Famous Deaths for August 1778
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Months in 1778: January February March April May June July September November
Deaths 1 - 6 of 6
4th - Pierre de Rigaud, French colonial governor in North America (b. 1698)
5th - Thomas Linley, composer, dies at 22
5th - Charles Clémencet, French historian (b. 1703)
12th - Peregrine Bertie, 3rd Duke of Ancaster and Kesteven, British general and politician (b. 1714)
14th - Augustus Montague Toplady, hymn writer (Rock of Ages), dies
28th - Jacob Wallenberg, Swedish writer/shipminister, dies
