Nekrolog 1738
This is a list of famous people who died in 1738 . The entries are made alphabetically within the individual data. Animals can be found in the necrology for animals .
January
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 4th | George Douglas, 13th Earl of Morton | Scottish politician, member of the House of Commons | ||
| 6th January | Jean-Baptiste Labat | Missionary, plantation owner and travel writer | ||
| 6th January | Franz Xaver Murschhauser | German organist and composer | ||
| January 7th | Laurentius David Bollhagen | Lutheran theologian, general superintendent of Pomerania-Stettin | 54 | |
| January 9th | Johann Andreas von Hamilton | Imperial General of the Cavalry and Military President of the Provincial Administration in Timisoara | ||
| 15. January | Anna Maria Benz | Painter of the Württemberg baroque | 43 | |
| January 16 | Mathias Wenzel Jäckel | Sculptor of the Bohemian Baroque | 82 | |
| January 17th | Jean-François Dandrieu | French organist and composer | ||
| January 29th | Johann Georg Fux | German organ builder | ||
| January 30th | Benoît de Maillet | French diplomat and geologist | 81 | |
| 31 January | God of honor Bernhard Bendl | German sculptor and plasterer | ||
| 31 January | Jean Croiset | French religious | 81 |
February
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 4th | Joseph Suess Oppenheimer | German finance broker and banker | ||
| February 5th | Georg Riedel | German cantor and composer | 61 | |
| February 7th | Zacharias Sunday | German painter | 55 | |
| February 9 | Fabio Olivieri | Italian cardinal | 79 | |
| February 16 | Matthias Bernhard Braun | Austrian Baroque sculptor in Bohemia | 53 | |
| February 16 | Carel de Moor | Dutch portrait painter | 82 |
March
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st March | Hans Jörgensen Samso | royal Danish major general and chief of the Oldenburg National Infantry Regiment | 76 | |
| 5. March | Gerold Escher | Swiss politician, chronicler, draftsman | 72 | |
| 7th March | Johann Dietz | German barber, field scorer and Greenland driver | 72 | |
| 8th of March | Johannes Scheuchzer | Swiss doctor and botanist | ||
| March 10th | Johann Heinrich Michaelis | German Protestant theologian and oriental philologist | 69 | |
| March 16 | George Bähr | German builder | 72 | |
| March 18th | Johann Kaspar von Cosel | Prussian Lieutenant General and Chief of the Dragoon Regiment VI | ||
| March, 20th | Nicolas Doxat | Swiss officer and fortress builder | 55 | |
| 25th March | Turlough O'Carolan | Irish composer and harpist | ||
| March 30 | Franz Anton von Sporck | Bohemian art patron and publisher | 76 |
April
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2nd of April | Jodokus Bernhard von Aufseß | Canon in Bamberg and Würzburg | 67 | |
| 2nd of April | Carl Siegfried von Hoym | Royal Polish and Electoral Saxon Privy Councilor and Chamberlain | 62 | |
| April 15th | Cornelius Loos | Swedish major general, engineer officer, draftsman and traveler to the Orient | 52 | |
| 17th April | Bartholomew the Boss | Dutch religious | 69 | |
| April 18 | Johann Reinhard Rus | German oriental philologist, Graecist and Protestant theologian | 59 | |
| April 22 | Karl Ludwig Truchsess von Waldburg | Prussian major general, chamberlain of King Friedrich I (Prussia), governor of Insterburg and land marshal of Prussia | ||
| April 27 | Johann Friedrich Künnecke | German builder |
May
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 6th | Ludwig Gebhard von Hoym | Privy councilor, captain in Thuringia | ||
| May 7th | Georg Sebastian Plinganser | German student, leader of the Bavarian popular uprising (1705–1706) | 57 | |
| May 11th | Michael Helwig | German sculptor and wood carver | 75 | |
