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Last updated: 2023 December 20.

1780

October 2

• John Andre, British major, hanged by Americans at age 30 (spied with Benedict Arnold). [1] [515.40]

November 29

• Death of Maria Theresa at age 63; leader of Austria. [1] [1065.1630]

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]

February 4

• Willem Crul, Admiral (West-Indies), dies in battle at age 59. [1]

February 28

• Death of Richard Stockton at age 50; US attorney (signed Declaration of Independence). [1]

1782

January 1

• Death of Johann Christian Bach at age 46 in London, England; son of Johann Sebastion Bach, composer at the King's Theater, tutor of Mozart. [1] [37]

January 4

• Death of Ange-Jacques Gabriel at age 83; French architect (Ecole Military). [1]

1783

February 6

• Death of Lancelot "Capability" Brown at about age 67; English architect (Kew). [1]

April 11

• Death of Nikita I Panin at age 64; Russian earl/ambassador in Denmark. [1]

December 16

• Death of Johann Adolf Hasse at age 84; Dutch operatic composer (Sesostrate). [1]

December 20

• Death of Antonio Francisco Jawer Jose Soler at age 54; Spanish composer (Fandango). [1]

1784

January 1

• Death of Patrice F Earl de Nény at age 67; South Netherlands Secret Council chairman. [1]

February 13

• Death of Charles Gravier; French earl of Vergennes/Minister of Foreign Affairs. [1]

1785

January 6

• Death of Haym Salomon at age 44 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; 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

• Death of Iman Willem Falck at age 48; Dutch governor of Ceylon (1765-83). [1]
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April 30

• Death of Frederick Philipse III at age 65; land owner (Bronx, Westch and Putnam). [1]

1786

January 4

• Death of Moses Mendelssohn at age 56 in Berlin; Jewish/German philosopher (Haksalah). [1] [37]

May 5

• Death of King Pedro III of Portugal. [1]

May 25

• Death of Stephen Zannovitch at age 55 in prison in Amsterdam, Netherlands; imposter of many nobles, princes, dukes, etc. [811.87]

1787

January 1

• Death of Arthur Middleton at age 44; US farmer (signed Declaration of Independence). [1]

May 28

• Johann Georg Leopold Mozart, Austrian composer, dies at age 67. [1] [5]

1788

January 31

• Death of Charles E Stuart at age 67; English pretender to the throne. [1]

February 20

• Death of Gijsbert John van Hardenbroeck at age 68; Dutch regent (Utrecht). [1]

December 14

• Death of King Carlos III of Naples/Spain (1759-88) at age 72. [1]

December 25

• Death of John Logan at about age 40; Scottish conductor (Ode to the Cuckoo). [1]

1789

February 2

• Death of Armand-Louis Couperin at age 63; French composer/organist (Notre Dame). [1]

April 7

• Death of Abdül-Hamid I at age 64; 27th sultan of Turkey (1774-89). [1]

April 26

• Death of Peter I Panin at about age 67; Russian General (Pugatshov-uprising). [1]

December 23

• Death of Charles-Michel at age 77; abbé de l'Epéé (school for the deaf). [1]

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