Nekrolog 1763
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This is a list of famous people who died in 1763 . 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| beginning of January | Clemente Romani | Italian language master | ||
| January 2nd | Jakob Heinrich von Balthasar | German Protestant theologian, general superintendent of Western Pomerania | 72 | |
| January 2nd | John Carteret, 2nd Earl Granville | British statesman | 72 | |
| January 3rd | Josep Antoni Martí | Spanish composer of the baroque | ||
| 11th January | Caspar Abel | Historian and Low German poet | 86 | |
| 11th January | Giovanni Benedetto Platti | Italian oboist and composer | 65 | |
| 13th January | Johann Michael Hartung | German master organ builder | 54 | |
| 13th January | Mary Toft | English housemaid who became a media event as the "rabbit woman" | ||
| 15. January | Everhard Jodoku's jug maker | Mayor in Brilon and Trades | 54 | |
| January 17th | Johann Jacob Möllinger | German watchmaker | 67 | |
| January 19th | Theresia Zechner | Austrian founder of the order | 65 | |
| January 23 | Johann Hieronymus Kniphof | German doctor and botanist | 58 | |
| January 23 | Jean-François Oeben | German leveler | 41 | |
| January 25th | Jérôme Besoigne | Jansenist writer | ||
| January 27th | Anton Ulrich | Duke of Saxe-Meiningen (1743–1763) | 75 | |
| January 27th | Johann Theodor of Bavaria | Bishop of Regensburg, Freising and Liège, cardinal | 59 | |
| January 29th | Johan Ludvig of Holstein | Chancellor of Denmark; Art and literature collector | 68 | |
| January 29th | Louis Racine | French poet | 70 | |
| January 30th | Karl Wilhelm of Gemmingen | Baden-Durlach chamberlain and landlord in Maienfels | ||
| January 30th | Johann Theodor Möller | Copper industrialist | 57 |
February
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 1st | Carl Friedrich Trier | Saxon lawyer and mayor of Leipzig | 72 | |
| February 2nd | Emmanuel Héré | Lorraine architect | 57 | |
| February 2nd | Josias I. | Count of Waldeck-Bergheim | 66 | |
| February 11th | William Shenstone | British writer and gardener | 48 | |
| February 12th | Gottfried Heinrich Bach | Son of Johann Sebastian Bach | 38 | |
| February 12th | Pierre Carlet de Marivaux | French author | 75 | |
| February 26th | Kurt Friedrich von Flanß | Prussian Major General and Chief of Dragoon Regiment No. 3 | ||
| February 26th | Friedrich III. | Margrave of Brandenburg-Bayreuth | 51 |
March
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st March | Karl Philipp Franz zu Hohenlohe-Bartenstein | German imperial count | 60 | |
| 2nd March | Baldassare Cenci | Italian cardinal of the Roman Church | 52 | |
| 5. March | William Smellie | Scottish doctor | 66 | |
| 9th March | Peter de Weerth | Mayor of Elberfeld | 68 | |
| March, 20th | Maximilian Hellmann | Austrian musician and cymbal player | 60 | |
| March 23 | Franz Guasco | Austrian Feldzeugmeister | ||
| 28th March | Johann Franz von Boltenstern | German judge | 63 | |
| March 29 | Johann Friedrich von Merkatz | Prussian Colonel, Chief of the Silesian Artillery Corps | ||
| March 30 | Ridolfino Venuti | Italian antiquarian, archaeologist, numismatist and art historian | 57 | |
| March 31 | Abraham Darby II | English iron manufacturer and inventor | 52 | |
| March 31 | Marco Foscarini | 117th Doge of Venice (1762–1763) | 67 |
April
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 1st | Giovanni Battista Alfieri | Piedmontese general | 66 | |
| 2nd of April | Johann Georg Bschorer | German sculptor | 71 | |
| 4. April | Johann Georg Roederer | German medic | 36 | |
| 7th of April | Benedykt Chmielowski | Polish encyclopaedist | 63 | |
| 9th April | Georg Christoph Sturm | German architect and Brunswick court builder | ||
| 11 April | Ignatius Gumpp | German Benedictine, theologian, prior, provost and historian | ||
| 12. April | Giuseppe Spinelli | Italian cardinal and prefect of the Congregation for Propaganda | 69 | |
| April 13th | Christian Zell | German harpsichord maker | ||
| April 14th | Friedrich Wilhelm von Rex | Royal Polish and Electoral Saxon Lieutenant General and Chief of the Carabiner Guard | ||
