Nekrolog 1766
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This is a list of famous people who died in 1766 . 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 1st | James Francis Edward Stuart | Pretender to the Scottish and English throne | 77 | |
| January 9th | Thomas Birch | English writer and historian | 60 | |
| January 9th | Ernst Christoph Böttcher | German businessman, founder and benefactor of the Royal Evangelical School Teachers' Seminar and a free school | 68 | |
| January 14th | Friedrich V. | King of Denmark and Norway | 42 | |
| January 17th | Francis Godolphin, 2nd Earl of Godolphin | British politician | 87 | |
| January 23 | William Caslon | British engraver and type designer | ||
| January 29th | Johann Friedrich Mögling | German lawyer | 75 |
February
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 5th | Leopold Joseph von Daun | Austrian field marshal and general in the Seven Years' War | 60 | |
| February 10th | Andrea Gallasini | Plasterer and Baroque architect | 84 | |
| February 15th | Jean Hellot | French chemist | 80 | |
| February 16 | Johann August Landvoigt | German lawyer and librettist | 50 | |
| February 22 | Friedrich August von Finck | Prussian general | 47 | |
| February 23 | François Louis Dubois | Organ builder in Ammerschwihr and Kaysersberg (Alsace) | 39 | |
| February 23 | Stanislaus I. Leszczyński | King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania (1704–1709, 1733–1736); Duke of Lorraine (1737–1766) | 88 |
March
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 March | Gregor Joseph Werner | Austrian composer and conductor at the Esterházy court | 73 | |
| 4th of March | Jacques-André-Joseph Camelot Aved | French painter and art dealer | 64 | |
| 4th of March | Philipp Pfaff | Court dentist of Frederick the Great | ||
| 4th of March | Peter Thumb | Rococo builder | 84 | |
| 5. March | Jean Astruc | French doctor, professor of medicine and biblical critic | 81 | |
| 6th March | Gottfried Tollmann | Protestant pastor and hymn poet | 85 | |
| 7th March | Robert Gardelle | Swiss painter and engraver | 83 | |
| March 13th | Christian Gottlob Kellers | Rector and publicist | 62 | |
| March 13th | Friedrich Franz Ernst von Plotho | Prussian Colonel, Chief of Garrison Regiment No. 4 and Knight of the Pour le Merite | 67 | |
| March, 20th | Giovanni Pescetti | Italian composer | ||
| March 21st | Hierotheus Confluentinus | Catholic priest, Capuchin, historian, writer and religious provincial | 83 | |
| March 21st | Johann Christian Petersen | German lawyer and mayor of the city of Rostock | 83 | |
| March 24th | Joseph Biner | Swiss Catholic theologian, Jesuit and canonist | 68 | |
| March 29 | Jacques-Barthélemy Micheli du Crest | Geneva politician, physicist, cartographer and geodesist | 75 | |
| March 31 | Ernst Martin Ditmar | German Evangelical Lutheran clergyman and provost | 52 |
April
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 1st | Johann Leonhard Dober | Missionary of the Moravian Brethren | 60 | |
| 4. April | Ove Juel | Danish Lieutenant General | 65 | |
| 7th of April | Tiberius Hemsterhuis | Dutch philologist | 81 | |
| 7th of April | Johann Albert von Korff | Russian diplomat and President of the Academy of Sciences | 68 | |
| April 13th | Friedrich Wilhelm Beelen | Mayor of the imperial city of Aachen | ||
| April 15th | Robert Whytt | English doctor | 51 | |
| April 21 | Alexei Petrovich Bestushev-Ryumin | Russian field marshal and chancellor | 72 | |
| April 21 | Christoph Dietrich von Keller | German politician and diplomat | 66 | |
| April 23 | Sebastián de la Cuadra y Llarena | Spanish politician and prime minister | 79 | |
| April 24th | Gebhard Ulrich von Perckentin | German-Danish Privy Council and Landdrost of the Pinneberg rule | 76 | |
| April 27 | Lorenz Pasch the elder | Swedish painter | ||
| April 29 | Johann Bernhard Wiedeburg | German mathematician and astronomer | 79 |
