Nekrolog 1759

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This is a list of famous people who died in 1759 . 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
January 2nd	Celestine Flottwell	German philologist; Teacher and university professor in Königsberg	47
January 5th	Thomas Philippe Wallrad d'Hénin-Liétard d'Alsace-Boussu de Chimay	Flemish clergyman, Archbishop of Mechelen and Cardinal	79
January 5th	Johann von Mayr	Chief of a Prussian free battalion	42
6th January	Carl von Heppe	German hunting writer	72
6th January	Johann George Matthaei	German hymn poet	78
January 7th	Julius Gustav von Flemming	Prussian district administrator	55
January 12th	Anna of Great Britain, Ireland and Hanover	Princess Royal and by marriage Princess of Orange	49
13th January	José de Mascarenhas da Silva e Lencastre, Duke of Aveiro	Portuguese nobleman, 8th Duke of Aveiro	50
15. January	Giovanni Antonio Guadagni	Italian chaplain, cardinal	84
January 16	Placidus Amon	Austrian Benedictine and philologist	58
January 16	Johann Christoph von Buseck	Commander of the Teutonic Order	71
January 16	Kassian Singer	Austrian builder and plasterer
January 18th	Philipp Andreas Kilian	German engraver	44
January 19th	Peter of Pennavaire	Prussian lieutenant general of the cavalry, commander of the body carbine regiment
January 20th	Daniel Falkiner	Irish politician
21th January	Alexander Fixlmillner	Roman Catholic clergyman; Abbot of the Benedictine Abbey of Kremsmünster	72
22nd of January	Joseph-François de Cadenet de Charleval	French bishop	48
22nd of January	Johannes Deknatel	Mennonite theologian	60
January 26th	Johanna Katharina von Montfort	Countess of Montfort and regent of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen	80
January 29th	Sebastian Eberhard Jhering	Prussian government director in East Frisia	58

February

Day	Surname	Profession known as	Age
February 2nd	Heinrich Scharbau	Lübeck theologian	69
3 February	Benjamin Lay	British philanthropist, abolitionist, writer	77
February 9	Louise Henriette de Bourbon-Conti	French princess and by marriage Duchess of Chartres and d'Orléans	32
February 11th	Johann Peter Schiltenberger	German lawyer and university professor
February 12th	Muhammad I. ar-Rashid	Bey from Tunis and musicians
13th February	Christian Hauschild	German Protestant theologian	65
February 15th	Johann Jacob Gottschald	German theologian and hymn poet	70
19th of February	Karl Ferdinand von Hagen	Prussian Major General and Chief of Infantry Regiment No. 8
20. February	Georg Anton vacation	German baroque painter	45
February 25	Hans Kaspar von Krockow	Prussian major general and chief of the cuirassier regiment No. 1	58
27th of February	Jacob Theodor Klein	Prussian legal and historical scholar, botanist, mathematician and diplomat	73
27th of February	Lothar Johann Hugo Franz von Ostein	Secret advice	63
February 28	Johann Ludwig Frey	Swiss theologian and historian	76

March

Day	Surname	Profession known as	Age
3 March	Louis-Anne La Virotte	French doctor, military and encyclopedist
6th March	Joachimus Schwartz	German legal scholar	72
March 10th	Nicolas de Saulx-Tavannes	French bishop; Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church	68
March 16	Nicolaus Jonas Sorber	German piece and bell caster
March 18th	Johann Christian Eschenbach the Elder	German lawyer, philosopher and rector of the University of Rostock	40
19th March	Sebastian Bodinus	German composer and Kapellmeister	58
19th March	César Verdier	French doctor, anatomist	63
March 21st	Ernst Joachim Westphal	German administrative lawyer and politician	59
26th of March	Jan Wandelaar	Dutch painter, engraver and etcher	68
27th of March	August Johann Rösel from Rosenhof	German naturalist, miniature painter and engraver	53
March 30	Friedrich Wilhelm von Kyaw	Prussian lieutenant general	51
March 30	Johann von Wespien	German cloth manufacturer and mayor of the city of Aachen	58

April

Day	Surname	Profession known as	Age
April 6th	Johann Gottfried Zinn	German physician and botanist	31
7th of April	Johann Hermann Becker	German Lutheran theologian	58
11 April	Heinrich Gottfried Haferung	German Lutheran theologian	45
12. April	Conrad Kersten	Entrepreneur and banker	76
12. April	Karl Gustav von Lilienfeld	Baltic nobleman
April 13th	Johann Casimir von Isenburg-Birstein	German army leader	43
April 14th	georg Friedrich Handel	Baroque composer	74
17th April	Johann Gottfried von Stockhausen	royal Prussian colonel and chief of the Stettin regional regiment
April 22	Simon Benedikt Faistenberger	Austrian painter	63
April 25	Georg Karl von Dyherrn	Saxon Lieutenant General	49
April, 30th	Bernardo De Dominici	Italian painter and art historian	75

