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1790 January 2 Joseph A Feuchtmayer (Feichtmayer) German rococo sculptor, dies. [1] January 6 Johann Trier composer, dies at age 73. [1] January 7 Antonio Corbisiero composer, dies at age 69. [1] January 8 John Stinstra Dutch baptist vicar, dies at age 81. [1] February 14 Capel Bond composer, dies at age 59. [1] February 18 Wilhelm Gottfried Enderle composer, dies at age 67. [1] February 19 Jean-Baptiste Krumphultz composer, dies at age 47. [1] February 20 Birth of Joseph II Emperor of the Holy Roman empire, dies. [1] Joseph II Emperor of Holy Roman empire, dies at age 48. [1] February 21 Johann Friedrich Kloffler composer, dies at age 64. [1] April 17 Benjamin Franklin, American publisher (Poor Richard's Almanac), inventor, signer of early American documents, dies in Philadelphia at age 84. [1] [129] May 21 Thomas Warton English poet (Oxford sausage), dies. [1] May 27 Jeremiah Carlton laziest man in history, heir to a large fortune at age 19 goes to bed and stayed there for next 70 years, dies at age 89. [1] December 16 Ludwig August Lebrun composer, dies at age 38. [1] 1791 February 16 Richard earl d'Alton Austria General of South Netherlands, commits suicide at age 58. [1] April 19 Richard Price nonconformist minister/writer (Alabi's World), dies. [1] May 9 Francis Hopkinson US writer/music/lawyer, dies at age 53. [1] May 28 Joseph Schmitt composer, dies at age 57. [1] May 30 Ildephons Haas composer, dies at age 56. [1] December 5 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart composer, dies in Vienna, Austria, at age 35. [1] 1792 January 10 Jean-Louis Laruette composer, dies at age 60. [1] February 23 Joshua Reynolds English portrait painter (Simplicity), dies at age 68. [1] March 3 Robert Adam Scottish architect (Syon House, Middlesex), dies at age 63. [1] March 10 John Stuart third earl of Bute/English premier (1760-63), dies at age 78. [1] March 16 In Sweden, Jakob Johan Anckarström, former Captain of the Lifeguards, makes an assassination attempt on the King at the Stockholm Opera House. King Gustav III is shot just above the hip. Anckarström was hired by a group of nobles. (The King dies of the wound 13 days later.) [1] [7] March 29 King Gustav III King of Sweden (1771-92), dies of wounds from assassination attempt. [1] [7] April 25 Guillotine first used, executes highwayman Nicolas J Pelletier. [1] Johann Friedrich Gottlieb Beckmann composer, dies at age 54. [1] April 30 Hans Adolf Friedrich von Eschstruth composer, dies at age 36. [1] John Montague 4th Earl of Sandwich English Naval minister, dies at age 73. [1] May 3 Carlo Zuccari composer, dies at age 87. [1] May 7 Aert Schouman Dutch bird/portrait painter, dies at age 82. [1] May 24 George Brydges first baron Rodney/Admiral, dies. [1] Jakob M R Lenz writer (That Soldier), dies. [1] December 15 Joseph Martin Kraus composer, dies at age 36. [1] 1793 January 1 Francesco Guardi Italian painter, dies at age 80. [1] January 4 Bengt Lidner Swedish poet (Medea/Yttersa domen), dies at age 35. [1] February 2 William Aiton English botanist (Kew Gardens), dies at age 61. [1] February 6 Carlo Goldoni Italian author (L'avaro), dies at age 85. [1] March 4 Isaac Ouwater Amsterdam painter/cartoonist, dies at age 44. [1] March 21 Johann Michael Schmidt composer, dies at age 51. [1] April 9 Ernestus Weinrauch composer, dies at age 62. [1] April 30 Lorenzo Fago composer, dies at age 88. [1] May 7 Johan A Zoutman Dutch Lieutenant Admiral (battle of Doggersbank), dies at age 68. [1] Pietro Nardini composer, dies at age 71. [1] May 13 Martin Gerbert composer, dies at age 72. [1] July 13 French revolutionary writer Jean Paul Marat murdered by Charlotte Corday. [1] October 31 Execution of the Girondins at Paris, during the Reign of Terror. [1] December 13 Johann Joachim Christoph Bode composer, dies at age 63. [1] December 20 Joseph Legros composer, dies at age 54. [1] December 28 Louis Earl of Bylandt Dutch admiral, dies at about age 75. [1] 1794 January 16 Edward Gibbon historian (Decline and Fall), dies in London at age 56. [1] March 4 Henri D count de Larochejacquelin Fr Royalist Army leader, dies at age 21. [1] March 5 Rámon de la Cruz Spanish playwright/translator, dies at age 62. [1] March 29 Marie-J-A-N C Condorcet mathematician (Theory of Comets), dies at age 50. [1] April 5 Marie Jean Hérault de Séchelles French author/politician, dies. [1] April 8 Marie-Jean-Antoine-Nicholas-Caritat mathematician dies. [1] April 13 Sébastien-Roch-Nicolas Chamfort French playwright, commits suicide at age 53. [1] April 27 William Jones British Orientalist/jurist, dies at age 47. [1] May 6 Jean-Jacques Beauvarget-Charpentier composer, dies at age 59. [1] July 28 Robespierre and 22 other terrorists executed to thunderous cheers. [1] 1795 January 3 Josiah Wedgwood British, ceramic craftsman/woodworker, dies at age 64. [1] January 13 François-Joseph Krafft composer, dies at age 73. [1] January 19 Maria Teresa Agnesi composer, dies at age 74. [1] January 26 Johann Christoph Friedrich Bach composer, dies at age 62. [1] February 1 Giacomo Insanguine