Nekrolog 1754
This is a list of famous people who died in 1754 . 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 2nd | Gottfried Reinhold Köselitz | German lawyer | 61 | |
| January 9th | Johann Erhard Strasbourg | German Baroque architect | 78 | |
| 10. January | Edward Cave | British printer, editor and publisher | 62 | |
| 10. January | Anton Khünel | German shadow player and inventor of the shadow opera | ||
| January 12th | Georg Sigismund Green the Younger | German Protestant theologian | 41 | |
| January 16 | Philipp Wilhelm von Nesselrode and Reichenstein | Grand Prior of the German Order of Malta (1728–1754) | ||
| January 20th | Christian August | royal Danish general, Duke of Augustenburg | 57 | |
| January 28th | Ludvig Holberg | Danish-Norwegian poet | 69 | |
| January | Francis Coventry | English writer |
February
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 2nd | Tilmann Joseph Godesberg | German priest and official in the Archdiocese of Cologne | 63 | |
| February 2nd | Leonhard Jennewein | German builder | ||
| February 5th | Nicolaus Samuelis Cruquius | Dutch hydraulic engineer, surveyor and cartographer | 75 | |
| February 11th | Carl Gustaf Bielke | Swedish count | 70 | |
| February 15th | Christian Salomon Zeidler | Saxon mountain master and mine separator | 66 | |
| 21st of February | Johann Jakob Schnell | German composer of the baroque | ||
| February 24th | Friedrich Wilhelm von Graevenitz | Württemberg secret council, chief steward and prime minister | 74 | |
| 27th of February | Karl Christian Hirsch | German clergyman, bibliographer and church historian | 49 | |
| February | Wilhelm Meinhard Coenen | Mayor of Elberfeld | 65 |
March
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4th of March | Otto Ernst Leopold of Limburg-Stirum | German general in the Imperial Army | 70 | |
| 4th of March | Leopold Philipp | Duke von Arenberg, Imperial Field Marshal | 63 | |
| 5. March | Heinrich Bass | German medic | 63 | |
| 6th March | Henry Pelham | British Prime Minister | 59 | |
| 7th March | Christlob Mylius | German writer | 31 | |
| March 10th | Albrecht Jakob Zell | German writer and lawyer | 52 | |
| March 11 | Raven Ludwig von Dalwigk | soldier | 70 | |
| March 12th | Andreas Vestner | German medalist and die cutter | 46 | |
| the 14th of March | Pierre-Claude Nivelle de La Chaussée | French playwright | 62 | |
| the 14th of March | Friedrich Otto Mencke | German lawyer | 45 | |
| March 22 | Johann Heinrich Peters | German sculptor | 57 | |
| March 23 | Johann Jakob Wettstein | Swiss theologian and pioneer of textual criticism of the New Testament | 61 | |
| March 29 | Jean de Natalis | Prussian governor of the canton of Neuchâtel | 83 |
April
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 5th | Diamante Maria Scarabelli | Italian opera singer | 78 | |
| April 6th | Martin Bouquet | French cleric and historian | 68 | |
| 7th of April | Johann Ludwig Schlosser | Lutheran theologian, senior pastor in Hamburg | 51 | |
| April 8th | José de Carvajal y Lancaster | Spanish politician and prime minister | 56 | |
| 9th April | Christian Wolff | German polymath and philosopher | 75 | |
| April 15th | Jacopo Riccati | Italian mathematician | 77 | |
| April 19th | Ferdinando Antonio Lazzari | Italian organist and composer | 76 | |
| April 24th | Johann Gottfried Michaelis | Saxon Hofopticus and Kirchner | 77 | [1] |
| April 27 | Karoline von Fuchs-Mollard | Austrian educator and chief stewardess | 73 | |
| April 28 | Hans Christoph von Jeetze | Prussian Major General and Chief of Garrison Regiment No. 7 | 59 | |
| April 28 | Giovanni Battista Piazzetta | Italian painter and etcher | 72 | |
| April 29 | Alessandro Tanara | Italian clergyman and cardinal of the Roman Church | 73 | |
| April, 30th | Maria Teresa Felicita d'Este | by marriage to the Duchess of Penthièvre | 27 |
May
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2.May | Wenzel Chotek by Chotkow | Austrian governor in the Kingdom of Bohemia | 80 | |
| May 3rd | Joachim Daniel von Jauch | German engineer officer and architect | 66 | |
| May 7th | Johann Christian von Lossa | Saxon businessman and entrepreneur | 61 | |
| 10th of May | Georg Friedrich Harpprecht | German legal scholar | 77 | |
| 10th of May | Samuel Walther | German writer, educator, historian and at the same time a member of the Prussian Academy of Science | 75 | |
| May 14th | Johann Wolfgang von Flüe | Swiss officer and politician | 62 | |
| May 16 | Giovanni Carlo Clari | Italian conductor and composer | 76 | |
| May 18 | Pierre Lefort | Russian general | 78 | |
| 23. May | Johann Gerhard Pagendarm | German Protestant theologian | 72 | |
| 23. May | Sophie Eleonore Walther | German writer and translator | 31 | |
| 23. May | John Wood the Elder | British builder | ||
| 25. May | Friedrich Saturgus | German entrepreneur and patron in Königsberg | 57 |
June
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 7th | Nicolai Eigtved | Danish architect and builder | 53 | |
| June 9th | Louis Caravaque | French painter | 70 | |
| June 12 | Johann Friedrich Nolte | German educator and philologist | 59 | |
| June 12 | Georg Wolfgang Krafft | German physicist | ||
| 17th of June | Johann Peter Tappen | German lawyer and mayor of Hanover (1717–1719) | 76 | |
| June 21st | Johann Baptist Martinelli | Austrian architect | 52 | |
| June 22 | Nicolas Siret | French composer, organist and harpsichordist | 91 | |