| 12th of May | Charles III Wilhelm | Margrave of Baden-Durlach, founder of Karlsruhe | 59 | |
| 17th of May | Johannes Gaupp | Lutheran clergyman, mathematician and astronomer | 70 | |
| May 20th | André Brue | General Manager of the French Senegal Company | ||
| May 20th | Philipp Sattler | Austrian sculptor | ||
| 25. May | Burkhard Gotthelf Struve | German librarian | 66 | |
| 31. May | Friedrich August von Röseler | Prussian major general, governor of Geldern | 73 |
June
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2th of June | James Francis Fitz-James Stuart, 2nd Duke of Berwick | Spanish and Jacobite noblemen | 41 | |
| June 4th | Naum Akimowitsch Senjawin | Russian Vice Admiral in the Imperial Russian Navy | ||
| June 5th | Isaac de Beausobre | French theologian | 79 | |
| July 6th | Otto Christoph Eltester | German lawyer, court and chamber judge, protonotary of the senior herald's office and poet | 72 | |
| June 7th | Antoine Crozat, marquis du Châtel | French financier, merchant and founder of the Louisiana colony | ||
| June 11th | Caspar Bartholin the Younger | Danish anatomist | 82 | |
| June 21st | Charles Townshend, 2nd Viscount Townshend | British Whig Party politician | 64 | |
| June 24th | Joseph Fiertmair | German painter | 36 | |
| June 28th | Maximiliane Hiserle from Chodau | Beloved of the Saxon Elector August the Strong and then of Alexander Benedikt Sobieski | ||
| June | Johannes Creutzburg | German master organ builder |
July
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 19 | Charles Bridgeman | English gardener and landscape architect | ||
| 20th of July | Gustav Georg Zeltner | Lutheran theologian | 65 | |
| 22nd of July | Wolfgang Hannibal von Schrattenbach | Bishop of Olomouc | 77 | |
| July 26th | Andreas Joachim von Kleist | Prussian colonel and regiment owner | 60 | |
| July 27th | Franciscus Fabricius | Dutch Reformed theologian | 75 | |
| July 28th | Heinrich | Duke of Saxe-Merseburg-Spremberg, Duke of Saxe-Merseburg | 76 |
August
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2nd | Uejima Onitsura | Japanese poet | 77 | |
| August 10 | Johann Wilhelm von Vietinghoff | Mecklenburg major general of the cavalry, Prussian chamberlain and squire | ||
| 18th of August | Sigmund Hauck | German Premonstratensian Abbot | ||
| August 19th | Helena Curtens | last German victim of the witch trials | ||
| August 19th | Paul Zeiller | Austrian baroque painter | 79 | |
| 20th of August | Felix Friedrich von Flemming | Judge at the Wismar Tribunal, Prussian Privy Council and Hereditary Land Marshal in Pomerania | ||
| August 22nd | Christoph Friedrich zu Stolberg-Stolberg | Regent of the County of Stolberg | 65 | |
| August 23 | Louis de Montolieu | Prussian major general and Sardinian lieutenant general | ||
| August 24th | Giuseppe Averani | Italian lawyer and scientist | 76 | |
| August 25 | Johann Gottlieb Gleditsch | German bookseller and publisher | 50 | |
| 29th August | Charlotte of Hessen-Homburg | Princess of Hessen-Homburg, by marriage Duchess of Saxe-Weimar | 66 | |
| 29th August | Georg Reutter the Elder | Austrian organist and composer |
September
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 8th | Othmar Daniel Zinke | Abbot of the Benedictine monasteries in Břevnov, Braunau, Politz and Wahlstatt | 74 | |
| September 15th | Kilian Heller | Abbot of the Benedictine monastery in Seligenstadt | 43 | |
| September 23rd | Carlo Agostino Badia | Italian opera and oratorio composer of the late baroque | ||
| September 23rd | Herman Boerhaave | Dutch medic | 69 | |
| September 29th | Friedrich Anton von Wedel-Jarlsberg | Royal Danish Major General and Chief of the Oldenburg Infantry Regiment | 44 | |
| 30. September | Dominique van Oost | French painter | 61 |
October
