- December 26
- Claude A Helvétius French encyclopedist (L'esprit), dies at age 56. [1]
1772
- February 10
- Jozef Wenceslas monarch of Liechtenstein/general, dies at age 75. [1]
- March 2
- Robert J Pothier French lawyer, dies at age 73. [1]
- April 15
- Karel Jozef ruler of Batthyányi, dies at age 73. [1]
- May 11
- Joseph Kerckhoff Limburg surgeon/robber captain, hanged. [1]
- December 28
- Ernst J Earl van/of Biron Russian duke of Courland, dies at age 82. [1]
1773
- February 20
- Charles Emanuel I King of Sardinia/Duke of Savoy (CE III), dies at age 71. [1]
- March 1
- Jan Wagenaar Dutch historian, dies at age 63. [1]
- Luigi Vanvitelli [Louis van Wittel], Italian architect, dies at age 72. [1]
- May 8
- Ali Bey Egyptian Mameluk head, dies. [1]
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1774
- January 21
- Mustapha III sultan of Turkey (1957-74), dies at age 56. [1]
- April 4
- Oliver Goldsmith Irish poet (She Stoops to Conquer), dies at age 17. [1]
- May 3
- Heinrich A Fouqué Prussian general (7 year war), dies at age 76. [1]
- May 10
- Louis XV king of France (1715-74), dies at age 64. [1]
- December 13
- Susanne K von Klettenberg German friend of Goethes mother, dies at age 50. [1]
- December 16
- François Quesnay French personal physician of Louis XIV, dies at age 80. [1]
1775
- January 8
- John Baskerville English printer/type designer, dies at age 68. [1]
- January 10
- Jemeljan Pugatshov Russian kosak leader/"czar Peter III", dies. [1]
- January 11
- Yemelyan Pugachov Don Cossack rebel, executed by tsarist Russia. [1]
- June 17
- Death of John Pitcairn in Massachusetts by a musket ball shot; British Major. [696.20]
- December 28
- Death of Peter A van de Parra at age 61; Governor-General of (Netherlands Indies). [1]
- December 31
- General Richard Montgomery dies fighting the British. [1]
1776
- September 22
- Nathan Hale executed by hanging by the British for spying on the British for American rebels. [1]
1777
- March 22
- Death of John Bartram at age 77; father of American botany. [1]
- April 1
- Death of John Morton in Ridley Park, Pennsylvania; served 18 multi-year terms in Pennsylvania Provincial Assembly, elected to First Continental Congress and Second Continental Congress, cast tie-breaking vote for independence, signed Declaration of Independence. [626.202]
- April 12
- Death of Claude-Prosper J de Crébillon at age 70; French writer (Le sopha). [1]
- May 16
- Death of Button Gwinnet from wounds; US revolutionary leader. [1]
- December 30
- Death of Maximilian III Jozef at age 50; elector of Bayern (1745-77). [1]
1778
- January 10
- Death of Carolus Linnaeus AKA Carl von Linné at age 70; Swedish botanist/explorer/"Father of Taxonomy". [1]
- March 5
- Death of Thomas A Arne at age 67; English composer (Alfred, Rule Britannia). [1]
- April 8
- Death of Pieter Teyler van der Hulst at age 76; Dutch founder (Teyler Museum). [1]
- April 22
- Death of James Hargreaves; inventor (spinning jenny). [1]
- May 11
- Death of William Pitt the Elder, first Earl of Chatham, at age 69; British statesman, Prime Minister (1756-61, 1766-68). [1] [621.15]
- May 30
- Death of Voltaire AKA François-Marie Arouet at age 42; French writer (Candide). [1] [5] [415.52]
1779
- January 20
- Death of John Burman at age 71; Dutch botanist/director (botanical gardens). [1]
- February 14
- Hawaiian natives kill English Captain James Cook on the beach of Kealakekua. Following his death, his body is dismembered, the flesh roasted, and his bones distributed. [1] [688.30] [1555.42]
- February 16
- Death of William Boyce at age 67; English organist/composer (Cathedral Music). [1]
- February 27
- Death of Jan Nepveu at age 59; Dutch Governor-General of Suriname (1769-79). [1]
- April 6
- Death of Tommaso MFS Traetta at age 52; Italian opera composer (Farnace). [1]
- May 11
- Death of John Hart in Hopewell, New Jersey; New Jersey delegate to Second Continental Congress, voted for independence. [626.202]
- December 18
- Death of Jan Punt at age 68; engraver/illustrator/actor (Gideonschool). [1]
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