1781
- January 6
- French Colonel Baron Phillipe de Rullecourt and army troops invade the British-held island of Jersey, landing at the capital, Saint Helier. During the battle, Baron de Rullecourt is mortally wounded, and British Major Francis Peirson is killed. 600 defeated French soldiers are taken prisoner. [1] [434.148] [642.22]
- January 17
- Marie de Negre Dables marquess, dies. [1]
- January 22
- Johann Siebenkas composer, dies at age 66. [1]
- February 4
- Josef Myslivecek composer, dies at age 43. [1]
- Willem Crul Admiral (West-Indies), dies in battle at age 59. [1]
- February 15
- G E Lessing writer, dies at age 52. [1]
- Gotthold Ephraim Lessing Saxon playwright/critic, dies. [1]
- February 28
- Richard Stockton US attorney (signed Declaration of Independence), dies at age 50. [1]
- December 16
- Georg Simon Lohlein composer, dies at age 56. [1]
1782
- January 1
- Death of Johann Christian Bach in London at age 46 (born in Leipzig, Germany); son of J. S. Bach, composer at the King's Theater; tutor of Mozart. [1] [37]
- January 4
- Ange-Jacques Gabriel French architect (Ecole Military), dies at age 83. [1]
- January 28
- Jean-Baptiste-Bourguignon d'Anville French geographer, dies at age 84. [1]
- March 19
- Adrien Trudo Sale composer, dies at age 59. [1]
- Louis-Henry Paisible composer, dies at age 33. [1]
- April 6
- Rynoldus Popma van Oevering composer, dies at age 90. [1]
- April 22
- Josef Ferdinand Norbert Seger composer, dies at age 66. [1]
- May 16
- Daniuel Charles Solander botanist, dies. [1]
- May 20
- Carlo Giovanni Testori composer, dies at age 68. [1]
- Christoph Gottlieb Schroter composer, dies at age 82. [1]
1783
- January 1
- Jacobus Enschedé Haarlems printer, dies at age 39. [1]
- January 2
- Death of Johann Bodmer near Zürich, Switzerland; historian, literary critic. [37]
- January 5
- Friedrich Wilhelm Reidt composer, dies on 73rd birthday. [1]
- February 6
- Lancelot "Capability" Brown English architect (Kew), dies at about age 67. [1]
- February 10
- James Nares composer, dies at age 67. [1]
- March 23
- Gaspard Fritz composer, dies at age 67. [1]
- April 7
- Ignaz Jakob Holzbauer composer, dies at age 71. [1]
- April 11
- Nikita I Panin Russian earl/ambassador in Denmark, dies at age 64. [1]
- May 3
- Pieter Valck(x) South Netherlands sculptor, dies at age 49. [1]
- May 23
- James Otis American lawyer, dies. [1]
- December 9
- First execution at English Newgate-jail. [1]
- December 16
- Johann Adolf Hasse Dutch operatic composer (Sesostrate), dies at age 84. [1]
- December 20
- Antonio Francisco Jawer Jose Soler Sp composer (Fandango), dies at age 54. [1]
1784
- January 1
- Patrice F Earl de Nény South Netherlands Secret Council chairman, dies at age 67. [1]
- January 11
- Ferdinand Philipp Joseph Lobkowitz composer, dies at age 59. [1]
- February 13
- Charles Gravier French earl of Vergennes/Minister of Foreign Affairs, dies. [1]
- February 24
- Anton Laube composer, dies at age 65. [1]
- February 28
- Phillis Wheatly poetess, dies. [1]
- April 2
- Pierre Leclair composer, dies at age 74. [1]
- April 4
- Mary Mead wife of English journalist John Wilkes, dies. [1]
- April 10
- Simon Fokke book illustrator, dies at age 71. [1]
- April 30
- Franz K earl von Velbruck German free mason, dies. [1]
- May 10
- Antoine Court de Gébelin French vicar/writer, dies at age 56. [1]
- December 5
- Phillis Wheatley first important black poet in America, dies in Boston. [1]
1785
- January 6
- Haym Salomon dies in Philadelphia Pennsylvania at age 44, helped finance the revolution. [1]
- January 10
- Death of Heinrich Wilhelm Stiegel in Charming Forge, Pennsylvania, USA; built two ironworks, manufactured of window glass and bottles, founded American Flint Glassworks. [37]
- February 6
- Iman Willem Falck Dutch governor of Ceylon (1765-83), dies at age 48. [1]
- February 19
- Johann Christoph Richter composer, dies at age 84. [1]
- February 24
- Carlo Bonaparte Corsican attorney, dies at age 39. [1]
- April 26
- Karl Siegmund von Seckendorff composer, dies at age 40. [1]
- April 30
