Famous Deaths Happened In 1777

Jan 01 Emanuele Barbella, composer, dies at 58 in the year 1777.  

Jan 10 Spranger Barry, Irish actor (b. 1719) died in the year 1777.  

Jan 12 Hugh Mercer, American Revolutionary War officer (mortally wounded in battle) (b. 1726) died in the year 1777.  

Feb 09 Seth Pomeroy, American gunsmith and soldier (b. 1706) died in the year 1777.  

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 In the year 1777 death of george Pigot, Baron Pigot, British governor of Madras (b. 1719)  

May 16 Button Gwinnet, US revolutionary leader, dies from wounds in the year 1777.  

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

Jun 22 On this day in history josef Christian, German sculptor, dies at 71  

Jul 13 In the year 1777 guillaume Coustou Jr, French sculptor (Apollo/Mars/Venus), dies at 61  

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

Aug 17 On this day in history giuseppe Scarlotti, composer, dies at 54  

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

Sep 01 On this day in history johann Ernst Bach, composer, dies at 55  

Sep 25 Johann Heinrich Lambert, mathematician, dies at 49 on this day in history.  

Oct 05 Ján Andrej Segner, Slovak and German mathematician, physicist, and physician (b. 1704) died on this day in history.  

Oct 07 Simon Fraser, English general, dies in battle on this day in history.  

Oct 13 In the year 1777 dismas Hatas, composer, dies at 52  

Oct 21 On this day in history death of samuel Foote, English dramatist and actor (b. 1720)  

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

Nov 30 In the year 1777 jean-Marie Leclair, composer, dies at 74  

Dec 12 Albrecht von Haller, Swiss physician/biologist/author, dies at 69 on this day in history.  

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

Jan 01 In the year 1777 birth of micah Hawkins, composer  

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

Jan 03 Louis Poinsot, French instrument worker was born in the year 1777.  

Jan 03 M A Elisa Bonaparte, Corsican monarch of Lucca/Piombino was born in the year 1777.  

Jan 08 On this day in history 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 Friedrich de la Motte Fouqué, German poet (d. 1843) was born on this day in history.  

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