Nekrolog 1760
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This is a list of famous people who died in 1760 . 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 3rd | Carl Georg August von Oppel | Privy Council, Governor of County Mömpelgard | 34 | |
| January 4th | Johann Jakob Späth | German organ builder | ||
| January 5th | Reinhold Rücker Angerstein | Swedish metallurgist, civil servant and entrepreneur | 41 | |
| 6th January | Dominicus van der Smissen | German painter | 55 | |
| January 7th | Johann Christian Simon | German architect | 72 | |
| 10. January | Cyril VI Tanas | Uniate Patriarch of the Melkite Greek Catholic Church | ||
| 10. January | Felix Anton Scheffler | German painter of the Baroque and Rococo | 58 | |
| January 12th | George Clarke | Governor of the English colony of New York | ||
| January 12th | Johann Ludewig | German learned farmer | 44 | |
| 15. January | Michael Engler the Younger | German organ builder in Silesia | 71 | |
| January 17th | Johann George von Einsiedel | Saxon court official | 67 | |
| January 18th | Claudio Casciolini | Italian composer | 62 | |
| January 19th | Giuseppe Belli | Italian soprano castrato | ||
| January 20th | Johann Ludwig Alefeld | German philosopher and physicist | 64 | |
| January 23 | Giovanni Antonio Guardi | Italian Rococo painter | 60 | |
| January 27th | Heinrich Jakob von Häckel | imperial officer, art collector and philanthropist | ||
| January | Peter of Carnap | Mayor of Elberfeld | 63 | |
| January | Gabriel Ambrosius Donath | German painter |
February
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 1st | William VIII | Landgrave of Hessen-Kassel | 77 | |
| February 5th | Agustín Ahumada y Villalón | Viceroy of New Spain | ||
| February 10th | Johann Friedrich von Lesgewang | Prussian Minister of State and Council of War | 78 | |
| February 11th | Johann Franz Lüders | German court painter | 64 | |
| 14th of February | François Collin de Blamont | French composer | 69 | |
| 14th of February | Johann Christian Mehlhorn | German Protestant theologian | 61 | |
| 14th of February | Friedrich Carl von Pöllnitz | Electoral-Polish High Court Marshal and lover of Duchess Henriette Charlotte of Saxony-Merseburg | 77 | |
| 14th of February | Peter von Suhm | Elector General and Privy Councilor of War | 63 | |
| February 15th | Karl Joseph August of Limburg-Styrum | German nobleman | 33 | |
| February 16 | Christian Henning von Lange | Royal Prussian Colonel and Chief of the Old Prussian Garrison Regiment No. | ||
| February 16 | Friedrich Ferdinand von der Leyen | Imperial Count | 51 | |
| February 17th | Franz Anton Danreiter | Salzburg architect, court gardener and draftsman | ||
| 20. February | Diane-Adélaïde de Mailly-Nesle | Mistress of the French King Louis XV. | 47 | |
| 27th of February | Anna Magdalena Bach | German singer (soprano), second wife of Johann Sebastian Bach | 58 | |
| February 28 | François Thurot | French naval officer and privateer | 32 | |
| February 29th | Giuseppe Monti | Italian botanist, scientist and university lecturer | 77 |
March
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st March | Franz Dominikus von Almesloe | Titular Bishop of Cambysopolis and Auxiliary Bishop in Breslau | 56 | |
| 5. March | Sebastian Haupt | Austrian altar maker, carpenter and artisan | ||
| March 13th | Karl Wilhelm Gärtner | German legal scholar and lawyer | 59 | |
| the 14th of March | Hedwig Luise of Hessen-Homburg | Countess von Schlieben | 85 | |
| March 23 | Peter Hansen | German Evangelical Lutheran clergyman and superintendent in Plön | 73 | |
| March 23 | Moritz Christian von Schwandes | Royal Prussian Lieutenant Colonel and Commander of Garrison Regiment No. 7 | ||
| 28th March | Wilhelm Ludwig von der Groeben | Prussian Real Secret Budget and War Minister | 69 | |
| 28th March | Peg Woffington | Irish actress |
April
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3rd of April | Jacob Winslow | Danish anatomist in Paris | 90 | |
| April 8th | August Johann von Hugo | German medic | 73 | |
| 10th of April | George Clifford III | Dutch lawyer and nature lover | 75 | |
| 11 April | Moritz von Anhalt-Dessau | Prussian military leader | 47 | |
| 11 April | Adolph Bogislaff from Kleist | Prussian officer and knight of the order Pour le Mérite | ||
| 11 April | Louis de Silvestre | French painter | 84 | |
| 12. April | Ernst Gottlieb Baron | German composer, music theorist and lutenist | 64 | |
| April 13th | Nicolaus von Suhm | Saxon diplomat | 63 | |
