Famous Deaths for Year 1786
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Months in Year 1786: January February March April May June July August September October December
Deaths 1 - 29 of 29
Jan 4th - Mozes Mendelssohn, Jewish/German philosopher (Haksalah), dies at 56
Jan 7th - Jean-Étienne Guettard, French physician and scientist (b. 1715)
Jan 14th - Meshech Weare, Governor of New Hampshire (b. 1713)
Jan 14th - Michael Arne, English composer (b. 1740 or 1741)
Feb 20th - Johann Wolfgang Kleinknecht, composer, dies at 70
Feb 28th - John Gwynn, English architect and engineer (b. 1713)
Mar 7th - Frantisek Benda, composer, dies at 76
Mar 11th - Jacobus Bellamy, [Zelandus], Dutch/Swiss poet, dies at 28
Mar 11th - Charles Humphreys, American delegate to the Continental Congress (b. 1714)
Mar 23rd - Patience Wright, 1st US woman pro artist, dies (birth date unknown)
Apr 10th - John Byron, British naval officer (b. 1723)
Apr 20th - John Goodricke, English deaf & dumb astronomer, dies at 21
Apr 23rd - Alexander Cozens, English water colors painter, dies at about 68
May 5th - Pedro III, King of Portugal, dies
May 19th - John Stanley, composer, dies at 74
May 21st - Carl W Scheele, Swedish pharmacist/chemist, dies at 43
May 23rd - Móric Beňovský, Slovak officer and explorer, King of Madagascar (b. 1746)
Jun 19th - Nathanael Greene, American Revolutionary general (b. 1742)
Jul 22nd - Vaclav Kalous, composer, dies at 71
Jul 29th - Franz Asplmayr, composer, dies at 58
Aug 7th - Friedrich Schwindl, composer, dies at 49
Aug 16th - Henri-Jacques de Croes, Flemish composer/bandmaster, dies at 80
Aug 17th - Frederik II, king of Prussia (1740-86)/composer, dies at 74
Sep 5th - Jonas Hanway, English merchant, traveler, and philanthropist (b. 1712)
Oct 2nd - August Keppel, 1st viscount/naval commander/politican, dies
Oct 6th - Antonio Maria Gasparo Giaccino Sacchini, composer, dies at 56
Oct 17th - Johann Ludwig Aberli, Swiss artist (b. 1723)
Oct 19th - Pietro Alessandro Pavona, composer, dies at 58
Dec 26th - Gasparo Gozzi, Italian critic and dramatist (b. 1713)
