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Last updated: 2008 August 9.

1800 January 1 Louis J M Daubenton France, zoologist, dies at age 83. [1] January 6 William Jones composer, dies at age 73. [1] January 10 Johan Wikmanson composer, dies at age 46. [1] January 23 Edward Rutledge US attorney (signed Declaration of Independence), dies at age 50. [1] March 2 Christian Friedrich Schale composer, dies at age 86. [1] March 3 Johann Baptist Christoph Toeschi composer, dies at age 64. [1] March 9 Dominique Della-Maria composer, dies at age 30. [1] April 18 John Evangelist Schreiber composer, dies at age 84. [1] Pieter Fouquet art merchant (Atlas of Fouquet), dies. [1] April 25 William Cowper English lawyer/poet (Olney Hymns), dies at age 68. [1] April 30 John H Midderigh Rotterdam patriot, dies at age 46. [1] May 7 Laurens P van Spiegel regent/pension advisor (1787-95), dies at age 64. [1] Niccolò Piccinni Italian composer (Roland), dies at age 72. [1] May 19 French Bosbeeck veterinarian/robber, hanged. [1] December 19 Georg Peter Weimar composer, dies at age 66. [1] 1801 January 2 Johann C Lavater Swiss vicar/philosopher, dies at age 59. [1] January 11 Domenico Cimarosa Italian composer (Matrimonio segreto), dies at age 51. [1] February 8 Johann Chrysostomus Drexel composer, dies at age 43. [1] March 14 Christian Friedrich Penzel composer, dies at age 63. [1] March 17 Juan de Sesse y Balaguer composer, dies at age 64. [1] March 21 Andrea Lucchesi composer, dies at age 59. [1] March 23 Paul I tsar of Russia (1796-1801), strangled at age 46. [1] March 25 Anthony Ziesenis architect/sculptor (Camper), dies at age 69. [1] Novalis writer, dies at age 28. [1] March 28 Ralph Abercromby English army commander (North Holland), dies at age 66. [1] May 5 Philippe-Lambert-Joseph Spruyt Flemish painter/engraver, dies at age 74. [1] May 14 Johann Ernst Altenburg composer, dies at age 66. [1] May 15 Louis C count Barbiano de Belgioioso Austrian diplomat, dies at age 73. [1] May 19 Herman H Vitringa politician (National Meetings), dies. [1] May 22 Heinrich Gottfried Reichard composer, dies at age 58. [1] June 14 Benedict Arnold Revolutionary War general, dies in London. [1] 1802 January 14 Marie Allard French ballerina, dies at age 59. [1] January 27 Johann Rudolf Zumsteeg composer, dies at age 42. [1] March 7 Johann Georg Witthauer composer, dies at age 50. [1] March 29 Frederic Thieme composer, dies at age 51. [1] July 22 Marie-François-Xavier Bichat a founder of histology, dies. [1] December 31 Francis Lewis Welsh/US merchant/signer (Declaration of Independence), dies at age 89. [1] Hugo Franz Karl Alexander von Kerpen composer, dies at age 53. [1] 1803 January 2 Ignaz Franz von Beecke composer, dies at age 69. [1] January 26 Georg von Pasterwiz composer, dies at age 72. [1] February 3 Pedro R de Campomanes Spanish economist/lawyer/literary, dies at age 79. [1] February 16 Jan V clav Stich Bohemian composer, dies at age 56. [1] February 17 Louis R E prince de Rohan-Guémené archbishop of Straatsburg, dies at age 68. [1] February 18 J W L Gleim writer, dies. [1] March 14 Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock German poet, dies at age 78. [1] March 17 Candido Jose Ruano composer, dies at age 42. [1] April 2 Hieronymus van Alphen Dutch attorney/poet (church hymns), dies at age 56. [1] April 7 [François Dominique] Toussaint L'Ouverture Haitian revolutionary, dies. [1] September 13 John Barry first American commodore, dies. [1] December 18 Johann G von Herder German philosopher/theologist/poet, dies at age 59. [1] 1804 January 4 Charlotte Lennox English novelist (The Female Quixote), dies. [1] February 2 Caesar Rodney US judge (signed Declaration of Independence), dies at age 62. [1] February 6 Joseph Priestley England/US theologist/philosopher/chemist, dies at age 70. [1] February 12 Immanuel Kant German philosopher (Zum ewigen Frieden), dies in Königsberg, Prussia at age 79. [1] February 17 Christian Ernst Graf composer, dies at age 80. [1] March 1 Wolfgang Nicolaus Haueisen composer, dies at age 63. [1] March 4 Karl Leopold Rollig composer, dies. [1] March 7 John Wedgwood founder (Royal Horticulture Society), dies. [1] March 16 Francisco marquis Albergati Capacelli Italian playwright, dies at age 75. [1] March 20 Ignaz Malzat composer, dies at age 47. [1] April 9 Jacques Necker financier/statesman, dies. [1] April 28 Hans Gram composer, dies at age 49. [1] May 24 Simon Style Fries medical/writer, dies at age 73. [1] December 19 Mary Bright British Prime Minister Rockingham, dies. [1] 1805 January 17 Abraham-Hyacinthe Anquetil du Perron French interpreter, dies at age 73. [1] January 19 