| April 15th | Fyodor Grigoryevich Volkov | Russian theater founder, actor and director | 34 | |
| April 16 | Paul Wilhelm Schmid | German legal scholar | 58 | |
| April 18 | Franz Anton Bustelli | Swiss sculptor and modeler | 40 | |
| April 18 | Jean Jacques Coulin | Swiss goldsmith | 39 | |
| April 27 | Johann Georg Üblhör | German plasterer and sculptor | 63 | |
| April | Richard Mudge | English composer of the early classical period |
May
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 3rd | George Psalmanazar | French impostor | ||
| May 11th | Natalia Feodorovna Lopukhina | Russian lady-in-waiting | 63 | |
| May 13th | Cuffy | National hero of Guyana | ||
| May 13th | August Christian von Witzendorff | German lawyer, court judge in the Duchy of Saxony-Lauenburg and dean of the cathedral in the Lübeck bishopric | 58 | |
| May 19th | Franz Albert Schultz | German Lutheran theologian | 70 | |
| May 20th | Georg Sebastian vacation | German baroque painter | 78 | |
| May 24th | Friedrich Karl von Hardenberg | German diplomat and garden architect | 67 | |
| 28th of May | Jacob Hochbrucker | Harpist, plucked instrument maker, violin maker and lute maker | ||
| 28th of May | Diego Silang | Filipino Ilokano insurgent | 32 |
June
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 1st | Johann Caspar Vogler | German composer | 66 | |
| June 4th | Johann Friedrich Karl von Ostein | Archbishop and Elector of Mainz and Bishop of Worms | 73 | |
| 6th of June | Johann Kaspar Hagenbuch | Swiss theologian, antiquarian and university professor | 62 | |
| June 9th | Tiberius Lambergen | Dutch medic and botanist | ||
| June 11th | Camillo Paolucci | Italian clergyman, papal diplomat and cardinal | 70 | |
| June 13th | Johann Matthias Gesterding | German lawyer and mayor of Greifswald | 71 | |
| 15th June | Cristóbal Gregorio VI. Portocarrero Osorio Villalpando y Guzmán | Spanish ambassador in London (1731–1736) | 70 | |
| 15th June | Joseph Maria von Thun and Hohenstein | Prince-Bishop of Passau | 50 | |
| 23rd June | Christian from Friis to Friisenborg | royal Danish major general and chief of the Oldenburg cavalry regiment | 72 | |
| June 29th | Hedvig Charlotta Nordenflycht | Swedish writers | 44 |
July
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3rd of July | Michael Christian Goering | German administrative officer and industrial promoter | 68 | |
| July 11th | Peter Forsskål | Finnish naturalist and orientalist | 31 | |
| 16th of July | Jacques-Martin Hotteterre | French composer and instrument maker | 88 | |
| 20th of July | Johan Stensson Rothman | Swedish physician, teacher and private tutor of Carl von Linné | 79 |
August
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 9 | Johann Daniel Hardt | German gambist and composer | 67 | |
| 12. August | Olof of Dalin | Swedish poet, writer, satirist and historian | 54 | |
| 12. August | Peter Gerwin von Franken-Siersdorf | Vicar General in Cologne | 61 | |
| August 14th | Giovanni Battista Somis | Italian violinist and composer | 76 | |
| August 19th | Karl August Friedrich | Prince of Waldeck-Pyrmont (1728–1763) | 58 | |
| August 21 | Diedrich von Bartels | German merchant, councilor of the Hanseatic city of Lübeck and landowner | ||
| August 21 | Richard Ward | North American politician, 22nd Governor of the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations | 74 | |
| August 21 | Charles Wyndham, 2nd Earl of Egremont | British nobleman and politician | 53 | |
| August 25 | Charles-Étienne Pesselier | French author, poet, poet, financier and encyclopedist | 52 | |
| 29th August | Georg Wilhelm Bauernfeind | German draftsman and engraver | 34 |
September
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7th of September | Georg Ludwig of Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorf | Noble, Prussian lieutenant general, chief of a dragoon regiment and imperial Russian field marshal | 44 | |
| September 8th | Augustin Mengelberg | German Cistercian monk and abbot | 52 | |
| 12th September | Johann Joseph Couven | Baroque builder | 61 | |
| 13.september | Friedrich Wilhelm von Salmuth called Beringer | Prussian major general, defender of Geldern (1757) | ||
