Nekrolog 1739
This is a list of famous people who died in 1739 . 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 1st | Johann Georg Neidhardt | Prussian organist, composer and music theorist | ||
| January 17th | Giorgio Spinola | Italian cardinal | 71 | |
| January 17th | Johann Jakob Stupan von Ehrenstein | Austrian composer of the Baroque | ||
| January 19th | Johann Christian Lehmann | German scientist and university professor | 63 | |
| January 20th | Francesco Galli da Bibiena | Italian scenographer, architect, set designer and decorative painter | 79 | |
| January 25th | Berthold Dietmayr | Austrian Benedictine abbot and politician | 68 | |
| January 29th | Daniel Stockfleth | German Mayor | 63 |
February
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 8 | Gottfried Leonhard Baudis the Elder | German legal scholar | 55 | |
| February 12th | Johann Anastasius Freylinghausen | Theologian of the pietistic school in Halle | 68 | |
| February 15th | Eustachio Manfredi | Italian astronomer | 64 |
March
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6th March | Johann Friedrich Schannat | German historian, priest and legal scholar | 55 | |
| March 18th | Friedrich Wilhelm von Grumbkow | Prussian field marshal and statesman | 60 | |
| 19th March | Patrick Laules | Spanish Ambassador to the United Kingdom | ||
| March 21st | Johann Ernst Bach | German organist | ||
| March 22 | Georg Anton Machein | German sculptor and wood carver | 53 | |
| March 23 | Georg Friedrich Schröer | German Lutheran theologian | 76 | |
| 27th of March | Hieronymus Florentinus Quehl | German composer and organist | 44 | |
| March 29 | Johann Franz Tillier | Bernese and Swiss military in Dutch and Austrian service | 76 | |
| March 31 | Magnus Berg | Norwegian painter and ivory carver | 72 |
April
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 5th | Johann Moritz von Viebahn | Prussian minister and envoy to the Polish royal court | 55 | |
| 7th of April | Richard Turpin | English mugger and cattle thief | 33 | |
| April 8th | Detlev Friderich Clausen | German Protestant clergyman, canon and main pastor of Schleswig Cathedral | ||
| April 8th | Christoph Heinrich von der Goltz | Royal Prussian Lieutenant General, Chief of Infantry Regiments No. 15 and No. 5, Commander of the Magdeburg Citadel | 75 | |
| April 14th | Nikolaus Köppen | German linguist (orientalist), rector of the University of Greifswald | 70 | |
| April 18 | Wolfgang Sigismund von Orsini-Rosenberg | Austrian nobleman and politician | 57 | |
| April 19th | Nicholas Saunderson | English mathematician | 57 | |
| April 24th | Karl-Franz Hannong | Ceramist, faience artist, pipe maker and entrepreneur | ||
| 26th of April | Johann Michael Prunner | Austrian architect of the baroque age | 69 | |
| April 27 | Gioacchino Vitagliano | Italian sculptor and decorator of the Baroque |
May
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 3rd | Marie Anne de Bourbon | by marriage to Princess von Conti | 72 | |
| 10th of May | Cosmas Damian Asam | German painter and architect | 52 | |
| May 11th | Pierre Charles Trémolières | French Rococo painter | ||
| May 13th | Dubislav Gneomar von Natzmer | Prussian Field Marshal General | 84 | |
| May 16 | René-Joseph de Tournemine | French Jesuit and author | 78 | |
| May 21 | Matura Veyssière de La Croze | French orientalist, librarian, polymath | 77 | |
| May 27th | Johann Gottfried Bernhard Bach | German organist | 24 | |
| 28th of May | James Anderson | Pastor, Freemason |
June
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6th of June | Samuel Dale | English doctor and botanist | ||
| June 9th | Theodorus van der Croon | Old Catholic Archbishop of Utrecht | 71 | |
| June 11th | Giacinto Fontana, later as farfallino known | Italian soprano castrato and female actor | 47 | |
| June 12 | Georg Albrecht | Duke of Saxe-Weißenfels-Barby (1728–1739) | 44 | |
| June 13th | Sophie Christiane Luise of Brandenburg-Bayreuth | Princess of Thurn and Taxis | 29 | |
| 17th of June | Jost Christian zu Stolberg-Roßla senior | Count of Stolberg-Roßla | 62 | |
| 18th of June | Karl Friedrich | Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorp | 39 | |
| 20th June | Edmond Martène | French historian and liturgist from the Benedictine order | 74 |
July
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8th of July | Carlo Colonna | Italian cardinal of the Roman Church | 73 | |
| 16th of July | Charles du Fay | French scientist and superintendent of the royal gardens in France | 40 | |
| 17th July | Ulrich Bürgi | German Benedictine and abbot | ||
| 17th July | Joachim Wibling | Swedish tax officer and councilor in Swedish Pomerania | 77 | |
