 In the year 1761 willem de Fesch, Dutch violinist/composer (Joseph), dies at 73  

Jan 04 Stephen Hales, English vicar/inventor (ventilator), dies at 83 in the year 1761.  

Jan 10 In the year 1761 death of edward Boscawen, British admiral (b. 1711)  

Feb 01 In the year 1761 death of pierre François Xavier de Charlevoix, French historian (b. 1682)  

Feb 15 Carlo Cecere, composer, dies at 54 on this day in history.  

Mar 07 Antonio Palella, composer, dies at 68 in the year 1761.  

Mar 27 Johann Ludwig Steiner, composer, dies at 72 on this day in history.  

Apr 04 On this day in history death of theodore Gardelle, Swiss painter and enameler (b. 1722)  

Apr 09 In the year 1761 william Law, theologian, dies  

Apr 15 Archibald Campbell, 3rd Duke of Argyll, Scottish politician (b. 1682) died in the year 1761.  

Apr 17 On this day in history death of thomas Bayes, English mathematician  

May 14 In the year 1761 thomas Simpson, English mathematician (rule of Simpson), dies at 50  

May 15 Jacob Mossel, governor-general (Dutch East Indies), dies at 56 in the year 1761.  

Jun 02 In the year 1761 death of jonas Alströmer, Swedish industrialist (b. 1685)  

Jun 12 In the year 1761 meinrad Spiess, composer, dies at 77  

Jul 04 In the year 1761 death of samuel Richardson, English writer (b. 1689)  

Jul 13 On this day in history death of tokugawa Ieshige, Japanese shogun (b. 1712)  

Aug 03 On this day in history death of johann Matthias Gesner, German classical scholar (b. 1691)  

Sep 08 On this day in history death of bernard Forest de Bélidor, French engineer (b. 1698)  

Sep 19 Peter Musschenbroek, physician/physicist (Leidse Bottle), dies at 69 on this day in history.  

Nov 30 John Dollond, British optician (b. 1706) died in the year 1761.  

Dec 23 On this day in history death of alestair Ruadh MacDonnell, Scottish Jacobite spy  

Dec 25 In the year 1761 elisabeth Petrovna, tsarina of Russia (1741-62), dies at about 51  

Jan 17 In the year 1761 birth of james Hall, Scotland, geologist  

Jan 20 In the year 1761 birth of giovanni Domenico Perotti, composer  

Jan 23 Friedrich von Matthison, German poet (Adelaide) was born in the year 1761.  

Jan 29 Abraham AA "Albert" Gallatin, Switz, US minister of Finance (1801-14) was born on this day in history.  

Feb 01 In the year 1761 birth of christian Hendrik Persoon, South African mycologist (d. 1836)  

Feb 16 In the year 1761 birth of charles Pichegru, French general (d. 1804)  

Feb 22 On this day in history birth of erik Eriksson Tulindberg, composer  

Feb 22 Jacob Kimball, composer was born in the year 1761.