- 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 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 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]
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]
- March 21
- Death of Louis Antoine Henri de Bourbon-Conde, Duke of Enghien, at Vincennes, executed by firing squad. [487.29]
- 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]
- July 11
- US Vice President Aaron Burr kills Treasury Secretary Alexander Hamilton in a pistol duel near Weehawken. [1] [677.28]
- 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
- The Royal Navy, led by Admiral Horatio Nelson, attacks the Franco-Spanish Fleet at Cape Trafalgar. The British capture or destroy 22 of the 33 ships, with no British ship losses. An estimated 14,000 allied forces are killed wounded, or captured, with British losses totalling 1690. Admiral Nelson is struck by a bullet and is killed. [1] [5] [472.84] [696.24]
- 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 7
- Death of Robert Morris; US Superintendent of Finance. [621.58]
- 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]
- October 4
- Death of Primo de Verdad in prison in Mexico. [479.50]
- 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]
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