Famous Deaths Happened In 1776

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

Mar 10 On this day in history death of Élie Catherine Fréron, French critic (b. 1719)  

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

Mar 26 Samuel Ward, American politician (b. 1725) died on this day in history.  

Apr 19 Jacob Israel Emden, [Jacob ben Tswi], German rabbi, dies at 78 in the year 1776.  

Apr 22 In the year 1776 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 On this day in history 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 James Kent, composer, dies at 76 on this day in history.  

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

Jun 10 On this day in history death of leopold Widhalm, Austrian luthier (b. 1722)  

Jun 20 In the year 1776 death of benjamin Huntsman, English inventor and manufacturer (b. 1704)  

Jun 27 On this day in history death of thomas Hickey, plan to hand George Washington to British, executed  

Jun 28 In the year 1776 death of thomas Hickey, American sergeant convicted of treason, hanged  

Jul 01 Francis Salvador, 1st Jew to die in American Revolutionary War died on this day in history.  

Jul 07 Jeremiah Markland, English classical scholar (b. 1693) died in the year 1776.  

Jul 10 On this day in history death of richard Peters, English-born clergyman (b. 1704)  

Aug 02 On this day in history death of louis François I, Prince of Conti, French military leader (b. 1717)  

Aug 25 David Hume, Scottish philosopher and historian (b. 1711) died on this day in history.  

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 on this day in history.  

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

Dec 26 In the year 1776 johann Gottlieb Rall, Hessian colonel/mercenary, dies in battle  

Jan 06 In the year 1776 birth of ferdinand von Schill, Prussian officer/rebel  

Jan 24 On this day in history birth of ernst Theodor Amadeus Hoffmann, German writer/judge/composer (Undine)  

Feb 11 In the year 1776 birth of joannis Capodistrias, Greek governor of Troezen (1827-31)  

Feb 11 Ioannis Kapodistrias, Greek diplomat of the Russian Empire and first head of state of independent Greece (d. 1831) was born in the year 1776.  

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

Feb 21 In the year 1776 birth of vincenzo Lavigna, composer  

Feb 23 John Walter II, London, chief proprietor (The Times, 1812-47) was born in the year 1776.  

Mar 10 On this day in history birth of luise, queen of Prussia/wife of Frederik Willem III