Famous Deaths Happened In 1772
Sunday, 16 February 2025
Feb 10 Jozef Wenceslas, monarch of Liechtenstein/general, dies at 75 on this day in history.
Feb 18 In the year 1772 death of johann Hartwig Ernst, Count von Bernstorff, Danish statesman (b. 1712)
Mar 02 On this day in history robert J Pothier, French lawyer, dies at 73
Mar 11 George Reuter, composer, dies at 63 in the year 1772.
Mar 21 In the year 1772 death of jacques-Nicolas Bellin, French cartographer (b. 1703)
Mar 22 John Canton, English physicist (b. 1718) died in the year 1772.
Mar 26 In the year 1772 death of charles Pinot Duclos, French writer (b. 1704)
Mar 29 Emanuel Swedenborg, Swedish philosopher and mathematician (b. 1688) died on this day in history.
Apr 19 Johann Peter Kellner, composer, dies at 66 in the year 1772.
Apr 28 In the year 1772 death of johann Friedrich Struensee, physician of Christian VII of Denmark (b. 1737)
May 01 Gottfried Achenwall, German lawyer/statistics/economist, dies at 52 on this day in history.
May 11 Joseph Kerckhoff, Limburg surgeon/robber captain, hanged died in the year 1772.
May 22 Durastante Natalucci, Italian historian (b. 1687) died on this day in history.
Jun 12 In the year 1772 death of marc-Joseph Marion du Fresne, French explorer (b. 1724)
Jun 15 Louis-Claude Daquin, French organist/composer (La Rose), dies at 77 on this day in history.
Jun 18 Gerard of Swieten, botanist/painter of Maria Theresia, dies at 72 on this day in history.
Aug 21 Alessandro Felici, composer, dies at 29 on this day in history.
Aug 31 William Borlase, English naturalist (b. 1695) died on this day in history.
Sep 30 In the year 1772 death of james Brindley, English engineer (b. 1716)
Oct 07 John Woolman, American Quaker preacher and abolitionist (b. 1720) died in the year 1772.
Oct 08 Jean-Joseph Cassenea de Mondonville, composer, dies at 60 in the year 1772.
Nov 05 In the year 1772 johannes Schmidlin, composer, dies at 50
Nov 10 Pedro Antonio Joaquim Correa da Serra Garção, Portuguese poet (b. 1724) died on this day in history.
Nov 11 On this day in history john Mauritius Quinkhard, portrait painter, dies at 84
Nov 19 William Nelson, American colonial governor of Virginia (b. 1711) died in the year 1772.
Dec 12 In the year 1772 johann Gottfried Seyfert, composer, dies at 41
Dec 28 Ernst J earl van/of Biron, Russian duke of Courland, dies at 82 in the year 1772.