| September 14th | Johann Philipp Sack | German composer and keyboard player | 40 | |
| September 14th | Hans Bastian III. from Zehmen | Royal Polish and Electoral Saxon Court, Justice and Appeal Council | 72 | |
| September 20th | Gabriela Silang | Filipino revolutionary | 32 | |
| September 24th | Eleonore Margarete of Hessen-Homburg | Dean in Herford | 84 | |
| September 26th | John Byrom | English writer and the reformer of English shorthand | 71 |
October
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5th October | August III. | King of Poland and Elector of Saxony | 66 | |
| 5th October | Anton Clemens Lünenschloß | German painter and plasterer | 85 | |
| October 11th | Anna Victoria of Savoy | Princess of Saxony-Hildburghausen | 80 | |
| October 11th | Hans Carl zu Carolath-Beuthen | free class lord in Silesia | 75 | |
| 15th October | Martin Walther | German cabinet maker | ||
| October 22nd | Frans van Mieris the Younger | Dutch genre and portrait painter and etcher | 73 | |
| October 26th | Johann Moritz Gustav von Manderscheid-Blankenheim | Bishop of Wiener Neustadt, Archbishop of Prague | 87 | |
| October 27 | Lorenz Natter | German gem cutter and medalist | 58 | |
| 28th of October | Heinrich von Brühl | Saxon Prime Minister | 63 |
November
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 1st | Michael Jacob Bagewitz | German Protestant theologian and song poet | 64 | |
| November 5th | Christoph Schaffrath | German composer, harpsichordist and music theorist | ||
| November 10th | Joseph François Dupleix | French Governor General in India | 66 | |
| November 23 | Johann Baptist Gunetzrhainer | Court architect in the Electorate of Bavaria | ||
| November 23 | Antoine-François Prévost | French author | 66 | |
| November 23 | Friedrich Heinrich von Seckendorff | imperial field marshal and diplomat | 90 | |
| November 24th | Thomas Seitz | German baroque sculptor and stucco maker | 80 | |
| November 27th | Isabella of Bourbon-Parma | Princess of Bourbon-Parma and Archduchess of Austria | 21st | |
| November | Andrzej Abramowicz | Castellan of Brest | ||
| November | Giovanni Claudio Pasquini | Italian librettist |
December
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9th of December | Ludwig von Aulack | Prussian lieutenant colonel, commander of a grenadier battalion, chief forest master of the Duchy of Magdeburg | ||
| 13th December | Giuseppe Maria Buonaparte | Corsican politician | 50 | |
| December 17th | Friedrich Christian | Elector of Saxony | 41 | |
| December 17th | Gottlieb Heymüller | German sculptor | ||
| December 17th | George Bogislaus Staël of Holstein | Swedish field marshal and governor | 78 | |
| December 17th | Yi Ik | Korean politician and neo-Confucian philosopher | 82 | |
| 21st December | Chariton Prokofievich Laptev | Russian polar explorer and naval officer | ||
| 21st December | Georg Philipp Wenger | German builder | ||
| 25 December | Suraj Mal | Maharaja of Bharatpur | 56 | |
| December | Franz Schuch the Elder | German actor of Austrian origin |
Date unknown
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| David Vincenz of Braunschweig | Prussian district administrator | |||
| Cao Xueqin | Chinese author | |||
| Dokhar Shabdrung Tshering Wanggyel | Tibetan scholar, author and politician | |||
| Laurent Durand | French publisher, author | |||
| Theophilus Wilhelm Frese | German sculptor | |||
| Johann Glocker | German painter | |||
| Johann Michael Gschray | Prussian major general and head of a volunteer corps | |||
| Ernst Georg von Kalckreuth | royal Prussian colonel and chief of garrison battalion XII | |||
| Gottlieb Korn | German bell founder | |||
| Christian Mueller | German-Dutch organ builder | |||
| Karl Wilhelm Sachs | German doctor | |||
| Johann Martin Schmidt | German builder of the Baroque and Rococo | |||
| Robert Symmer | Scottish physicist | |||
| Ignaz von Törring | German military, Field Marshal of Bavaria | |||
| Veli Pasha from Delvina | Albanian landowner and Ottoman pasha | |||
| Bernhard Friedrich von Hülsen | Prussian colonel and head of the regiment | |||
| Pure Wirl | German sculptor | |||
| Johannes Wülfing | Mayor of Elberfeld |