May
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st of May | Karl Wilhelm von Kleist | Prussian officer, bearer of the military order Pour le Mérite | 58 | |
| May 3rd | Johann Friedrich Schaevius | Lawyer and councilor of the Hanseatic City of Lübeck | ||
| 5th of May | Nikolaus Friedrich von Korff | Russian military | 55 | |
| May 6th | Johann Michael Fischer | German builder | 74 | |
| May 6th | Nikolaus Barward Mentze | Lübeck merchant and councilor | ||
| May 7th | Thomas Arthur de Lally-Tollendal | French general | ||
| May 7th | Lorenz Rosenegger | Computing master at the Dürrnberg salt mine | ||
| 10th of May | Jakob Wilhelm Feuerlein | Lutheran theologian | ||
| 10th of May | Mendel Heymann | Sofer and community clerk in Dessau, ancestor of the Mendelssohn family | ||
| 12th of May | Michael Christoph Brandenburg | German Evangelical Lutheran clergyman, poet and librettist | ||
| May 13th | Martin Hannibal | German coin die cutter and medalist | ||
| May 24th | Franz Andreas von Borcke | Prussian Lieutenant General, Chief of Infantry Regiment No. 20, Commander of the Magdeburg Fortress | ||
| May 26 | Elias Hayum | Court and militia factor in Mannheim | 57 | |
| May 27th | Ivan Ivanovich Polsunov | Russian inventor |
June
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2th of June | Ferdinand Ludwig von Saul | Saxon legation councilor, privy councilor and diplomat | 54 | |
| 3rd of June | Giuseppe Nogari | Italian painter | ||
| June 7th | Paul of Colindres | Spanish Capuchin and Minister General (Superior General) of the Order as a whole | 69 | |
| 20th June | Gustav Bogislav von Münchow | Prussian general, confidante of Frederick II. | 79 | |
| 23rd June | Thomas Roseingrave | English composer, organist and harpsichordist of the high baroque | ||
| June 24th | Adrien-Maurice de Noailles | Marshal of France | 87 | |
| June 29th | Arnold Franz von Tornaco | imperial high officer, governor and diplomat | 70 |
July
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 1 | Jean-François Lefèbvre, chevalier de la Barre | French nobleman | 20th | |
| 2nd July | Sophie Caroline from Camas | German nobles; Confidante of Frederick II of Prussia | ||
| 8th of July | Adam Levin from Witzleben the Younger | Danish officer and landowner | 45 | |
| July 9 | Jonathan Mayhew | North American theologian and author | 45 | |
| 10th of July | Henning Calvör | German mining engineer and theologian | ||
| July 11th | Johann Gottfried Biedermann | German genealogist for the Franconian area | 60 | |
| July 11th | Elisabetta Farnese | Queen of Spain | 73 | |
| July 14th | Franz Maximilian Kaňka | bohemian architect | 91 | |
| 15th of July | Pompilio Maria Pirrotti | Italian piarist and saint | 55 | |
| 17th July | Giuseppe Castiglione | Italian Jesuit missionary and painter in China | 77 | |
| 22nd of July | Christophorus Balbus | German Benedictine abbot | 64 | |
| 24th July | Filippo Acciaiuoli | Italian clergyman, papal diplomat, Bishop of Ancona and cardinal of the Roman Church | 66 |
August
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12. August | Gustav Friedrich Gebser | German civil servant, bailiff of the Electoral Saxon Office Sittichenbach | 71 | |
| August 14th | Johann Caspar Altenauer | German baroque artilleryman, Schildwirt | ||
| August 27 | Heinrich Andreas Koch | German lawyer and Braunschweig regional historian | ||
| August 28th | Friedrich Wilhelm Otte | Wholesale merchant | 51 |
September
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 1 | Peter Anich | Cartographer and pioneer of high mountain cartography | 43 | |
| 5th September | Markus Hansiz | Jesuit and historian | 83 | |
| September 6th | Archibald Bower | Scottish Jesuit | 80 | |
| September 11 | Hans Heinrich Taube von Kudding | Swedish court marshal | 68 | |
| 13.september | Johann Ludwig Fricker | German pastor and representative of Pietism | 37 | |