| July 18th | Gennaro Scalea | Italian Roman Catholic bishop | 69 | |
| 20th of July | Francesco Alborea | Italian cellist and composer | ||
| 24th July | Benedetto Marcello | Italian Baroque composer | ||
| July 25th | Johann Christoph Wolf | German Lutheran theologian and polyhistor | 56 | |
| July 28th | Johann Georg Juncker | German legal scholar and hymn poet |
August
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 1st | Johann Jakob Bager | German builder | ||
| 5th of August | Friedrich Bernhard | Count Palatine of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld zu Gelnhausen | 42 | |
| August 24th | Takebe Katahiro | Japanese mathematician | ||
| August 28th | Christian | Prince of Nassau-Dillenburg | 51 | |
| August | Matthias Buchinger | German artist, draftsman, calligrapher, musician, magician |
September
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 1 | Johann Gottfried Kraus | German legal scholar | 58 | |
| September 6th | Heinrich von Huyssen | German diplomat and advisor to Peter the Great | 73 | |
| September 6th | Conrad von Ranck | Swedish and Hesse-Kassel lieutenant general, commandant of the Rheinfels fortress | ||
| September 8th | Johann Benedict Carpzov III. | German historian, lawyer and politician | 63 | |
| 12th September | Cesare Antonio Canavese | Italian sculptor and plasterer | ||
| 12th September | Ernst Ludwig | Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt | 71 | |
| 12th September | Reinhard Keizer | German composer | ||
| September 20th | Christoph Pyl | German educator and historian | 60 | |
| September 23rd | Johann Christoph Aurbach | Office director of the Quedlinburg Abbey | ||
| September 27th | Adalbert von Falkenstein | German bishop | 68 |
October
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8th October | Christian Georg Vick | German art master, official and land building clerk, author as well as official and land master builder | 71 | |
| October 18 | Jacob Wittich | German philosopher and mathematician | 62 | |
| October 19th | Antonio José da Silva | Portuguese comedy poet | 34 |
November
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 6th | Gregor Waltmann | Abbot of the Liesborn Monastery | 87 | |
| November 8th | Anselm Franz von Thurn and Taxis | 2. Prince of Thurn and Taxis, general inheritance postmaster | 58 | |
| November 12th | Johann Wilhelm Hoffmann | German historian, legal scholar and publicist | 28 | |
| November 12th | Hans Heinrich Schulthess | Swiss businessman, politician and pietist | 74 | |
| November 17th | Maria Amalia of Brandenburg-Schwedt | Princess of Brandenburg and by marriage Duchess of Saxony-Zeitz | 68 | |
| November 28th | Josef Carlone | Styrian baroque master builder | ||
| November 29th | Sebastian Johann Georg Count von Künigl | Governor of Tyrol or "on the Adige" (1695–1739) | 76 | |
| 30th of November | Karl Kasper Franz von der Leyen | Imperial Real Privy Council | 84 | |
| November | Benedetto Baldassari | Italian castrato soprano and opera singer |
December
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3rd of December | Christian Wermuth | German medalist, bookseller and coin maker | 77 | |
| December 4th | Johann Josef Auer | Sculptor and wood carver | ||
| December 8th | Heinrich Friedrich von Friesen | Saxon general, son-in-law of August II. | 58 | |
| December 8th | William Ramsay, 6th Earl of Dalhousie | Scottish nobleman and politician | ||
| 11th December | Georg Nikolaus von Appolt | German court official | 68 | |
| December 17th | Johann Ernst Emanuel Joseph von Harrach | Roman Catholic priest and Bishop of Nitra | 34 | |
| 20th of December | Gottfried Grünewald | German singer, harpsichordist and composer | ||
| December | Wolmar Anton von Schlippenbach | Swedish Governor General of Swedish Estonia (1704–1706) |
Date unknown
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Benedikt von Ahlefeldt | Privy Councilor, Chancellery President and Chamberlain of Duke Karl Friedrich (Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorf) | |||
| Peter d'Arbaud | Prussian colonel and chief of the garrison battalion from which the garrison regiment No. 4 was formed | |||
| Catherine Barton | Isaac Newton's half-niece | |||
| Friedrich Christian Feustking | German poet and librettist | |||
| Józef Fontana | Italian-Polish Baroque architect | |||
| Giuseppe Giovanni Guarneri | Italian violin maker | |||
| James Jefferyes | Scottish diplomat | |||
| Charles Jervas | Irish painter, translator and art collector | |||
| Konoe Iehiro | Japanese regent (1707–1712) and master calligrapher | |||
| Peter Pavlovich Schafirow | Russian Vice Chancellor | |||
| Nicolaus Seeber | German organ builder and composer | |||
| Wolf Martin Zimmermann | Melt master |