| June 27th | Rudolph von Laubsky | Württemberg-Prussian general | ||
| June 28th | Martin Folkes | English numismatist and mathematician | 63 |
July
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 4th | Philippe Néricault Destouches | French comedy poet and playwright | 74 | |
| 7th of July | Frances Seymour, Duchess of Somerset | British noblewoman and poet | 55 | |
| 21 July | Joseph Saint-Pierre | French architect | ||
| July 27th | Christoph Ernst von Roeder | Prussian colonel, chief of garrison regiment No. 2, governor von Barthen, lord of Metgethen and Tranckwitz |
August
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5th of August | James Gibbs | Scottish architect | 71 | |
| 6th of August | Jacob Gabriel Wolff | German legal scholar and hymn poet | ||
| August 11th | Johann Georg Adam von Hoheneck | Upper Austrian genealogist, historian and politician | 85 | |
| 13 August | Send Jobst Moritz Droste | Land Komtur of the Teutonic Knight Order | 88 | |
| August 14th | Maria Anna of Austria | Archduchess of Austria and Queen of Portugal | 70 | |
| 17th August | Hans Christoph Friedrich von Hacke | Prussian general | 54 | |
| August 19th | Johann Georg Pertsch | German lawyer and university professor | 60 |
September
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 1 | Carl Georg Siöblad | Swedish admiral | 70 | |
| September 2nd | Chrysostom Hanthaler | Cistercian historian | 64 | |
| September 11 | Reimar Julius von Schwerin | Prussian Lieutenant General, Chief of Dragoon Regiment No. 2 | 59 | |
| September 15th | Georg-Dietrich von Puttkamer | German officer and Royal Polish General of the Infantry | 73 | |
| 16th September | Joachim Beccau | German poet and opera librettist | 64 | |
| 17th of September | Friedrich Christian Lesser | German Protestant theologian and historian | 62 | |
| September 18 | Charles-Antoine Leclerc de La Bruère | French playwright and historian | ||
| September 19th | Johann Peter van Ghelen | Austrian printer and publisher | ||
| September 22 | Rudolf Franz Erwein von Schönborn | German politician, diplomat and composer | 76 |
October
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 1 | Johann Christian Klemm | German Protestant theologian, philosopher and philologist | 65 | |
| 4th of October | Tanaghrisson | Leader of the Iroquois Seneca in the Upper Ohio Valley | ||
| October 6th | Adam Falckenhagen | German lutenist | 57 | |
| 8th October | Henry Fielding | English novelist, satirist, playwright, journalist and lawyer | 47 | |
| October 13th | Hark Olufs | Amrum seafarer | ||
| 15th October | Christian Ludwig von Löwenstern | German painter, poet and composer | 53 | |
| October 19th | August Garlichs | Government Councilor, Deichgraf | 60 | |
| October 19th | Conrad Widow | German lawyer, councilor and mayor of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg | 68 | |
| 28th of October | Friedrich von Hagedorn | German poet | 46 | |
| October | Johann Christian Hertel | German gambist and composer |
November
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 3rd | Henning Flügge | German Lutheran theologian | 71 | |
| November 10th | Johann Konrad Rätzel | German traveler and collector to East India | ||
| November 12th | Joseph Benedikt von Rost | Bishop of Chur | 58 | |
| November 13th | Adam Friedrich von Löwenfinck | German porcelain and faience painter | ||
| November 18 | Arnold Greve | Protestant theologian and historian | 54 | |
| November 24th | Herman Cedercreutz | Swedish count, imperial councilor and diplomat | 70 | |
| 25. November | Johann Andreas von Franken-Siersdorf | Vicar General in Cologne | 58 | |
| 25. November | Karl Philipp von Greiffenclau on Vollrads | Prince-Bishop of Würzburg | 63 | |
| November 27th | Abraham de Moivre | French mathematician | 87 |
December
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 1 | Jean Joseph Vinache | French sculptor | ||
| 3rd of December | Karl Emanuel von Wattenwyl | Swiss lawyer and mayor of Bern | ||
| 10th of December | Philipp Joachim von Prassberg | Grand Prior of the German Order of Malta (1754–1754) | 75 | |
| 12th of December | Wu Jingzi | Chinese poet | ||
| 13th December | Mahmud I. | Sultan of the Ottoman Empire | 58 | |
| 19. December | Georg Anton Gumpp | Austrian architect | 72 | |
| December 22 | Willem van Keppel, 2nd Earl of Albemarle | British officer and ambassador | 52 | |
| December 22 | Jakob Oeckhl | Austrian builder of the baroque | ||
| 25 December | John Leveson-Gower, 1st Earl Gower | British politician | 60 | |
| December 27th | Charles Craven | Governor of South Carolina | ||
| December | Peter Plücker | Mayor of Elberfeld | 66 |
Date unknown
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Giovanni Biagio Amico | Italian architect | |||
| François Boch | Iron caster, founder of the porcelain manufactory Jean-François Boch et Frères | |||
| Germain Boffrand | French architect | |||
| Nicola Conti | Italian composer of the Neapolitan school of the late baroque | |||
| John Jefferys | English watchmaker | |||
| Gaetano Maria Schiassi | Italian composer and violinist | |||
| Philipp Schweitzer | German bell founder | |||
| Bartholomäus Seuter | Gold workers, enamellers, porcelain and faience painters and dealers, silk dyers, engravers and publishers | |||
| Václav Spourný | Czech composer | |||
| Johann Adam Tresenreuter | German Evangelical Lutheran theologian | |||
| Giselher von Warneck | German engineer and architect |