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 1 | Christian Detlev from Reventlow | Royal Danish President | 67 | |
| October 3 | Christian August Salig | German theologian and historian | 46 | |
| 4th of October | Johann Conrad Wegmann | German-Swiss organ builder | ||
| October 11th | Andreas von Fürstenberg | German-Baltic officer in the Swedish service, most recently major general, district administrator of Swedish Western Pomerania and curator of the University of Greifswald | 75 | |
| 15th October | Timotheus Lütkemann | Lutheran theologian and general superintendent of Western Pomerania | ||
| October 18 | Caspar von Lengerke | German lawyer and canon of Hamburg | 55 | |
| October 24th | Johann Friedrich Winckler | German Lutheran theologian | 58 |
November
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 2 | Friedrich von Gemmingen | Onolzbach Chamberlain and landlord in Babstadt | 47 | |
| November 2 | Matthias Zink | German Baroque painter | ||
| November 4th | Johann Jacob Syrbius | German philosopher and Lutheran theologian | 64 | |
| November 12th | Theodor Andreas Potocki | Polish bishop | 74 | |
| 21st November | Franz Anton von Götzen | German nobleman, founder of the Albendorf pilgrimage church in the county of Glatz | 45 | |
| November 24th | Jean-Baptiste Régis | geographer |
December
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 8th | Domenico d'Angeli | Architect and builder of Italian descent | ||
| 9th of December | Ferdinand Maria Innozenz of Bavaria | Bavarian prince and imperial field marshal | 39 | |
| 11th December | Johann Rudolf Byss | Swiss painter | 78 | |
| 15th December | Pedro de Arrieta | mexican architect | ||
| December 17th | Ludwig Balthasar von Schrautenbach-Weitolshausen | German lieutenant general | 84 | |
| December 18th | Johann Gottfried von Cocceji | Prussian privy councilor and district president in Magdeburg | ||
| December 22 | Jean-Joseph Mouret | French composer | 56 | |
| December 27th | Johann Michael Hallwachs | Lawyer, Protestant theologian, historian and philosopher as well as university professor | 48 | |
| December 28th | Donato Polli | Lugano plasterer | 75 |
Date unknown
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Georg Andreas Agricola | German doctor and botanist | |||
| Johann Bartsch | German doctor and botanist | |||
| Gottlieb Siegfried Bayer | Philologist, historian and orientalist | |||
| Johann Conrad von Bentheim | German court official | |||
| Johann Beringer | German university professor and personal physician to the Prince-Bishop of Würzburg | |||
| Gottfried von Cochenhausen | Landrentmeister in Swedish Pomerania | |||
| Johann August Corvinus | Engraver in Augsburg | |||
| Philipp van Dievoet | Goldsmith | |||
| Wolf Dietrich von Gemmingen | The prince-bishop's secret council and caretaker in Abensperg | |||
| Ludwig Gerhard | German Lutheran theologian | |||
| Johann Ulrich Giezendanner | Swiss goldsmith and pietist | |||
| Dominique Girard | French garden architect and engineer | |||
| Martin Christian Goeldelius | German Evangelical Lutheran theologian, educator and author | |||
| George Hazard | British politician | |||
| Hama Higa | okinawa martial arts expert | |||
| Johann Caspar Hindersin | Prussian palace builder | |||
| Pedro de Melo | Portuguese governor of Portuguese Timor | |||
| Columban Reble | German Benedictine monk and historian | |||
| Johann Salver | Court and university engraver in Würzburg | |||
| Johannes Salzmann | Anatomist and surgeon | |||
| Francisco de Sánchez de la Barreda | Spanish lawyer, governor of Chile | |||
| Soi Sisamouth | King of the Kingdom of Champasak | |||
| Johann Friedrich von Syberg | German nobleman | |||
| Johann Georg Urbansky | Baroque sculptor | |||
| Paul Braid | Austrian court jester, corner advocate and peace-breaker |