May

Day	Surname	Profession known as	Age
1st of May	Otto Carl von Callenberg	German-Danish Oberhofmarschall and Oberlanddrost of the Pinneberg rule	73
2.May	Christophe Huet	French decorator and painter
May 3rd	Christian Gottlieb Kluge the Elder	German Protestant theologian	60
5th of May	Anton Dorazil	Bohemian baroque sculptor
May 9	Benedict Prill	Augustinian canon	38
May 11th	Richard Manningham	English obstetrician
12th of May	Johann Cunde	German theologian and schoolboy
12th of May	Johann Michael Winterhalder	German sculptor and wood carver	52
May 13th	Lambert-Sigisbert Adam	French neo-baroque sculptor	58
May 14th	Christoph Gottlieb Frober	German cantor and composer	54
17th of May	Johann Friedrich von Kreytzen	Prussian Major General, Chief of Infantry Regiment No. 40
May 18	Johann Christian Schmidt	German sculptor of the late baroque
May 22	Georg Anton Heintz	Moravian baroque sculptor	61

June

Day	Surname	Profession known as	Age
2th of June	Christoph Wilhelm von Kalckstein	Prussian Field Marshal General	76
3rd of June	Didier Diderot	French cutler; Father of Denis Diderot	73
June 10th	Johann Georg Buder	German Baroque painter	32
June 10th	Ludwig Friedrich of Saxony-Hildburghausen	Prince of Saxony-Hildburghausen and Dutch general	48
June 11th	Matthäus Arnold Wilckens	German lawyer and poet
June 12	Joachim Leopold von Bredow	Prussian nobleman and officer	59
June 12	William Collins	British poet	37
14th June	Heinrich Wilhelm Döbel	German hunter and forester as well as author of hunting and forest science publications
15th June	Friedrich Siegmund von Bredow	Prussian nobleman and officer, most recently Prussian general of the cavalry
June 19th	Johann Konrad Gmelin	German medic	51
20th June	Moritz Adolf Karl of Saxony-Zeitz-Neustadt	Bishop of Königgrätz and Bishop of Leitmeritz, Canon in Cologne, Duke of Saxony-Zeitz-Pegau-Neustadt	56
June 21st	Francesco Scipione Maria Borghese	Roman Catholic bishop and cardinal	62
June 21st	Sebastián de Eslava y Lazaga	Viceroy of New Granada
June 22	Louis de Cahusac	French playwright, librettist, royal censor and contributor to the Encyclopédie	53
June 27th	Vincent de Gournay	French economist	47
June 27th	Georg Daniel Heumann	German engraver	67

July

Day	Surname	Profession known as	Age
5th July	Magnus Lagerström	Director of the Swedish East India Company	67
July 6th	Johann Wilhelm Dietmar	German legal scholar
July 11th	Adam Koljo	pietistic Estonian preacher and theological translator
July 23	Moritz Franz Kasimir von Wobersnow	Prussian major general of the infantry and adjutant general of Friedrich II.	51
24th July	Antoine Gaubil	French historian of science	70
July 25th	Johann Christoph Altnikol	German composer and organist of the Baroque
July 27th	Pierre Louis Moreau de Maupertuis	French mathematician, astronomer and philosopher	60
July	Johann Rütger Wuppermann	Mayor of Elberfeld	79

August

Day	Surname	Profession known as	Age
4th of August	Ambroise-Joseph de Herzelles	3. Marquis von Fauquez and Ittre, Superintendant and General Manager of Finances in the Austrian Netherlands	79
6th of August	Eugene Aram	English classical philologist
August 7th	Georg Wilhelm Kirchmaier	German philosopher, rhetorician and linguist	86
8th August	Carl Heinrich Graun	German composer and singer	55
August 10	Diego d'Aguilar	Marran financier and court Jew in Vienna
August 10	Ferdinand VI.	King of Spain	45
August 11th	Maximilian von Bornstedt	Prussian major and knight of the order Pour le Mérite	50
12. August	Georg Ludwig von Puttkamer	Prussian major general	44
12. August	Tobias Heinrich Gottfried Trost	Thuringian organ builder
August 24th	Ewald Christian von Kleist	Prussian poet and officer	44
August 25	Johann Adolph von Loß	Electoral Saxon cabinet minister and secret council as well as manor owner	69
August 31	Johann Dietrich von Steinen	German Protestant pastor and historian	60

