Famous Deaths In 1781

Jan 12 Richard Challoner, English Catholic prelate (b. 1691) died on this day in history.  

Jan 15 Marianne Victoria of Borbón, queen regent of Portugal (b. 1718) died on this day in history.  

Jan 17 On this day in history marie de Negre Dables, marquess, dies  

Jan 22 Johann Siebenkas, composer, dies at 66 on this day in history.  

Feb 04 Josef Myslivecek, composer, dies at 43 on this day in history.  

Feb 15 In the year 1781 g E Lessing, writer, dies at 52  

Feb 23 On this day in history death of george Taylor, American signer of the Declaration of Independence (bc. 1716)  

Feb 24 Edward Capell, English critic (b. 1713) died in the year 1781.  

Feb 28 In the year 1781 richard Stockton, US attorney (signed Decl of Ind), dies at 50  

Mar 18 In the year 1781 death of anne Robert Turgot, French statesman (b. 1727)  

Apr 23 James Abercrombie, British general (b. 1706) died in the year 1781.  

Apr 28 Cornelius Harnett, American delegate to the Continental Congress (b. 1723) died in the year 1781.  

May 08 Richard Jago, English poet (b. 1715) died on this day in history.  

May 18 Túpac Amaru II, Peruvian Indian revolutionary, a descendant of the last Inca ruler, Túpac Amaru (b. 1742) died in the year 1781.  

May 22 Garret Wesley Mornington, composer, dies at 45 in the year 1781.  

May 27 In the year 1781 death of giovanni Battista Beccaria, Italian physicist (b. 1716)  

Jul 11 In the year 1781 adolph Carl Kunzen, composer, dies at 60  

Jul 23 John Joachim Zubly, Swiss-born Continental Congressman (b. 1724) died on this day in history.  

Jul 29 In the year 1781 death of johann Kies, German astronomer and mathematician (b. 1713)  

Jul 30 In the year 1781 augustin Ullinger, composer, dies at 35  

Sep 28 William Henry Nassau de Zuylestein, 4th Earl of Rochford, British diplomat and statesman (b. 1717) died in the year 1781.  

Oct 09 Thomas Alexander Erskine Kelly, composer, dies at 49 in the year 1781.  

Oct 16 Edward Hawke, 1st Baron Hawke, British naval officer (b. 1705) died in the year 1781.  

Oct 27 Herman-Francois Delange, composer, dies at 66 in the year 1781.  

Nov 02 In the year 1781 jose F de Isla, Spanish Jesuit/author, dies at 78  

Nov 04 Johann Nikolaus Götz, German poet (b. 1721) died on this day in history.  

Nov 22 John Ekels, the Old, Amsterdam painter/cartoonist, dies at 57 on this day in history.  

Nov 24 On this day in history death of james Caldwell, American revolutionary (b. 1734)  

Dec 16 Georg Simon Lohlein, composer, dies at 56 on this day in history.  

Jan 20 Joseph Hormayr Freiherr zu Hortenburg, Austrian politician (d. 1848) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 22 Francois-Antoine Habeneck, composer was born on this day in history.  

Jan 26 In the year 1781 birth of achim v Arnim, writer  

Jan 26 Ludwig Joachim "Achim" von Arnim, German poet (Des Knaben Wunderhorn) was born in the year 1781.  

Jan 30 In the year 1781 birth of a v Chamisso, writer  

Feb 09 On this day in history birth of johann Baptist von Spix, German scientist (d. 1826)  

Feb 17 René-Theophile-Hyacinthe Lannec, France, inventor (stethoscope) was born on this day in history.  

Feb 18 Henry Martyn, Truro, missionary was born in the year 1781.