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 on this day in history.  

Feb 09 On this day in history death of seth Pomeroy, American gunsmith and soldier (b. 1706)  

Feb 24 King Joseph I of Portugal (b. 1714) died on this day in history.  

Mar 01 In the year 1777 georg Christoph Wagenzeil, Austria (court)composer/pianist, dies at 62  

Mar 22 In the year 1777 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 In the year 1777 death of jean-Baptiste-Louis Gresset, French poet and dramatist (b. 1709)  

Jun 22 Josef Christian, German sculptor, dies at 71 in the year 1777.  

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 Giuseppe Sellitto, composer, dies at 77 in the year 1777.  

Sep 01 Johann Ernst Bach, composer, dies at 55 in the year 1777.  

Sep 25 In the year 1777 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 In the year 1777 simon Fraser, English general, dies in battle  

Oct 13 On this day in history dismas Hatas, composer, dies at 52  

Oct 21 On this day in history death of samuel Foote, English dramatist and actor (b. 1720)  

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 on this day in history.  

Dec 30 Maximilian III Jozef, elector of Bayern (1745-77), dies at 50 in the year 1777.  

Jan 01 In the year 1777 birth of micah Hawkins, composer  

Jan 02 Christian D Rauch, German sculptor was born in the year 1777.  

Jan 03 Louis Poinsot, French instrument worker was born in the year 1777.  

Jan 03 In the year 1777 birth of m A Elisa Bonaparte, Corsican monarch of Lucca/Piombino  

Jan 08 On this day in history 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 on this day in history.  

Mar 09 Alexander Orlowski, Polish painter/cartoonist/graphic artist was born on this day in history.