Famous Deaths Happened In 1777
Friday, 21 February 2025
Jan 01 Emanuele Barbella, composer, dies at 58 in the year 1777.
Jan 10 Spranger Barry, Irish actor (b. 1719) died in the year 1777.
Jan 12 On this day in history death of hugh Mercer, American Revolutionary War officer (mortally wounded in battle) (b. 1726)
Feb 09 Seth Pomeroy, American gunsmith and soldier (b. 1706) died in the year 1777.
Feb 24 In the year 1777 death of king Joseph I of Portugal (b. 1714)
Mar 01 Georg Christoph Wagenzeil, Austria (court)composer/pianist, dies at 62 on this day in history.
Mar 22 John Bartram, father of American botany, dies at 77 on this day in history.
May 11 George Pigot, Baron Pigot, British governor of Madras (b. 1719) died in the year 1777.
May 16 On this day in history button Gwinnet, US revolutionary leader, dies from wounds
Jun 16 On this day in history death of jean-Baptiste-Louis Gresset, French poet and dramatist (b. 1709)
Jun 22 In the year 1777 josef Christian, German sculptor, dies at 71
Jul 13 In the year 1777 guillaume Coustou Jr, French sculptor (Apollo/Mars/Venus), dies at 61
Jul 27 William Hayes, composer, dies at 69 in the year 1777.
Aug 17 Giuseppe Scarlotti, composer, dies at 54 on this day in history.
Aug 23 In the year 1777 giuseppe Sellitto, composer, dies at 77
Sep 01 In the year 1777 johann Ernst Bach, composer, dies at 55
Sep 25 Johann Heinrich Lambert, mathematician, dies at 49 in the year 1777.
Oct 05 Ján Andrej Segner, Slovak and German mathematician, physicist, and physician (b. 1704) died on this day in history.
Oct 07 Simon Fraser, English general, dies in battle in the year 1777.
Oct 13 Dismas Hatas, composer, dies at 52 on this day in history.
Oct 21 Samuel Foote, English dramatist and actor (b. 1720) died in the year 1777.
Nov 10 On this day in history death of cornstalk, Shawnee chief
Nov 30 In the year 1777 jean-Marie Leclair, composer, dies at 74
Dec 12 Albrecht von Haller, Swiss physician/biologist/author, dies at 69 in the year 1777.
Dec 30 Maximilian III Jozef, elector of Bayern (1745-77), dies at 50 in the year 1777.