Nekrolog 1761
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This is a list of famous people who died in 1761 . 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 |
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January 3rd | Willem de Fesch | Dutch violinist and composer | 73 | |
January 4th | Stephen Hales | English physiologist and physicist | ||
10. January | Edward Boscawen | British admiral | 49 | |
January 12th | Abraham von Humbert | German mathematician, geographer, engineer and Prussian major of Huguenot descent | ||
13th January | Franz Christoph Janneck | Austrian painter | 57 | |
January 16 | Antonín Jiránek | Czech composer | ||
January 18th | Karl Joseph of Austria | Archduke of Austria | 15th | |
January 19th | Charlotte Aglaé d'Orléans | Princess of France and, by marriage, Duchess of Modena | 60 | |
January 26th | Charles Louis Auguste Fouquet de Belle-Isle | French general, Marshal of France | 76 | |
January 28th | Francesco Feo | Italian composer | ||
January 30th | Ludwig von Zastrow | Elector of Brunswick-Lüneburg General of the Infantry and Commander of Stade |
February
Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
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February 1st | Pierre François Xavier de Charlevoix | French Jesuit, traveler and historian | 78 | |
February 2nd | Franz Anton Leopold Ponz Freiherr von Engelshofen | Commanding general of the Temescher Banat | 68 | |
February 6th | Clemens August of Bavaria | Archbishop of Cologne, Bishop of Regensburg, Hildesheim, Münster, Paderborn, Osnabrück, Grand Master of the Teutonic Order | 60 | |
February 7th | Balthasar Wüst | German religious, church musician and composer | 41 | |
February 11th | Friedrich Christoph Steinhofer | Württemberg theologian | 55 | |
13th February | Justin Gerhard Duising | German physician and university professor | 55 | |
14th of February | Franz van Oudendorp | Dutch classical philologist | 64 | |
14th of February | Heinrich Albrecht von Köller | Prussian major | ||
February 16 | Christian Ulrich Stoltenberg | German lawyer and councilor of the Hanseatic city of Lübeck | ||
February 16 | Hyacinthe Collin de Vermont | French Rococo painter | 68 | |
February 17th | Simon Carl Stanley | Danish sculptor of British descent | 57 | |
February 23 | Johann Anton Tillier | Swiss politician | ||
February 24th | Johann Ernst Wilhelm von Nesselrodt | Governor of Eisenach | ||
February 24th | Friedrich Wilhelm | First Prince of Solms-Braunfels | 65 | |
February 25 | Joseph-François-Edouard de Corsembleu de Desmahis | French playwright, encyclopaedist and man of letters | 39 |
March
Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
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3 March | Jean Jodin | French watchmaker, author and encyclopaedist | 47 | |
4th of March | Meyer Loew Schomberg | German-Jewish doctor | ||
8th of March | Johann Friedrich Carstens | German legal scholar and mayor of the Hanseatic city of Lübeck | 64 | |
March 16 | Helmuth von Plessen | Royal Polish and Electoral Saxon Privy Councilor and Minister of State | 61 | |
19th March | Johann Rudolf Gruner | Swiss pastor, collector and chronicler | 80 | |
March 21st | Pierre Fauchard | French dentist | 83 | |
March 22 | Georg Litzel | Protestant pastor, hymn researcher and language scholar | 66 | |
25th March | Salomon Little | German-Austrian architectural draftsman and engraver | 61 | |
26th of March | Heinrich Nettelbladt | German lawyer and Rostock mayor | 46 |
April
Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
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7th of April | Thomas Bayes | English mathematician | ||
April 15th | Archibald Campbell, 3rd Duke of Argyll | Scottish aristocrat, judge, politician and soldier | 78 | |
17th April | José Torrubia | Spanish Franciscan and naturalist | ||
April 28 | Ulrich Moller | German businessman and politician | 71 | |
April | François-Étienne Blanchet | French harpsichord maker |
May
Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
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1st of May | August Friedrich Müller | German legal scholar and logician | 76 | |
1st of May | Leopold Friedrich Ludwig von Wietersheim | Prussian major general and most recently chief of infantry regiment S56 | 60 | |
May 6th | Donato Felice d'Allio | Austrian Baroque architect | 83 | |
10th of May | Michael Richey | German scholar | 82 | |
12th of May | Johann Christian Koehler | Frankfurt organ builder | 46 | |
12th of May | Ludwig Karl von Lameth | French nobleman and field marshal | 37 | |
May 13th | Wilhelm | Landgrave of Hessen-Philippsthal-Barchfeld | 69 | |
May 14th | Thomas Simpson | English mathematician | 50 | |
May 16 | Girolamo Tartarotti | Austrian, Italian historian and theologian | 55 | |
