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Last updated: 2008 June 28.

1750 January 17 Tomaso Albinoni Italian composer (Adagio in G Minor), dies at age 78. [1] February 2 Johann Graf composer, dies at age 65. [1] February 22 Pietro Filippo Scarlotti composer, dies at age 71. [1] March 7 Cornelis Troost Dutch painter (Beslikte Zwaentje), dies at age 52. [1] May 29 Giuseppe Porsile composer, dies at age 70. [1] July 28 Johann Sebastian Bach German composer (Art of the Fugue), dies at age 65. [1] 1751 February 9 Henri F D'Aguesseau Chancellor of France (1717-50), dies at age 82. [1] March 20 Frederick Louis English prince of Wales/son of George I, dies. [1] March 25 Frederik of Hessen Kassel King of Sweden (1720-51), dies at age 74. [1] May 20 Domingo Miguel Bernaube Terradellas composer, dies at age 38. [1] May 24 William Hamilton of Gilbertsfield, poet, dies. [1] August 24 Thomas Colley executed in England for drowning supposed witch. [1] December 8 Jozef LD von Königsegg minister of Austrian Netherlands, dies at age 78. [1] December 17 Kilian I von Dientzenhofer Czechoslovakian master builder, dies at age 62. [1] December 18 Kilian I von Dientzenhofer builder (Nepomukkerk, Prague), dies at age 62. [1] 1752 January 4 Gabriel Cramer Swiss mathematician (paradox of Cramer), dies at age 47. [1] May 4 Pieter Snyers Flemish painter/engraver, dies at age 71. [1] 1753 January 1 Louis-Maurice de La Pierre composer, dies at age 55. [1] January 11 Hans Sloane English physician (British Museum), dies at age 92. [1] March 6 Gerhardus Havingha composer, dies at age 56. [1] March 12 George Berkeley philosopher/bishop (Cloyne), dies on 68th birthday. [1] May 26 Willem Maurits Earl of Nassau/Governor of Zeeuws-Flanders, dies. [1] 1754 January 10 Daniel Raap Dutch porcelain salesman/politician, dies at about age 51. [1] January 28 Ludvig Holberg Danish lawyer/writer (Hendrig og Pernille), dies at age 69. [1] February 5 Nicolaas S Cruquius hydraulic engineer, (Haarlemmermeer), dies at age 75. [1] February 16 Richard Mead physician, dies. [1] March 6 Henry Pelham English premier (1745, 46-54), Gin Act, dies at about age 57. [1] March 8 Don José de Carvajal bon Lancaster Spanish minister of Foreign affairs, dies. [1] April 9 Christian von Wolff German philosopher, dies at age 75. [1] May 16 Giovanni Carlo Maria Clari composer, dies at age 76. [1] May 23 John Wood architect/town planner, dies. [1] December 14 Mahmud I sultan of Turkey, dies at age 58. [1] 1755 January 7 Gallus Zeiler composer, dies at age 49. [1] January 15 Azzolino Bernardino Della Ciaia composer, dies at age 83. [1] March 24 Theodor Christleib Reinhold composer, dies at age 72. [1] December 1 Maurice Greene composer, dies at age 59. [1] December 21 Caspar Ruetz composer, dies at age 47. [1] 1756 March 13 Johann Melchior Conradi composer, dies at age 81. [1] March 23 Georg Gottfried Wagner composer, dies at age 57. [1] April 10 Giacomo Antonio Perti Italian composer, dies at age 94. [1] April 13 Johann T Gottlieb Goldberg German klavecinist/composer, dies at age 29. [1] April 15 Johann Gottlieb Goldberg composer, dies at age 29. [1] April 16 Jacques Cassini French astronomer (Discover rings of Saturn), dies at age 79. [1] December 11 Theodor A Freiherr von Neuhoff German adventurer/king, dies. [1] 1757 March 14 John Byng English Admiral (Minorca), executed at age 52. [1] March 20 Johann Paul Kunzen composer, dies at age 60. [1] March 27 Johann Wenzel Anton Stamitz composer, dies