| 17th April | Wilhelm Ernst von Buddenbrock | Prussian major, commander of the 1st Standing Grenadier Battalion | ||
| April 19th | Johann Christian Löwen | German gardener and builder | ||
| April 22 | Agostino Maria Neuroni | Bishop of Como | 70 | |
| April 24th | Michele Mascitti | Italian violinist and Baroque composer | ||
| April 24th | Georg Ludwig Oeder | German Protestant theologian and philosopher | 66 |
May
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st of May | Christiana Mariana from Ziegler | German writer | 64 | |
| 2.May | Georg Ludwig von Urff | Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel Lieutenant General | 61 | |
| 2.May | Ludwig Adolph von Zech | German politician | 76 | |
| May 9 | Nikolaus Ludwig von Zinzendorf | German Lutheran-Pietist theologian | 59 | |
| 10th of May | Christoph Graupner | German composer of the late baroque | 77 | |
| May 11th | Alaungpaya | Burmese king and founder of the Konbaung dynasty | 45 | |
| May 21 | Anna Nitschmann | Songwriter | 44 | |
| May 22 | Israel ben Eliezer | Founder of Hasidism | ||
| 25. May | Engelbert von Syrgenstein | German abbot, prince abbot in the Prince Abbey of Kempten (1747–1760) | 66 | |
| 30th May | Johanna Elisabeth of Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorf | Princess of Anhalt-Zerbst, mother of Tsarina Katharina II. | 47 | |
| 31. May | Paul Hannong | Faience and porcelain manufacturers | ||
| May | Hanns Christoph Wagener | German architect and civil engineer |
June
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 4th | August Nathanael Grischow | German mathematician and astronomer | 33 | |
| June 7th | Anton Burglechner | Austrian pastor | 67 | |
| 8th June | Sallustio Bandini | Italian clergyman, politician and economist | 83 | |
| June 13th | Antoine Court | French Protestant cleric | 64 | |
| 15th June | Friedrich Moritz von Pöllnitz | Royal British and Brunswick-Lüneburg major general and chief of a cavalry regiment | 71 | |
| 15th June | Emo Lucius Vriemoet | German Reformed theologian and orientalist | 60 | |
| June 22 | Joaquín Fernández de Portocarrero | Spanish clergyman and cardinal of the Roman Church | 79 | |
| 23rd June | Hans Siegismund von Koschenbahr | Prussian major and chief of the grenadier battalion No. 5 | 51 | |
| 23rd June | Peter Christoph von Wopersnow | Russian major | ||
| June 24th | Jean-Baptiste de Mirabaud | French philosopher, author and translator | ||
| June 30th | Teresa Albuzzi-Todeschini | Italian opera singer | 36 | |
| June 30th | Johann August von Schönfeld | saxony-coburg-saalfeld government councilor |
July
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5th July | Germann August Ellrod | German Protestant clergyman and university professor | 50 | |
| July 6th | Friedrich Wagner | German theologian | 67 | |
| July 13th | Conrad Weiser | American settler, interpreter and diplomat in the French and Indian War | 63 | |
| 15th of July | Lorenz Ludwig von Below | Prussian lieutenant general | ||
| 16th of July | Johann Heinrich Callenberg | German orientalist and theologian | 66 | |
| 16th of July | Christian Stephan Scheffel | German physician and botanist | 66 | |
| 22nd of July | Charles de Bourbon-Condé, comte de Charolais | French prince and libertine | 60 | |
| 29th of July | Heinrich Graf von Podewils | Royal Prussian Real Secret Minister of State, War and Cabinet | 63 | |
| 30th July | James De Lancey | Governor of the English colony of New York | 56 | |
| July | Hans Albrecht von Polenz | Prussian Colonel and Chief of the Königsberger Land Regiment, Herr auf Progen and Hereditary Captain of Allenburg |
August
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5th of August | Johann Christian Carnation Breaker | German author, mathematician | ||
| August 7th | Joseph Matthias Götz | German sculptor of the Rococo | 64 | |
| 12. August | Nicolaus Ephraim Bach | German composer and organist | ||
| 12. August | Karl Gotthelf Müller | German rhetorician, poet and Lutheran theologian | 43 | |
| 15th of August | Heinrich August Schumacher | German historian and educator | 76 | |
| August 24th | Johann Baptist Dannegger | Abbot of the Kreuzlingen Monastery | 78 | |
| 26th of August | Friedrich Wilhelm von Brühl | Prussian and Saxon Privy Councilor and Governor | 61 |
September
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 1 | Melchior Conrad Cramer | German physician, first body medicine and High Princely Brandenburg-Onolzbacher Privy Council | 88 | |
| September 1 | Jost Friedrich Ludwig von Stechow | Prussian lieutenant colonel | ||
| September 4th | Hermann Heinrich von Engelbrecht | German lawyer | 51 | |