May 20th | Sebastian Anton Homfeld | German lawyer, Prussian director and Prussian Chancellor of East Frisia (1744–1749) | 72 | |
May 21 | Johann Jacob Mascov | Saxon lawyer | 71 | |
May 27th | Dominic Moling | Ladin baroque sculptor |
June
Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
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June 1st | Jean Nicolas Jadot de Ville-Issey | Lorraine architect | 51 | |
2th of June | Jonas Alströmmer | Swedish agricultural and industrial pioneer | 76 | |
2th of June | Joseph Anton Gabaleon from Wackerbarth-Salmour | Saxon cabinet minister, chief steward and envoy | ||
June 10th | Curt Alexander von Schönberg | Electoral Chamberlain and Chief Miner | 58 | |
June 12 | Meinrad Spit | German composer | 77 | |
14th June | Johann Daniel Schumacher | Alsatian librarian and academy secretary in Saint Petersburg | 71 | |
June 16 | Heinrich Johann Bulle | Mecklenburg court sculptor whose work is shaped by the design language of the Flemish Baroque | ||
June 22 | Raniero d'Elci | Italian cardinal | 91 | |
June 26th | Jacob Refael Cohen Belinfante | Dutch cantor and illustrator | ||
June 28th | Johannes Schmidt | Austrian sculptor of the Rococo | ||
June 29th | Elisabeth Albertine of Saxony-Hildburghausen | Duchess of Mecklenburg in Mecklenburg-Strelitz | 47 | |
June 30th | Friedrich Boerner | German medic | 38 | |
June 30th | Karl Christoph von der Goltz | Prussian military and nobleman | 53 |
July
Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
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July 1 | Wilhelm Remy | German businessman and mining entrepreneur | ||
July 4th | Johann Philipp Fresenius | Lutheran theologian and senior of the Ministry of Preaching in Frankfurt am Main | 55 | |
July 4th | Samuel Richardson | English writer | 71 | |
5th July | Domenico Silvio Passionei | Italian cardinal | 78 | |
5th July | Hans Jakob Schulthess | Swiss Protestant clergyman and pietist | 70 | |
July 6th | Christoph wool | German theologian | 61 | |
July 9 | Joseph Redlhamer | Austrian Jesuit, Roman Catholic theologian and philosopher | 47 | |
10th of July | George Clinton | British naval officer and British governor of the province of New York (1743–1753) | ||
July 13th | Tokugawa Ieshige | Shogun (1745-1760) | 49 | |
20th of July | Karl Wilhelm von Ingenheim | Bavarian officer, imperial field marshal lieutenant | 54 | |
21 July | Archibald Douglas, 1st Duke of Douglas | Scottish nobleman | ||
21 July | Louis Galloche | French painter | 90 | |
24th July | Hans von Massow | Prussian lieutenant general | 75 |
August
Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
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3rd August | Wilhelm Bärensprung | Printer owner and printer in Schwerin | 69 | |
3rd August | Johann Matthias Gesner | Pedagogue, classical philologist and librarian | 70 | |
3rd August | Johann Friedrich Adolf von Hörde | German Roman Catholic bishop | 72 | |
5th of August | Friedrich Julius von Mützschefall | Royal Prussian Major General, Chief of Garrison Regiment No. 2 | 68 | |
8th August | Albrecht Heinrich of Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel | Prince of Braunschweig, Prussian officer | 19th | |
18th of August | François Gaspard Adam | French sculptor | 51 | |
20th of August | Diego Girolamo Maderni | Swiss Capuchins | ||
August 25 | Johann Georg Geret | German Protestant theologian and educator | 67 | |
August 30th | Joseph Dominikus von Lamberg | Prince-Bishop of Passau | 81 |
September
Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
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September 3 | Johann Siegismund von Lattorff | Prussian major general, chief of infantry regiment No. 1, governor of Rein and hereditary lord of Grossen-Salza | 62 | |
September 4th | Otto Christian von Lohenschiold | German university professor, professor of history at the University of Tübingen | 41 | |
7th of September | Johann Wolfgang Baumgartner | Austrian-German painter | ||
September 8th | Bernard de Bélidor | French military engineer and architect | ||
September 8th | Charlotte Elisabeth Nebel | German hymn poet and author of edification | 34 | |
September 11 | Mattheus Rodde | Merchant and Mayor of the Hanseatic City of Lübeck | ||
12th September | Michael Lorenz von Pirch | Elector of Saxony Lieutenant General | 73 | |
12th September | Andreas Florens Rivinus | German legal scholar | 60 | |
17th of September | Georg Matthias Bose | German physicist and astronomer | 50 | |
17th of September | Georg Wolfgang Knorr | German paleontologist and engraver | 55 | |
September 18 | Joachim Nikolaus von Dessin | German nobleman, laid the foundation stone in Cape Town for the establishment of the first public library in South Africa | ||