Johann Gottlieb Karl Spazier composer, dies at age 43. [1] January 23 Vaclav Pichl composer, dies at age 63. [1] January 24 Giacomo Conti composer, dies at age 50. [1] January 28 Mihály Csokonai Vitéz Hungarian (stage)poet (Dorottya), dies at age 31. [1] February 27 Stefan Paluselli composer, dies at age 57. [1] March 4 Jean-Baptiste Greuze French painter, dies at age 79. [1] April 6 Lorenz Justinian Ott composer, dies at age 56. [1] April 26 Jean BG d'ansse the Villoison classic (Anecdota Graeca), dies at age 55. [1] May 9 Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller poet/playwright, dies at age 45. [1] May 16 Christian Brunings hydraulic engineer, dies at age 68. [1] May 28 Ridolfo Luigi Boccherini Italian composer/cellist (Minuet), dies at age 62. [1] October 21 Adm Horatio Nelson dies in the Battle of Trafalgar. [1] Battle of Trafalgar, Adm Nelson defeats French and Spanish fleet and dies. [1] December 10 Friedrich Franz Hurka composer, dies at age 43. [1] December 27 Belle van Zuylen Netherlands/Swiss writer (Trois Femmes), dies at age 65. [1] 1806 January 23 William Pitt the Younger, Prime Minister Great Britain (1783-1806), dies at age 46. [1] February 11 Vicente Martin y Soler composer, dies at age 51. [1] February 23 John Alcock composer, dies at age 90. [1] February 24 John Nieuwenhuijzen theologist (Society for General Use), dies at age 81. [1] March 16 Giuseppe Colla composer, dies at age 74. [1] March 17 David Dale industrialist and philanthropist, dies. [1] March 23 George Frederic Pinto composer, dies at age 20. [1] April 4 Friedrich Gottlob Fleischer composer, dies at age 84. [1] April 9 Willem V Batavus prince of Orange-Nassau, dies at age 58. [1] April 13 Jean-Jacques Bachelier French painter, dies at about age 82. [1] April 27 Amalia Fürstin Gallitzin Prussian daughter of Golitsyn, dies at age 57. [1] May 31 Michaël FB baron von Melas Austrian general, dies at age 77. [1] October 9 Benjamin Banneker astronomer/mathematician, dies at age 74. [1] October 17 Jean Jacques Dessalines Emperor of Haiti, dies. [1] 1807 January 5 Michel Adanson French biologist (Plant classes), dies at age 79. [1] January 12 Adriaan Kluit Dutch historian, dies at age 71. [1] Joan Lucaz Dutch scholar/journalist/patriot, dies at age 60. [1] February 5 Pasquale Paoli Corsican freedom fighter, dies at age 80. [1] February 6 John Reid composer, dies at age 85. [1] February 18 August G Meissner German estheticus/literary, dies at age 53. [1] S von Laroche writer, dies at age 75. [1] February 23 François Guichard composer, dies at age 61. [1] March 11 Anton Eberl composer, dies at age 41. [1] April 1 Louis François Chambray composer, dies at age 69. [1] Miklós Révai Hungarian linguistic/poet, dies at age 57. [1] Vaclav Josef Bartolomej Praupner composer, dies at age 61. [1] April 4 Joseph Jérôme Le Francais de Lalande French astronomer, dies. [1] April 9 John Opie England, painter/illustrator; Shakespeare gallery, dies at age 45. [1] April 10 Anna Amalia van Brumswijk-Wolfenbüttel duchess of Saxon-Weimar, dies. [1] April 18 Erasmus Darwin physician/writer (Influence), dies. [1] October 1 John Mühlenberg Lutheran pastor, dies on his 61st birthday. [1] December 3 Clara Reeve English author (old English baron), dies. [1] December 4 Prince Hall activist/Masonic leader, dies in Boston. [1] 1808 January 8 Messenger horse that sired many great trotters, dies. [1] April 25 Alois Luigi Tomasini composer, dies at age 66. [1] May 18 Jacob Albright [Albrecht] German/US preacher, dies at age 49. [1] December 1 Anton Fischer composer, dies at age 30. [1] 1809 January 4 Bartolomeo Giacometti composer, dies at age 67. [1] February 20 Johann Joseph Emmert composer, dies at age 76. [1] March 7 Johann Georg Albrechtsberger Austrian composer, dies at age 73. [1] March 23 Ferdinand-Philippe-Joseph Staes composer, dies at age 60. [1] March 26 Gabriele Mario Piozzi composer, dies at age 68. [1] March 27 Joseph M Vien French (court)painter/etcher, dies at age 92. [1] March 31 Franz Joseph Haydn composer, dies on 77th birthday. [1] May 8 Augustin Pajou French sculptor (Bachante), dies at age 78. [1] May 17 Leopold Auenbrugger von Auenbrugg physician, dies. [1] May 30 Johan B Scheffer portrait painter, dies at about age 43. [1] May 31 Ferdinand von Schill Prussian officer/rebel, dies in battle at age 33. [1] Franz Josef Haydn Austrian composer (Jahreszeiten), dies in Wien (Vienna) Austria at age 77. [1] June 8 Thomas Paine writer (Age of Reason, Common Sense), dies at age 72. [1] October 11 Meriwether Lewis capt of Lewis and Clark Expedition, dies at age 35. [1] December 31 Franz Ignaz Beck composer, dies at age 75. [1]