Famous Deaths Happened In 1787

Jan 01 Arthur Middleton, US farmer (signed Decl of Independence), dies at 44 on this day in history.  

Feb 12 Ruggiero Boscovich, Ital physicist/astronomer/philosopher, dies at 75 on this day in history.  

Feb 13 On this day in history death of ruÄ‘er BoÅ¡ković, Croatian scientist and diplomat (b. 1711)  

Mar 02 In the year 1787 jean SOME Allamand, French theologist/natural philosopher, dies at 73  

Mar 11 On this day in history maximilian JLP Gardel, French ballet dancer/choreographer, dies at 45  

Apr 01 Floyer Sydenham, English classical scholar (b. 1710) died on this day in history.  

Apr 02 Thomas Gage, British general (b. 1719) died in the year 1787.  

May 10 William Watson, English physician and scientist (b. 1715) died in the year 1787.  

May 13 Johann Michael Malzat, composer, dies at 38 in the year 1787.  

May 28 Johann Georg Leopold Mozart, Austrian composer, dies at 67 in the year 1787.  

Jun 20 Carl Friedrich Abel, German/British viola player/composer, dies at 63 in the year 1787.  

Jul 04 On this day in history charles, prince de Rohan-Soubise, marshal of France, dies at 71  

Aug 01 On this day in history alfonsus M de' Liguori, Italian theologist/bishop/saint, dies at 90  

Aug 13 On this day in history isaac de Pinto, merchant/lender/Dutch States-general, dies  

Oct 05 On this day in history thomas Stone, US attorney/signer (Dec of Ind), dies at about 44  

Oct 07 In the year 1787 death of henry Muhlenberg, German-born founder of the U.S. Lutheran Church (b. 1711)  

Oct 30 On this day in history ferdinando Galiani, Italian economist/philosopher/diplomat, dies at 58  

Nov 03 In the year 1787 death of robert Lowth, British bishop and grammarian (b. 1710)  

Nov 15 On this day in history christoph W Ritter von Gluck, composer (Iphigénie Tauride), dies at 73  

Nov 23 On this day in history anton Schweitzer, composer, dies at 52  

Dec 18 Soame Jenyns, English writer (b. 1704) died on this day in history.  

Jan 05 John Burke, Irish genealogist (Burke's Peerage) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 08 Johann Ludwig Bohner, composer was born on this day in history.  

Jan 13 In the year 1787 birth of john Davis, 14th and 17th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1854)  

Feb 13 In the year 1787 birth of james P Carrell, composer  

Feb 16 On this day in history birth of andreas Schelfhout, Dutch painter/etcher/lithographer  

Feb 23 On this day in history birth of emma Willard, US, opens school for young ladies (Hall of Fame)  

Mar 06 Joseph von Fraunhofer, Germany, physicist (studied Sun's spectrum) was born in the year 1787.  

Mar 08 On this day in history birth of karl Ferdinand von Grafe, help create modern plastic surgery