Famous Deaths In 1777

Jan 01 On this day in history emanuele Barbella, composer, dies at 58  

Jan 10 In the year 1777 death of spranger Barry, Irish actor (b. 1719)  

Jan 12 In the year 1777 death of hugh Mercer, American Revolutionary War officer (mortally wounded in battle) (b. 1726)  

Feb 09 On this day in history death of seth Pomeroy, American gunsmith and soldier (b. 1706)  

Feb 24 On this day in history death of king Joseph I of Portugal (b. 1714)  

Mar 01 Georg Christoph Wagenzeil, Austria (court)composer/pianist, dies at 62 on this day in history.  

Mar 22 John Bartram, father of American botany, dies at 77 on this day in history.  

May 11 On this day in history death of george Pigot, Baron Pigot, British governor of Madras (b. 1719)  

May 16 Button Gwinnet, US revolutionary leader, dies from wounds on this day in history.  

Jun 16 In the year 1777 death of jean-Baptiste-Louis Gresset, French poet and dramatist (b. 1709)  

Jun 22 In the year 1777 josef Christian, German sculptor, dies at 71  

Jul 13 Guillaume Coustou Jr, French sculptor (Apollo/Mars/Venus), dies at 61 in the year 1777.  

Jul 27 In the year 1777 william Hayes, composer, dies at 69  

Aug 17 In the year 1777 giuseppe Scarlotti, composer, dies at 54  

Aug 23 Giuseppe Sellitto, composer, dies at 77 in the year 1777.  

Sep 01 Johann Ernst Bach, composer, dies at 55 in the year 1777.  

Sep 25 In the year 1777 johann Heinrich Lambert, mathematician, dies at 49  

Oct 05 Ján Andrej Segner, Slovak and German mathematician, physicist, and physician (b. 1704) died in the year 1777.  

Oct 07 Simon Fraser, English general, dies in battle in the year 1777.  

Oct 13 Dismas Hatas, composer, dies at 52 on this day in history.  

Oct 21 Samuel Foote, English dramatist and actor (b. 1720) died on this day in history.  

Nov 10 In the year 1777 death of cornstalk, Shawnee chief  

Nov 30 Jean-Marie Leclair, composer, dies at 74 on this day in history.  

Dec 12 On this day in history albrecht von Haller, Swiss physician/biologist/author, dies at 69  

Dec 30 On this day in history maximilian III Jozef, elector of Bayern (1745-77), dies at 50  

Jan 01 Micah Hawkins, composer was born on this day in history.  

Jan 02 Christian D Rauch, German sculptor was born on this day in history.  

Jan 03 Louis Poinsot, French instrument worker was born on this day in history.  

Jan 03 On this day in history birth of m A Elisa Bonaparte, Corsican monarch of Lucca/Piombino  

Jan 08 In the year 1777 birth of filippo Traetta, Italy, composer/musicologist  

Jan 25 On this day in history birth of elias Canneman, Dutch liberal minister of Finance (1813-14)  

Feb 12 On this day in history birth of friedrich de la Motte Fouqué, German poet (d. 1843)  

Mar 09 On this day in history birth of alexander Orlowski, Polish painter/cartoonist/graphic artist