Famous Deaths Happened In 1777

Jan 01 Emanuele Barbella, composer, dies at 58 on this day in history.  

Jan 10 In the year 1777 death of spranger Barry, Irish actor (b. 1719)  

Jan 12 Hugh Mercer, American Revolutionary War officer (mortally wounded in battle) (b. 1726) died in the year 1777.  

Feb 09 Seth Pomeroy, American gunsmith and soldier (b. 1706) died on this day in history.  

Feb 24 On this day in history death of king Joseph I of Portugal (b. 1714)  

Mar 01 Georg Christoph Wagenzeil, Austria (court)composer/pianist, dies at 62 in the year 1777.  

Mar 22 On this day in history john Bartram, father of American botany, dies at 77  

May 11 In the year 1777 death of george Pigot, Baron Pigot, British governor of Madras (b. 1719)  

May 16 Button Gwinnet, US revolutionary leader, dies from wounds in the year 1777.  

Jun 16 On this day in history death of jean-Baptiste-Louis Gresset, French poet and dramatist (b. 1709)  

Jun 22 On this day in history josef Christian, German sculptor, dies at 71  

Jul 13 Guillaume Coustou Jr, French sculptor (Apollo/Mars/Venus), dies at 61 in the year 1777.  

Jul 27 William Hayes, composer, dies at 69 on this day in history.  

Aug 17 Giuseppe Scarlotti, composer, dies at 54 on this day in history.  

Aug 23 On this day in history giuseppe Sellitto, composer, dies at 77  

Sep 01 In the year 1777 johann Ernst Bach, composer, dies at 55  

Sep 25 On this day in history johann Heinrich Lambert, mathematician, dies at 49  

Oct 05 In the year 1777 death of ján Andrej Segner, Slovak and German mathematician, physicist, and physician (b. 1704)  

Oct 07 Simon Fraser, English general, dies in battle on this day in history.  

Oct 13 Dismas Hatas, composer, dies at 52 in the year 1777.  

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 Jean-Marie Leclair, composer, dies at 74 in the year 1777.  

Dec 12 Albrecht von Haller, Swiss physician/biologist/author, dies at 69 in the year 1777.  

Dec 30 On this day in history maximilian III Jozef, elector of Bayern (1745-77), dies at 50  

Jan 01 On this day in history birth of micah Hawkins, composer  

Jan 02 Christian D Rauch, German sculptor was born on this day in history.  

Jan 03 On this day in history birth of louis Poinsot, French instrument worker  

Jan 03 M A Elisa Bonaparte, Corsican monarch of Lucca/Piombino was born on this day in history.  

Jan 08 In the year 1777 birth of filippo Traetta, Italy, composer/musicologist  

Jan 25 On this day in history birth of elias Canneman, Dutch liberal minister of Finance (1813-14)  

Feb 12 Friedrich de la Motte Fouqué, German poet (d. 1843) was born in the year 1777.  

Mar 09 Alexander Orlowski, Polish painter/cartoonist/graphic artist was born in the year 1777.