- Frederick Philipse III land owner (Bronx, Westch and Putnam), dies at age 65. [1]
- May 8
- Pietro Longhi painter, dies. [1]
- May 9
- Franz Xaver Schnitzer composer, dies at age 44. [1]
- May 10
- Etienne Joseph Floquet composer, dies at age 36. [1]
- May 15
- Karel Blazej Kopriva composer, dies at age 29. [1]
- May 23
- William Woollett engraver, dies. [1]
- December 8
- Antonio Maria Mazzoni composer, dies at age 68. [1]
- December 29
- Johann Heinrich Rolle composer, dies at age 69. [1]
1786
- January 4
- Moses Mendelssohn Jewish/German philosopher (Haksalah), dies at age 56. [1] [37]
- February 20
- Johann Wolfgang Kleinknecht composer, dies at age 70. [1]
- March 7
- Frantisek Benda composer, dies at age 76. [1]
- March 11
- Jacobus Bellamy [Zelandus], Dutch/Swiss poet, dies at age 28. [1]
- March 23
- Patience Wright first US woman pro artist, dies (birth date unknown). [1]
- April 20
- John Goodricke English deaf and dumb astronomer, dies at age 21. [1]
- April 23
- Alexander Cozens English water colors painter, dies at about age 68. [1]
- May 5
- Pedro III King of Portugal, dies. [1]
- May 19
- John Stanley composer, dies at age 74. [1]
- May 21
- Carl W Scheele Swedish pharmacist/chemist, dies at age 43. [1]
1787
- January 1
- Arthur Middleton US farmer (signed Declaration of Independence), dies at age 44. [1]
- February 12
- Ruggiero Boscovich Italian physicist/astronomer/philosopher, dies at age 75. [1]
- March 2
- Jean Allamand French theologist/natural philosopher, dies at age 73. [1]
- March 11
- Maximilian JLP Gardel French ballet dancer/choreographer, dies at age 45. [1]
- May 13
- Johann Michael Malzat composer, dies at age 38. [1]
- May 28
- Johann Georg Leopold Mozart, Austrian composer, dies at age 67. [1] [5]
1788
- January 5
- Johann Schneider composer, dies at age 85. [1]
- January 15
- Gaetano Latilla composer, dies at age 77. [1]
- January 17
- Alessio Prati composer, dies at age 37. [1]
- January 31
- Charles E Stuart, English pretender to the throne, dies at age 67. [1]
- Francesco Zannetti composer, dies at age 50. [1]
- February 20
- Gijsbert John van Hardenbroeck Dutch regent (Utrecht), dies at age 68. [1]
- February 22
- Franz Joseph Oehlschlagel composer, dies at age 63. [1]
- March 1
- Orazio Mei composer, dies at age 56. [1]
- March 29
- Charles Wesley hymn writer, dies. [1]
- April 12
- Carl Joseph Toeschi composer, dies at age 56. [1]
- Carlo Antonio Campioni composer, dies at age 67. [1]
- April 15
- Giuseppi Bonno composer, dies at age 77. [1]
- April 22
- Zacharias H Alewijn Dutch poet, dies 46. [1]
- May 12
- Louis E van Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel Austrian duke, dies at age 69. [1]
- May 29
- Jacques Aliamet French etcher/engraver, dies at age 61. [1]
- December 12
- Joseph Gibbs composer, dies at age 88. [1]
- December 14
- Carl Phillip Emanuel Bach German composer, dies at age 74. [1]
- Carlos III King of Naples/Spain (1759-88), dies at age 72. [1]
- December 25
- John Logan Scottish conductor (Ode to the Cuckoo), dies at about age 40. [1]
- December 30
- Francesco Zuccarelli Italian rococo painter/etcher, dies at age 86. [1]
1789
- January 1
- Christleib Siegmund Binder composer, dies at age 65. [1]
- January 2
- Franz Joseph Leonti Meyer von Schavensee composer, dies at age 68. [1]
- January 10
- Pierre Lyonet Dutch zoologist/cryptologist, dies at age 82. [1]
- January 20
- Johann Christoph Oley composer, dies at age 50. [1]
- February 2
- Armand-Louis Couperin French composer/organist (Notre Dame), dies at age 63. [1]
- April 7
- Abdül-Hamid I 27th sultan of Turkey (1774-89), dies at age 64. [1]
- Peter Camper anatomist/animal scholar, dies at age 66. [1]
- April 26
- Peter I Panin Russian General (Pugatshov-uprising), dies at about age 67. [1]
- May 10
- Guillaume Gommaire Kennis composer, dies at age 72. [1]
- August 25
- Mary Ball Washington mother of George, dies. [1]
- December 3
- Claude-Joseph Vernet French seascape painter, dies. [1]
- December 23
- Charles-Michel abbé de l'Epéé (school for the deaf), dies at age 77. [1]
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