Famous Deaths Happened 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 in the year 1772.  

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 Jacques-Nicolas Bellin, French cartographer (b. 1703) died in the year 1772.  

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 Johann Peter Kellner, composer, dies at 66 on this day in history.  

Apr 28 On this day in history death of johann Friedrich Struensee, physician of Christian VII of Denmark (b. 1737)  

May 01 Gottfried Achenwall, German lawyer/statistics/economist, dies at 52 in the year 1772.  

May 11 In the year 1772 death of joseph Kerckhoff, Limburg surgeon/robber captain, hanged  

May 22 Durastante Natalucci, Italian historian (b. 1687) died on this day in history.  

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 In the year 1772 gerard of Swieten, botanist/painter of Maria Theresia, dies at 72  

Aug 21 In the year 1772 alessandro Felici, composer, dies at 29  

Aug 31 William Borlase, English naturalist (b. 1695) died in the year 1772.  

Sep 30 James Brindley, English engineer (b. 1716) died on this day in history.  

Oct 07 On this day in history 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 on this day in history.  

Nov 11 In the year 1772 john Mauritius Quinkhard, portrait painter, dies at 84  

Nov 19 William Nelson, American colonial governor of Virginia (b. 1711) died in the year 1772.  

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

Dec 28 In the year 1772 ernst J earl van/of Biron, Russian duke of Courland, dies at 82  

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

Jan 12 In the year 1772 birth of count Mikhail Speransky, Russian reformer (d. 1839)  

Feb 22 In the year 1772 birth of joseph Lipavsky, composer  

Feb 22 On this day in history birth of karl Jacob Wagner, composer  

Feb 26 In the year 1772 birth of caspar Furstenau, composer  

Mar 10 Friedrich von Schlegel, Germany, romantic writer/critic (Lucinde) was born on this day in history.  

Mar 27 Giovanni Liverati, composer was born on this day in history.  

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