Famous Deaths Happened In 1776

Mar 05 Yeongjo of Joseon, ruler of Korea (b. 1694) died on this day in history.  

Mar 10 In the year 1776 death of Élie Catherine Fréron, French critic (b. 1719)  

Mar 24 In the year 1776 death of john Harrison, English clockmaker (b. 1693)  

Mar 26 Samuel Ward, American politician (b. 1725) died on this day in history.  

Apr 19 On this day in history jacob Israel Emden, [Jacob ben Tswi], German rabbi, dies at 78  

Apr 22 On this day in history johann Adolph Scheibe, German music theroist/composer, dies at 67  

Apr 24 In the year 1776 carolus van de Abeele, Flemish Jesuit, dies at 84  

Apr 29 On this day in history death of edward Wortley Montagu, English traveler and writer (b. 1713)  

May 04 On this day in history death of jacques Saly, French sculptor (b. 1717)  

May 06 On this day in history james Kent, composer, dies at 76  

May 13 Anton de Haen, medical Ratio medendi, dies at 71 on this day in history.  

Jun 10 In the year 1776 death of leopold Widhalm, Austrian luthier (b. 1722)  

Jun 20 Benjamin Huntsman, English inventor and manufacturer (b. 1704) died in the year 1776.  

Jun 27 Thomas Hickey, plan to hand George Washington to British, executed died in the year 1776.  

Jun 28 Thomas Hickey, American sergeant convicted of treason, hanged died on this day in history.  

Jul 01 Francis Salvador, 1st Jew to die in American Revolutionary War died in the year 1776.  

Jul 07 In the year 1776 death of jeremiah Markland, English classical scholar (b. 1693)  

Jul 10 Richard Peters, English-born clergyman (b. 1704) died in the year 1776.  

Aug 02 In the year 1776 death of louis François I, Prince of Conti, French military leader (b. 1717)  

Aug 25 David Hume, Scottish philosopher and historian (b. 1711) died in the year 1776.  

Sep 22 On this day in history death of nathan Hale, US captain/patriot/spy, hanged by British at 21  

Oct 17 On this day in history death of pierre François le Courayer, French theologian (b. 1681)  

Nov 17 In the year 1776 death of james Ferguson, British astronomer (b. 1710)  

Nov 22 Johann Caspar Simon, composer, dies at 75 in the year 1776.  

Nov 26 In the year 1776 dov Baer of Mezhirech, hassidic rabbi, dies  

Dec 26 In the year 1776 johann Gottlieb Rall, Hessian colonel/mercenary, dies in battle  

Jan 06 On this day in history birth of ferdinand von Schill, Prussian officer/rebel  

Jan 24 On this day in history birth of ernst Theodor Amadeus Hoffmann, German writer/judge/composer (Undine)  

Feb 11 In the year 1776 birth of joannis Capodistrias, Greek governor of Troezen (1827-31)  

Feb 11 In the year 1776 birth of ioannis Kapodistrias, Greek diplomat of the Russian Empire and first head of state of independent Greece (d. 1831)  

Feb 18 In the year 1776 birth of john Parry, composer  

Feb 21 Vincenzo Lavigna, composer was born in the year 1776.  

Feb 23 John Walter II, London, chief proprietor (The Times, 1812-47) was born in the year 1776.  

Mar 10 In the year 1776 birth of luise, queen of Prussia/wife of Frederik Willem III