at age 39. [1] March 30 Johann Wenzel Anton Stamitz composer, dies at age 39. [1] 1758 January 1 Johann F von Cronegk German playwright (Codrus), dies at age 26. [1] January 7 Allan Ramsay Sr Scottish poet (Gentle Shepherd), dies at age 71. [1] February 5 Bernhard Christian Weber composer, dies at age 45. [1] March 22 Jonathan Edwards theologian/philosopher (Original Sin), dies at age 54. [1] March 28 Jonathan Edwards US theologist (Great Awakening), dies at age 54. [1] April 2 Johann Balthasar Konig composer, dies at age 67. [1] April 24 Florian Wrastill composer, dies at age 41. [1] April 27 Jan Francisci composer, dies at age 66. [1] May 3 Benedict XIV [Prospero L Lambertini] Pope (1740-58), dies at age 83. [1] December 5 Johann Friedrich Fasch composer, dies at age 70. [1] 1759 January 3 Marquis and Marquess of Tavora Portuguese nobles, executed. [1] January 5 Thomas-Philippe et de Boussu South Netherlands cardinal, dies at age 79. [1] January 12 Anne of Hannover English princess, dies at age 49. [1] February 15 Alexander von Papenhoven Flemish religious sculptor, dies at age 89. [1] April 8 François de La Croix composer, dies at age 76. [1] April 14 Georg Frideric Händel organist/composer (Watermusic), dies at age 74. [1] September 13 James Wolfe British general (Plains of Abraham), dies at age 32. [1] September 14 Louis Montcalm French general (Plains of Abraham), dies at age 47. [1] 1760 January 18 Claudio Casciolini composer, dies at age 62. [1] February 14 François Collin de Blamont composer, dies at age 69. [1] March 14 Anton Filtz composer, dies at age 26. [1] April 10 Gerard George Clifford head of East-Indian Company, dies at age 75. [1] April 12 Baron Ernst Gottlieb composer, dies at age 64. [1] April 16 Laurence 4th Earl Ferrers, executed for murder of his steward. [1] May 9 Nikolaus Ludwig und Pottendorf Austrian composer, dies at age 59. [1] May 10 Johann Christoph Graupner composer, dies at age 77. [1] December 14 Kacic Miosic Croatian poet (Razgovar Ugodni Naroda Slovinskoga), dies. [1] 1761 January 3 Willem de Fesch Dutch violinist/composer (Joseph), dies at age 73. [1] January 4 Stephen Hales English vicar/inventor (ventilator), dies at age 83. [1] February 15 Carlo Cecere composer, dies at age 54. [1] March 7 Antonio Palella composer, dies at age 68. [1] March 27 Johann Ludwig Steiner composer, dies at age 72. [1] April 9 William Law theologian, dies. [1] May 14 Thomas Simpson English mathematician (rule of Simpson), dies at age 50. [1] May 15 Jacob Mossel Governor-General (Dutch East Indies), dies at age 56. [1] December 25 Elisabeth Petrovna tsarina of Russia (1741-62), dies at about age 51. [1] Empress Elizabeth dies. [1] 1762 January 5 Elisabeth Petrovna tsarina of Russia (1741-62), dies at age 52. [1] January 13 Leonhard Trautsch composer, dies at age 68. [1] February 11 Johann Tobias Krebs composer, dies at age 71. [1] February 12 Laurent Belissen composer, dies at age 68. [1] April 23 Johann Samuel Endler composer, dies at age 67. [1] May 16 Ernst Chreistian Hesse composer, dies at age 86. [1] May 24 Joseph Umstatt composer, dies at age 51. [1] July 13 James Bradley third Astronomer Royal, dies. [1] 1763 January 2 John Casteret Earl Granville English premier, dies at age 72. [1] January 27 John Theodor of Bavaria prince-bishop of Liege/cardinal, dies. [1] December 2 Carl August Thielo composer, dies at age 56. [1] 1764 March 17 George Parker English astronomer, dies. [1] March 30 Pietro Antonio Locatelli