Famous Deaths Happened In 1772

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

Feb 18 On this day in history death of johann Hartwig Ernst, Count von Bernstorff, Danish statesman (b. 1712)  

Mar 02 Robert J Pothier, French lawyer, dies at 73 on this day in history.  

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

Mar 26 Charles Pinot Duclos, French writer (b. 1704) died in the year 1772.  

Mar 29 In the year 1772 death of emanuel Swedenborg, Swedish philosopher and mathematician (b. 1688)  

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

Apr 28 In the year 1772 death of johann Friedrich Struensee, physician of Christian VII of Denmark (b. 1737)  

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

May 11 Joseph Kerckhoff, Limburg surgeon/robber captain, hanged died in the year 1772.  

May 22 Durastante Natalucci, Italian historian (b. 1687) died in the year 1772.  

Jun 12 On this day in history death of marc-Joseph Marion du Fresne, French explorer (b. 1724)  

Jun 15 On this day in history 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 On this day in history death of william Borlase, English naturalist (b. 1695)  

Sep 30 In the year 1772 death of james Brindley, English engineer (b. 1716)  

Oct 07 In the year 1772 death of john Woolman, American Quaker preacher and abolitionist (b. 1720)  

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 Pedro Antonio Joaquim Correa da Serra Garção, Portuguese poet (b. 1724) died in the year 1772.  

Nov 11 John Mauritius Quinkhard, portrait painter, dies at 84 in the year 1772.  

Nov 19 William Nelson, American colonial governor of Virginia (b. 1711) died on this day in history.  

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

Dec 28 On this day in history ernst J earl van/of Biron, Russian duke of Courland, dies at 82  

Jan 04 Paul-Louis Courier, (de Mere), French writer/interpreter was born in the year 1772.  

Jan 12 Count Mikhail Speransky, Russian reformer (d. 1839) was born in the year 1772.  

Feb 22 On this day in history birth of joseph Lipavsky, composer  

Feb 22 Karl Jacob Wagner, composer was born in the year 1772.  

Feb 26 Caspar Furstenau, composer was born on this day in history.  

Mar 10 On this day in history birth of friedrich von Schlegel, Germany, romantic writer/critic (Lucinde)  

Mar 27 Giovanni Liverati, composer was born in the year 1772.  

Mar 30 Johann Wilhelm Wilms, composer was born on this day in history.