Famous Deaths In 1772

Feb 10 Jozef Wenceslas, monarch of Liechtenstein/general, dies at 75 on this day in history.  

Feb 18 Johann Hartwig Ernst, Count von Bernstorff, Danish statesman (b. 1712) died on this day in history.  

Mar 02 On this day in history robert J Pothier, French lawyer, dies at 73  

Mar 11 George Reuter, composer, dies at 63 on this day in history.  

Mar 21 On this day in history death of jacques-Nicolas Bellin, French cartographer (b. 1703)  

Mar 22 In the year 1772 death of john Canton, English physicist (b. 1718)  

Mar 26 Charles Pinot Duclos, French writer (b. 1704) died on this day in history.  

Mar 29 Emanuel Swedenborg, Swedish philosopher and mathematician (b. 1688) died on this day in history.  

Apr 19 In the year 1772 johann Peter Kellner, composer, dies at 66  

Apr 28 Johann Friedrich Struensee, physician of Christian VII of Denmark (b. 1737) died on this day in history.  

May 01 In the year 1772 gottfried Achenwall, German lawyer/statistics/economist, dies at 52  

May 11 On this day in history death of joseph Kerckhoff, Limburg surgeon/robber captain, hanged  

May 22 On this day in history death of durastante Natalucci, Italian historian (b. 1687)  

Jun 12 Marc-Joseph Marion du Fresne, French explorer (b. 1724) died on this day in history.  

Jun 15 In the year 1772 louis-Claude Daquin, French organist/composer (La Rose), dies at 77  

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 in the year 1772.  

Aug 31 William Borlase, English naturalist (b. 1695) died on this day in history.  

Sep 30 James Brindley, English engineer (b. 1716) died in the year 1772.  

Oct 07 John Woolman, American Quaker preacher and abolitionist (b. 1720) died on this day in history.  

Oct 08 Jean-Joseph Cassenea de Mondonville, composer, dies at 60 on this day in history.  

Nov 05 On this day in history johannes Schmidlin, composer, dies at 50  

Nov 10 In the year 1772 death of pedro Antonio Joaquim Correa da Serra Garção, Portuguese poet (b. 1724)  

Nov 11 On this day in history john Mauritius Quinkhard, portrait painter, dies at 84  

Nov 19 In the year 1772 death of william Nelson, American colonial governor of Virginia (b. 1711)  

Dec 12 On this day in history johann Gottfried Seyfert, composer, dies at 41  

Dec 28 Ernst J earl van/of Biron, Russian duke of Courland, dies at 82 on this day in history.  

Jan 04 In the year 1772 birth of paul-Louis Courier, (de Mere), French writer/interpreter  

Jan 12 Count Mikhail Speransky, Russian reformer (d. 1839) was born on this day in history.  

Feb 22 Joseph Lipavsky, composer was born in the year 1772.  

Feb 22 In the year 1772 birth of karl Jacob Wagner, composer  

Feb 26 Caspar Furstenau, composer was born in the year 1772.  

Mar 10 In the year 1772 birth of friedrich von Schlegel, Germany, romantic writer/critic (Lucinde)  

Mar 27 In the year 1772 birth of giovanni Liverati, composer  

Mar 30 On this day in history birth of johann Wilhelm Wilms, composer