Italian violinist/composer, dies at age 68. [1] April 14 Peder [Nielsen] Horrebow Danish astronomer, dies at age 84. [1] April 15 Jeanne-Antoinette-Poison LeNormant d'Etoiles Marquis de Pomador, dies. [1] April 17 Johann Mattheson German composer/musicologist, dies at age 82. [1] April 27 Jaime de Casellas composer, dies at age 73. [1] May 3 Francesco Algarotti Italian earl/encyclopedist, dies at age 53. [1] May 10 Picander [Christian Henrici] German writer (Die Weiberprobe), dies. [1] 1765 January 4 Joseph Franz Xaver Dominik Stalder composer, dies at age 39. [1] January 12 Johann Melchior Molter composer, dies at age 68. [1] January 15 Carlmann Kolb composer, dies at age 61. [1] February 9 Elisabetta de Gambarini composer, dies at age 33. [1] April 5 Edward Young English poet (Love of Fame), dies at age 81. [1] April 9 Maria Louise van Hessen-Kassel princess of Orange-Nassau, dies at age 77. [1] April 15 Michail von Lomonosov Russian scholar/poet, dies at age 53. [1] May 25 Pierre-Joseph Le Blan composer, dies at age 53. [1] December 21 Joseph Thaddäus Stammel Austrian sculptor, dies at age 70. [1] December 25 Antonio Tonelli composer, dies at age 79. [1] 1766 January 1 Frans E Jacobus III Old Pretender, king of Great Britain/Ireland, dies. [1] James III Edward Old Pretender/king of Great Britain/Ireland, dies at age 77. [1] January 14 Frederik V king of Denmark/Norway (1746-66), dies at age 42. [1] February 23 Stanislaw Leszcynski duke of Lutherans/king of Poland, dies. [1] February 26 August Bernhard Valentin Herbing composer, dies at age 30. [1] March 3 Gregor Joseph Werner composer, dies at age 73. [1] March 25 Johannes Ritschel composer, dies at age 26. [1] April 7 Tiberius Hemsterhuis Dutch classicist, dies at age 81. [1] 1767 March 20 Firmin Abauzit French huguenot/scholar, dies at age 87. [1] April 7 Franz Sparry composer, dies at age 51. [1] May 18 Thaddaus Ferdinand Lipowsky composer, dies at age 28. [1] December 9 Benedetto Alfieri Italian architect (San Giovanni Battista), dies. [1] December 22 John Newberry English publisher, dies. [1] 1768 January 1 Jean-Laurent Krafft composer, dies at age 73. [1] January 10 Charles Cressent French court furniture maker, dies at age 82. [1] January 28 John Wainwright composer, dies at age 44. [1] March 3 Nicola Antonio Porpora composer, dies at age 81. [1] March 14 Vigilio Blasio Faitello composer, dies at age 58. [1] March 18 Lawrence Sterne writer (Sentimental Journey France and Italy), dies. [1] March 21 Jan J Mauricius Dutch Governor-General of Suriname (1742-51), dies at age 75. [1] April 7 Michel Mathieu composer, dies at age 78. [1] April 14 François de Cuvilliés Belgian architect of Bayern, dies. [1] April 19 Filippo della Valle Italian sculptor, dies at about age 70. [1] April 20 Giovanni AC Canaletto Italian painter/cartoonist (Rialto), dies at age 70. [1] May 16 Cornelis Writer fleet supervisor, dies at about age 81. [1] May 27 Johann M Fleischmann German/Dutch stamp/letter designer, dies. [1] 1769 January 18 Hakuin Ekaku Zen teacher (reformer of Rinzai school), dies in Japan. [1] February 2 Clement XIII [Carlo Rezzonico], Pope (1758-69), dies at age 75. [1] March 27 Josef Antonin Gurecky composer, dies at age 60. [1] April 3 Gerhard Tersteegen German evangelist/poet (in blood), dies at age 71. [1] April 20 Pontiac Indian chief to Ottawa, murdered. [1] August 29 Edmond Hoyle games expert, dies (birth date unknown). [1] December 13 C F Gellert writer, dies at age 54. [1]