| September 10 | Johann Ehrenfried Charisius | Mayor of Stralsund (1733–1760) | 75 | |
| September 11 | Louis Godin | French astronomer | 56 | |
| 13.september | Sigmund Heinrich zu Buchenbach | Swabian major general | 75 | |
| 13.september | Johann Theodor Eller | Prussian physician and chemist | 70 | |
| September 14th | Caspar Jakob Huth | German Protestant theologian and university professor | 48 | |
| 16th September | Louis-Charles Fougeret de Monbron | French author | 53 | |
| September 23rd | Adam Ludwig von Blumenthal | Prussian Minister of State and War, Knight of the Black Eagle Order | 69 | |
| September 24th | August Christian von Bülow | royal Prussian major, adjutant general of Duke Ferdinand von Braunschweig, commander of the Legion Britannique | ||
| September 24th | John Weaver | British dancer, mime artist, choreographer and dance historian | 87 | |
| September 26th | Johann Friedrich I. von Degenfeld | Lord of Neuhaus and Eulenhof | 76 | |
| September 27th | Maria Amalia of Saxony | Princess of Saxony | 35 | |
| September 29th | Johann Heumann of Teutschenbrunn | German diplomat and legal historian | 49 | |
| 30. September | Maria Coventry, Countess of Coventry | British aristocrat | 28 |
October
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5th October | Gottfried Mascov | German legal scholar | 62 | |
| 9th October | Johann Christoph Manskirsch | sculptor | 71 | |
| October 11th | Georg Friedrich von Sommerfeld | Royal British General of the Infantry, Chief of Guards on Foot and Governor of Hanover | 73 | |
| October 12th | Johann Friedrich Stoy | German Protestant theologian | 60 | |
| October 25 | George II | King of Great Britain (1727-1760) | 76 | |
| October 27 | Antonín Koniáš | Czech Jesuit priest, missionary and writer | 69 | |
| 28th of October | Andrea Adolfati | Italian opera composer | ||
| 30th of October | Christian Ludwig Liscow | German satirist | 59 | |
| October | Girolamo subscriptions | Maltese composer of the late baroque | 44 |
November
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 3rd | Wilhelm of Anhalt | Count of Anhalt | 33 | |
| November 7th | Daniel Abbott | British politician | 78 | |
| November 10th | Nikolaus Andreas von Katzler | Royal Prussian Lieutenant General, Head of the Gensdarmes Regiment and Knight of the Black Eagle Order | 64 | |
| November 11th | Frederik Winter | German medic | 48 | |
| November 12th | Christian Gneomar von Puttkamer | Prussian lieutenant colonel and commander of a grenadier battalion | ||
| November 18 | Willem van Irhoven | Dutch Reformed theologian | 62 | |
| November 19th | Christoph Matthäus Pfaff | German Protestant theologian | 73 | |
| 22nd of November | Charles Alston | Scottish medic and botanist | 75 | |
| November 28th | Pietro Paolo Vasta | Italian painter | 63 | |
| 30th of November | Friederike Caroline Neuber | German actress and playwright | 63 |
December
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2. December | Giuseppe Besozzi | Italian oboist and composer | ||
| 6th of December | Roque Ceruti | Peruvian composer | ||
| 9th of December | Josef Ferdinand Fromiller | Austrian painter | ||
| 11th December | Johann Wilhelm Gloger | German organ builder | ||
| December 14th | Andrija Kačić Miošić | Poet and Franciscan | 56 | |
| December 14th | Georg Peter Zenckel | German Protestant theologian and university professor | 43 | |
| 15th December | Leopold Friedrich von Egkh and Hungersbach | Bishop of Olomouc | 64 | |
| 21st December | Philipp Hieronymus Brinckmann | Baroque painter and engraver | ||
| 24th of December | Philipp Jacob Borel | German physician and university professor | 45 | |
| 25 December | Wilhelm of Pfalz-Gelnhausen | Imperial Field Marshal General | 59 |
Date unknown
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Giovanni Carestini | Italian castrato and singer | |||
| John Colson | British mathematician | |||
| John Cope | British General and Member of Parliament | |||
| Dietrich Gotthard Eckard | German lawyer | |||
| Anton Fils | German composer (buried March 14th) | |||
| Jean-Baptiste Le Mascrier | French clergyman and author | |||
| Abraham Elias model | Court factor in the Principality of Oettingen | |||
| Claude Moët | French winemaker and wine merchant | |||
| Hans Albrecht von Plüskow | Commander of the Dutch East India Company in Timor | |||
| Takahara Peichin | okinawan martial arts master of tode and kobudo | |||
| Louis-Urbain-Aubert de Tourny | French director (senior administrative officer) | |||
| Peter Widerin | Austrian sculptor |