composer, dies at age 66. [1] March 5 Josef Reicha composer, dies at age 42. [1] April 12 Rainieri de Calzabigi Italian literary, dies at age 80. [1] April 30 Jean-Jacques Barthélemy French historian (Ancient Greece), dies. [1] May 19 Josiah Bartlett US physician/judge (signed Declaration of Independence), dies at age 65. [1] October 13 William Prescott American Revolutionary soldier, dies. [1] 1796 January 5 Samuel Huntington US judge (signed Declaration of Independence), dies at age 64. [1] January 8 Jean-Marie Collot d'Herbois French National Convention chairman, dies at age 46. [1] January 22 Bernhard Hupfeld composer, dies at age 78. [1] February 17 James Macpherson poet, dies. [1] February 28 Friedrich Wilhelm Rust composer, dies at age 56. [1] March 17 Pieter Paulus lawyer/Dutch CEO (National Convention), dies at age 41. [1] March 19 Stephen Storace composer, dies at age 33. [1] March 22 Gaspare Gabellone composer, dies at age 68. [1] May 12 Johann P Uz German poet (Theodicee), dies at age 75. [1] May 17 Jacob Wilhelm Lustig composer, dies at age 89. [1] July 21 Robert Burns Scottish poet, dies. [1] December 30 Jean-Baptiste Lamoyne composer, dies at age 45. [1] 1797 January 11 Francis Lightfoot Lee US farmer (signer Declaration of Independence), dies at age 62. [1] January 13 Elisabeth C von Brunswick-Bevern wife of Frederick II, dies at age 81. [1] January 30 Johann Abraham Sixt composer, dies at age 40. [1] February 8 Johann Friedrich Doles composer, dies at age 81. [1] February 11 Antoine Dauvergne composer, dies at age 83. [1] February 23 Antoine d'Auvergne French opera composer (Coquette Trompée), dies at age 83. [1] February 27 Benvenuto Robbio San Rafaele composer, dies at age 61. [1] March 1 Juan Manuel Olivares composer, dies at age 36. [1] March 2 Horace [Horatio] Walpole British horror writer, dies at age 79. [1] March 19 Philip Hayes composer, dies at age 58. [1] March 26 James Hutton geologist, dies. [1] April 3 Nonnosus Madlseder composer, dies at age 66. [1] April 12 Josef Antonin Stepan composer, dies at age 71. [1] May 27 François-Noal "Gracchus" Babeuf French utopian socialist, dies at age 36. [1] May 30 Carl Ludwig Junker composer, dies at age 48. [1] December 1 Oliver Wolcott US judge/signer (Declaration of Independence), dies at age 71. [1] December 22 Giovanni Marco Rutini composer, dies at age 74. [1] December 26 John Wilkes English journalist/Higher/Lower house leader, dies at age 72. [1] 1798 January 9 Pedro Pablo Abarca d Bolea Earl of Aranda Spanish officer, dies at age 79. [1] January 20 Christian Cannabich German composer/royal chaplain master, dies at age 66. [1] January 22 Lewis Morris US farmer (signed Declaration of Independence), dies at age 71. [1] Matija A Reljkovic Croatian writer (Satire of Wild Man), dies at age 66. [1] January 26 Christian Gottlob Neefe German organist/composer, dies at age 49. [1] February 6 Niels Schiorring composer, dies at age 54. [1] February 13 Wilhelm H Wackenroder German writer (Fantasies of Art), dies at age 24. [1] March 22 Justin Morgan composer, dies at age 51. [1] May 10 George Vancouver British explorer, (Voyage of Discovery), dies at age 40. [1] July 2 John Fitch American inventor, clockmaker, etc, dies. [1] December 4 Luigi Galvani Italian anatomy/physicist, dies at age 61. [1] December 19 Charles-Joseph Panckoucke publisher (Moniteur Universel), dies at age 62. [1] December 20 Cornelis Ploos van Amstel Dutch engraver/art collector, dies at age 72. [1] 1799 January 4 Galib Dede/Seyh Galib Turkish poet (Hüsn ü Ask), dies at about age 40. [1] January 5 Mohammed Esad Galib Dede Turkish poet (Hüsn-ü asjk, dies at about age 41. [1] January 6 Maria G Agnesi Italian mathematician (x²y=a²(a-y)), dies at age 80. [1] W G Frederik prince of Orange/General , dies at age 25. [1] January 22 Horace B de Saussure Swiss physicist/geologist/alpinist, dies at age 58. [1] February 12 Frantisek Xaver Dusek composer, dies at age 67. [1] February 16 Charles Theoby ruler (Palts and Bayern), dies at age 74. [1] February 18 Maurus Haberhauer composer, dies at age 52. [1] February 24 Broerius Brorius theologist (Pensive Christian), dies at about age 41. [1] Georg C Lichtenberg German physicist/writer, dies at age 56. [1] March 18 John Randall composer, dies at age 82. [1] March 25 Constantin Reindl composer, dies at age 60. [1] March 28 Etta L J "baronne" Palm-Aelders Dutch adventurer/spy, dies at age 55. [1] April 1 Narciso Casanovas composer, dies at age 52. [1] April 19 Pieter Hellendaal violinist/organist/composer (Glees), dies at age 78. [1] April 28 François Giroust composer, dies at age 62. [1] May 2 Henri-Joseph Rigel composer, dies at age 58. [1] May 9 Claude-Benigne Balbastre composer, dies at age 72. [1] May 18 Pierre de Beaumarchais dramatist, dies. [1] December 5 Robert Kimmerling composer, dies at age 61. [1] December 6 Joseph Black Scottish medical/chemist/physicist, dies at age 71. [1] December 14 George Washington, first President USA (1789-97), dies at Mount Vernon Virginia, at age 67. [1] [5] December 20 David Traugott Nicolai composer, dies at age 66. [1]