September 18 | Anselm Meiller | German historiographer, Benedictine, abbot of the Ensdorf monastery | 83 | |
September 19th | Pieter van Musschenbroek | Dutch natural scientist | 69 | |
21st September | Jakob Levin of Plessen | Swedish High Court Marshal and Canon of Lübeck, Your Excellency | 60 | |
21st September | Ludwig Philipp von Röbel | Prussian major general, chief of the S55 infantry regiment | ||
25th of September | Carl Wilhelm von Bredow | royal Prussian major general, chief of a garrison regiment, commander of Stettin | ||
September 28th | Johann Friedrich Gregorius | Protestant theologian and hymn poet | 64 | |
September 29th | Angelo Maria Scaccia | Italian composer and violinist |
October
Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
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October 3 | Johann Adolph von Ahlefeldt | Noble squire and bearer of the Dannebrog and the elephant orders | 81 | |
9th October | Johan Abraham Lillie | Swedish baron and colonel in the Swedish army | 85 | |
October 10th | Franz Egon von Fürstenberg | Cathedral Dean and Vicar General in Münster | 58 | |
15th October | Johann Georg Walther | German rhetorician | 53 | |
October 18 | Friedrich Karl | Duke of the Duchy of Schleswig-Holstein-Plön | 55 | |
October 22nd | Ludwig Georg Simpert | Margrave of Baden-Baden | 59 | |
October 25 | Christian Ludwig Scheidt | German poet and legal scholar | 52 | |
28th of October | Franz Anton Pilgram | Austrian Baroque architect | 62 |
November
Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
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November 6th | Christiane Charlotte from Nassau-Ottweiler | Countess of Nassau-Saarbrücken, Countess of Hessen-Homburg | 76 | |
November 10th | Caspar Ludwig Momartz | Diplomat and writer | 65 | |
15th of November | Louis-Joseph Gaultier de La Vérendrye | French-Canadian explorer and fur trader | 44 | |
15th of November | Giovanni Poleni | Italian mathematician and astronomer | 78 | |
November 16 | Jean-Jacques Desandrouin | Glass and metal manufacturers | 80 | |
21st November | Joshua Ward | English quack and chemist | ||
30th of November | John Dollond | English telescope maker | 55 | |
November | Ehrentreich Friedrich von Aschersleben | royal Prussian major general |
December
Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
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2. December | Georg Leberecht von Wilcke | Saxon lawyer and councilor | 62 | |
3rd of December | Adolf Jasper von Ahlefeldt | Canon of Lübeck, lord of the Holstein estates of Jersbek and Stegen | 49 | |
December 8th | Otto Hans Carl von Parsenow | Director of the War and Domain Chamber in Minden | ||
December 8th | Johann Bernhard Quistorp | German medic | 69 | |
10th of December | Johann Georg Platzer | Austrian painter in the baroque era | 57 | |
December 14th | Karl Friedrich II. | Duke of Württemberg-Oels | 71 | |
19. December | Johann Martin Wenck | German educator | 57 | |
25 December | Dorothea of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck | Princess of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck, Margravine of Brandenburg-Bayreuth | 76 |
Date unknown
Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
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Christian Ferdinand Abel | German baroque viol virtuoso | |||
Carl Fredrik Adler | Swedish naturalist and doctor | |||
Johann Julius Anckelmann | German lawyer and senior secretary of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg | |||
Friedrich Wilhelm von Arnim | Prussian major | |||
Wenzel Ignaz Brasch | German painter and engraver of Bohemian descent | |||
Adam Heinrich Dresig | German classical philologist, pedagogue and rector | |||
Christoph Friedrich Fein | German evangelical preacher | |||
Johann Michael Franz | German geographer | |||
Johann Herbst | German art and church painter | |||
Pierre Hugard | French composer and choir director | |||
Jacques de Lajoue | French painter and decorator | |||
Christian Gottlieb Lieberkühn | German writer and translator | |||
beginning of the year | Detlof Gustav Friedrich von Linden | Prussian War and Domain Council, envoy to Sweden | ||
Franz Joseph Mangoldt | German sculptor | |||
Joseph Ferdinand Müller | German theater principal and comedian | |||
Antoine Penchenier | French doctor and encyclopaedist | |||
Johann Pfeiffer | German composer, violinist and bandmaster of the late baroque | |||
August Querfurt | German genre painter | |||
Gotthard shoemaker | German Lutheran theologian and hymn poet | |||
Herman Ulphilas | German naturalist | |||
Samuel Walker | British clergyman of the Church of England | |||
Joseph Whipple III | British trader and politician |