Famous Deaths In 1776

Mar 05 Yeongjo of Joseon, ruler of Korea (b. 1694) died in the year 1776.  

Mar 10 Élie Catherine Fréron, French critic (b. 1719) died in the year 1776.  

Mar 24 On this day in history death of john Harrison, English clockmaker (b. 1693)  

Mar 26 On this day in history death of samuel Ward, American politician (b. 1725)  

Apr 19 Jacob Israel Emden, [Jacob ben Tswi], German rabbi, dies at 78 on this day in history.  

Apr 22 On this day in history johann Adolph Scheibe, German music theroist/composer, dies at 67  

Apr 24 On this day in history carolus van de Abeele, Flemish Jesuit, dies at 84  

Apr 29 In the year 1776 death of edward Wortley Montagu, English traveler and writer (b. 1713)  

May 04 In the year 1776 death of jacques Saly, French sculptor (b. 1717)  

May 06 In the year 1776 james Kent, composer, dies at 76  

May 13 In the year 1776 anton de Haen, medical Ratio medendi, dies at 71  

Jun 10 In the year 1776 death of leopold Widhalm, Austrian luthier (b. 1722)  

Jun 20 On this day in history death of benjamin Huntsman, English inventor and manufacturer (b. 1704)  

Jun 27 Thomas Hickey, plan to hand George Washington to British, executed died in the year 1776.  

Jun 28 Thomas Hickey, American sergeant convicted of treason, hanged died on this day in history.  

Jul 01 In the year 1776 death of francis Salvador, 1st Jew to die in American Revolutionary War  

Jul 07 Jeremiah Markland, English classical scholar (b. 1693) died on this day in history.  

Jul 10 Richard Peters, English-born clergyman (b. 1704) died in the year 1776.  

Aug 02 Louis François I, Prince of Conti, French military leader (b. 1717) died in the year 1776.  

Aug 25 On this day in history death of david Hume, Scottish philosopher and historian (b. 1711)  

Sep 22 On this day in history death of nathan Hale, US captain/patriot/spy, hanged by British at 21  

Oct 17 Pierre François le Courayer, French theologian (b. 1681) died on this day in history.  

Nov 17 In the year 1776 death of james Ferguson, British astronomer (b. 1710)  

Nov 22 Johann Caspar Simon, composer, dies at 75 in the year 1776.  

Nov 26 Dov Baer of Mezhirech, hassidic rabbi, dies in the year 1776.  

Dec 26 On this day in history johann Gottlieb Rall, Hessian colonel/mercenary, dies in battle  

Jan 06 On this day in history birth of ferdinand von Schill, Prussian officer/rebel  

Jan 24 Ernst Theodor Amadeus Hoffmann, German writer/judge/composer (Undine) was born on this day in history.  

Feb 11 Joannis Capodistrias, Greek governor of Troezen (1827-31) was born on this day in history.  

Feb 11 In the year 1776 birth of ioannis Kapodistrias, Greek diplomat of the Russian Empire and first head of state of independent Greece (d. 1831)  

Feb 18 John Parry, composer was born in the year 1776.  

Feb 21 On this day in history birth of vincenzo Lavigna, composer  

Feb 23 On this day in history birth of john Walter II, London, chief proprietor (The Times, 1812-47)  

Mar 10 In the year 1776 birth of luise, queen of Prussia/wife of Frederik Willem III