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Last updated: 2008 October 2.

1770 February 26 François Hanot composer, dies at age 72. [1] Giuseppe Tartini Italian composer/violinist, dies at age 77. [1] March 5 Crispus Attuks slave, is first of five killed during Boston Massacre. [1] March 27 Giovanni B Tiepolo Italian painter (Banquet of Cleopatra), dies at age 73. [1] April 19 Esprit Joseph Antoine Blanchard composer, dies at age 74. [1] April 28 Marie AC de Camargo Spanish/Italian/Belgian dancer, dies at age 60. [1] May 4 Christian Gottfried Krause composer, dies at age 51. [1] May 9 Charles Avison composer, dies at age 61. [1] May 10 Charles Avison composer, dies at age 61. [1] December 5 James Stirling Scottish mathematician (Formula of Stirling), dies at age 78. [1] December 9 Gottlieb Theophil Muffat composer, dies at age 80. [1] December 10 Theophil "Gottlieb" Muffat German court organist/composer, dies at age 80. [1] 1771 January 11 Jean-Baptiste de Boyer marquis d'Argens, French author, dies at age 66. [1] February 8 Augusta von Saxen-Gotha German prince Frederick Louis of Wales, dies. [1] February 12 King Adolf Frederick of Sweden dies. His son Prince Gustav becomes King Gustav III. [1] [7] March 1 Isfrid Kayser composer, dies at age 58. [1] March 22 Gottlieb W Rabener German author (Bremer Beiträge), dies at age 56. [1] December 26 Claude A Helvétius French encyclopedist (L'esprit), dies at age 56. [1] 1772 February 10 Jozef Wenceslas monarch of Liechtenstein/general, dies at age 75. [1] Louis Tocqué French painter, dies at age 75. [1] March 2 Robert J Pothier French lawyer, dies at age 73. [1] March 11 George Reuter composer, dies at age 63. [1] April 15 Karel Jozef ruler of Batthyányi, dies at age 73. [1] April 19 Johann Peter Kellner composer, dies at age 66. [1] May 1 Gottfried Achenwall German lawyer/statistics/economist, dies at age 52. [1] May 11 Joseph Kerckhoff Limburg surgeon/robber captain, hanged. [1] December 12 Johann Gottfried Seyfert composer, dies at age 41. [1] December 28 Ernst J Earl van/of Biron Russian duke of Courland, dies at age 82. [1] 1773 February 20 Charles Emanuel I King of Sardinia/Duke of Savoy (CE III), dies at age 71. [1] March 1 Jan Wagenaar Dutch historian, dies at age 63. [1] Luigi Vanvitelli [Louis van Wittel], Italian architect, dies at age 72. [1] April 19 Florian Johann Deller composer, dies at age 43. [1] May 8 Ali Bey Egyptian Mameluk head, dies. [1] May 24 Jan Zach composer, dies at age 73. [1] 1774 January 21 Mustapha III sultan of Turkey (1957-74), dies at age 56. [1] January 30 Frantisek Ignac Antonin Tuma composer, dies at age 69. [1] Jean-Pierre Guignon composer, dies at age 71. [1] February 10 Florian Leopold Gassmann composer, dies at age 44. [1] April 4 Oliver Goldsmith Irish poet (She Stoops to Conquer), dies at age 17. [1] April 23 Christian Wilhelm Ernst Dietrich painter, dies. [1] May 3 Heinrich A Fouqué Prussian general (7 year war), dies at age 76. [1] May 10 Louis XV king of France (1715-74), dies at age 64. [1] December 2 Johann Friedrich Agricola German (court)composer/organist, dies at age 54. [1] December 13 Susanne K von Klettenberg German friend of Goethes mother, dies at age 50. [1] December 16 François Quesnay French personal physician of Louis XIV, dies at age 80. [1] 1775 January 8 John Baskerville English printer/type designer, dies at age 68. [1] January 10 Jemeljan Pugatshov Russian kosak leader/"czar Peter III", dies. [1] January 11 Yemelyan Pugachov Don Cossack rebel, executed by tsarist Russia. [1] January 15 Giovanni Battista Sammartini composer, dies. [1] December 28 Peter A van de Parra Governor-General of (Netherlands Indies), dies at age 61. [1] December 31 General Richard Montgomery dies fighting the British. [1] 1776 April 19 Jacob Israel Emden [Jacob ben Tswi] German rabbi, dies at age 78. [1] April 22 Johann Adolph Scheibe German music theroist/composer, dies at age 67. [1] April 24 Carolus van de Abeele Flemish Jesuit, dies at age 84. [1] Giuseppi Paolucci composer, dies at age 49. [1] May 6 James Kent composer, dies at age 76. [1] May 13 Anton de Haen medical Ratio medendi, dies at age 71. [1] June 28 Thomas Hickey American sergeant convicted of treason, hanged. [1] September 21 Nathan Hale spied on British for American rebels, hanged. [1] September 22 Nathan Hale executed as a spy by the British. [1] December 26 Johann Gottlieb Rall Hessian colonel/mercenary, dies in battle. [1] 1777 January 1 Emanuele Barbella composer, dies at age 58. [1] March 1 Georg Christoph Wagenzeil Austria (court)composer/pianist, dies at age 62. [1] March 22 John Bartram father of American botany, dies at age 77. [1] April 12 Claude-Prosper J de Crébillon French writer (Le sopha), dies at age 70. [1] May 16 Button Gwinnet US revolutionary leader, dies from wounds. [1] December 12 Albrecht von Haller Swiss physician/biologist/author, dies at age 69. [1] December 30 Maximilian III Jozef elector of Bayern (1745-77), dies at age 50. [1] 1778 January 4 Charles D J Eisen French engraver/painter, dies at age 57. [1] January 10 Carolus Linnæus "Carl von Linné" Swedish botanist/explorer/"Father of Taxonomy", dies at age 70. [1] February 15 Johann Gottlieb Gorner composer, dies at age 80. [1] February 22 Birth of Rembrandt Peale portrait/historical painter (Court of Death). [1] March 5 Thomas A Arne English composer (Alfred, Rule Britannia), dies at age 67. [1] April 7 Johann Balthasar Kehl composer, dies at age 52. [1] April 8 Pieter Teyler van der Hulst Dutch founder (Teyler Museum), dies at age 76. [1] April 22 James Hargreaves inventor (spinning jenny), dies. [1] May 11 William Pitt Sr English premier (1756-61, 66-68), dies at age 69. [1] May 30 Voltaire [François-Marie Arouet] French writer (Candide), dies at age 42. [1] [5] 1779 January 20 John Burman Dutch botanist/director (botanical gardens), dies at age 71. [1] February 2 Georg Philipp Kress composer, dies at age 59. [1] February 7 William Boyce composer, dies at age 67. [1] February 14 James Cook British explorer, murdered by natives in fracas with Hawaiians. [1] February 16 William Boyce English organist/composer (Cathedral Music), dies. [1] February 27 Jan Nepveu Dutch Governor-General of Suriname (1769-79), dies at age 59. [1] April 6 Tommaso MFS Traetta Italian opera composer (Farnace), dies at age 52. [1] May 11 John Heart US farmer (signed Declaration of Independence), dies at about age 68. [1] October 11 General Casimir Pulaski dies. [1] December 6 Jean-Baptiste Siméon Chardin French still life painter, dies at age 80. [1] December 15 Manuel Jeronimo Romero de Avila composer, dies at age 62. [1] December 18 Jan Punt engraver/illustrator/actor (Gideonschool), dies at age 68. [1] December 28 Gennaro Manna composer, dies at age 64. [1]