September

Day	Surname	Profession known as	Age
September 1	Leonhard Klinckowström	Swedish diplomat, chief postal director and state secretary	73
September 3	Gerhard von Dernath	ducal gottorpian secret council	59
September 3	Joachim Wilhelm von Hertzberg	Royal Prussian Colonel and Commander of Infantry Regiment No. 12
September 4th	Girolamo Chiti	Italian composer	80
5th September	Rudolph August von Hoffmann	Royal Prussian Colonel, Chief of Füselier Regiment No. 44
5th September	Christoph Adam Jäger von Jägersberg	German court master and hymn poet	75
September 6th	Laurids de Thurah	Danish architect, builder and topographer	53
September 8th	Johann Gottlob Wilhelm Dunkel	German Protestant theologian and historian	38
September 10	Johann Martin Chladni	German Protestant theologian and historian	49
12th September	Karl Anton August of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck	Prince of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck	32
13.september	James Wolfe	British general	32
September 14th	Louis-Joseph de Montcalm	French general in the French and Indian War	47
16th September	Nicolas Antoine Boulanger	French engineer, scientist, linguist, philosophical historian and encyclopedist	36
17th of September	Adalbert II von Walderdorff	Prince Abbot and Bishop of Fulda	62
September 18	Santa Stella	Italian soprano
25th of September	August Friedrich von Itzenplitz	Royal Prussian Lieutenant General and Knight of the Black Eagle Order	66
September 27th	Gaetano Fanti	Italian fresco painter of the late baroque
September 27th	Johann Andreas Geismer	German Evangelical Lutheran clergyman	63
30. September	Martin Knobloch	German pedagogue and Protestant theologian	75

October

Day	Surname	Profession known as	Age
4th of October	Johann Dietrich von Manstein	Prussian officer, most recently Colonel Frederick the Great, commander of Dragoon Regiment No. 2	53
October 6th	Johann Gottlob Kruger	German doctor and naturalist	44
October 7th	Karl August von Bergen	Anatomist and botanist	55
October 10th	Franz Christoph von Manteuffel	Prussian colonel, regiment owner
October 13th	Martin Schipani	German master watchmaker
October, 16th	Ernst Friedrich von Holtzmann	Royal Prussian colonel and commander of the 2nd artillery battalion
October 18	Louis de Caix d'Hervelois	French composer and viol player
October 24th	Carl Heinrich Möller	Lawyer, judge at the Wismar Tribunal	50
October 25	Johann Juncker	German medic	79
28th of October	Georg Ernst von Klitzing	Royal Prussian Major General of the Infantry and Commander of Infantry Regiment No. 31 as well as heir to Tornow

November

Day	Surname	Profession known as	Age
November 2	Charles Hanbury Williams	British diplomat	50
November 16	Johann Michael Strickner	Austrian painter	39
November 24th	Christoph Friedrich von der Osten-Sacken	Landhofmeister and Chancellor in Courland.
November 29th	Alamgir II	Indian mogul	60
November 29th	Nikolaus I Bernoulli	Swiss mathematician	72

December

Day	Surname	Profession known as	Age
6th of December	Marie Louise Élisabeth de Bourbon	Princess of France and Duchess of Parma	32
10th of December	René-Jacques Croissant de Garengeot	French surgeon	71
10th of December	Heinrich August Gerlach	German physician and librettist
December 14th	Johann Paul Heumann	German court carpenter and master builder in Hanover
December 18th	François de Franquetot, duc de Coigny	Marshal of France	89
20th of December	Karl Ferdinand von Königsegg	German Habsburg administrative officer and diplomat	63
21st December	Richard Russell	British doctor	72
December 22	Friedrich Wilhelm von Rochow	Prussian Lieutenant General, Chief of the Cuirassier Regiment No. 8, bearer of the Order of the Black Eagle	70
December 28th	Franz Joseph von Stengel	Electoral Palatinate privy councilor and office director	76

Date unknown

Day	Surname	Profession known as	Age	receipt
	Martin Biterich	Mainz sculptor of the baroque period
	Johann Christian von Brandeis	Prussian Lieutenant General and Chief of Füselier Regiment No. 38
	Jasper Carstens	German builder
	Thomas Coke, 1st Earl of Leicester	English landowner, patron and politician
	Carlo Francesco Dotti	Italian architect
	Goynüklü Ahmed Efendi	Turkish chronicler and office secretary
	Johann Gottfried Findeisen	German builder
	Diedrich Garlichs	Merchant, patron
	Karl Joseph von Gillern	imperial councilor and peace negotiator
	Hattori Nankaku	Japanese poet and painter
	Johan Kinnerus	Swedish painter
	Andreas Kruger	German painter and architect
	Julien Le Roy	French watchmaker
	Pietro Martorana	Italian painter
	Bernhard Meretyn	Lviv architect of the baroque
	Johann Neuber	German theater actor and husband of Friederike Caroline Neuber
	Ong Kham	King of the Kingdom of Luang Phrabang
	Cornelis Pronk	Dutch painter, draftsman and porcelain painter
	Franz Rothermel	Baroque builder
	Johann Caspar Schröder	Dutch classical philologist
	Gaspare Serenario	Italian painter
	Johann Georg Stockmar	Darmstadt court painter
	Fabio Ursillo	Italian lutenist and composer
	Antoine father	French harpsichord maker of German origin
	Ascher Worms	German mathematician, community doctor and scholar