| September 20th | Franz Ignaz Albert von Werdenstein | Auxiliary Bishop in Freising | 68 | |
| September 24th | Johann Hencke | Austrian organ builder | 68 | |
| 25th of September | Michael Christoph Emanuel Hagelgans | German painter | ||
| September 26th | Giulio Carlo Fagnano dei Toschi | Italian mathematician | 83 | |
| September 27th | Christoph Ferdinand I. von Degenfeld | Herr zu Waibstadt, Unterbiegelhof and Ehrstädt | 67 | |
| September 29th | Caspar Bernet | Swiss Mayor | 68 | |
| 30. September | Marie-Victoire de Noailles | French nobles | 78 |
October
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 1 | Christian Ludwig von Kalsow | Prussian lieutenant general | ||
| October 2nd | Jacques Hardion | French historian, translator and royal librarian | 79 | |
| October 6th | Jean Desgrouais | French romanist and lexicographer | ||
| October 7th | André Chéron | French composer, harpsichordist, organist and conductor | 71 | |
| October 7th | Sebastian Cönen | German Benedictine abbot | ||
| 8th October | Carl Friedrich Richter | German architect and builder from Berlin | ||
| 8th October | Franciszek Bieliński | Polish nobleman and politician | ||
| October 27 | Johann Georg Wolcker | German church painter | ||
| October 31 | Franz von Som | German lawyer and archivist | 78 |
November
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 2 | Matthew Vogel | German Jesuit, writer and people's missionary | 70 | |
| November 3rd | Thomas Abbot | German writer and philosopher | 27 | |
| November 5th | Christian Ernst von Windheim | German Protestant theologian and orientalist | 44 | |
| November 6th | Unico Wilhelm van Wassenaer | Dutch nobleman, diplomat and composer | 74 | |
| November 7th | Ignatz Mühlwenzel | Jesuit, mathematician | ||
| November 7th | Jean-Marc Nattier | French Rococo painter | 81 | |
| November 11th | Peter Joseph von Buschmann | Canon in Cologne | 62 | |
| November 11th | Friedrich (Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg) | royal Danish general of infantry | 65 | |
| November 12th | Lukas Anton van der Auwera | Franconian sculptor | 56 | |
| November 13th | Nikolaus Friedrich Stöhr | German educator and Lutheran theologian | 60 | |
| November 16 | Dominikus Zimmermann | German plasterer and builder of the Rococo | 81 | |
| November 17th | Christian Karl Reinhard | Count of Leiningen-Dagsburg-Falkenburg and Mr. von Broich | 71 | |
| November 24th | Thomas Chilcot | Composer and organist | ||
| 25. November | Johann Maria Farina | Perfume maker | 80 | |
| November 27th | Juan Francisco de Güemes y Horcasitas | Governor of Cuba and Viceroy of New Spain | 84 |
December
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12th of December | Johann Christoph Gottsched | German scholar and writer | 66 | |
| 15th December | Adam Stanislaus Grabowski | Prince-Bishop of Warmia (1741–1766) | 68 | |
| 15th December | Carlo Tessarini | Italian violinist and composer | ||
| 20th of December | Giorgio Massari | Italian architect | 79 | |
| 24th of December | Elisabeth of Saxe-Meiningen | Princess of Saxe-Meiningen and Abbess of Gandersheim (1713–1766) | 85 | |
| 25 December | Johann Jakob Quistorp | German theologian | 49 | |
| December | Johann Bernhard von Loen | Prussian Major General, Chief of Infantry Regiment S 56 |
Date unknown
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Felix Joseph de Abreu y Bertodano | Spanish diplomat and ambassador | |||
| Pierre-Antoine-Joseph Du Monchaux | French doctor and writer | |||
| Francesco Ferrigno | Italian Baroque architect | |||
| Johann Philipp von Gemmingen | Landlord in Babstadt and Kälbertshausen | |||
| François-Jacques Guillotte | French officier de police and encyclopaedist | |||
| Johann Jakob Lagemann | Gunsmith | |||
| Hazin Lahiji | Persian poet | |||
| Karl Matthias von Lepel | Prussian major | |||
| Christoph Georg von Luck | Prussian Colonel and Chief of Garrison Regiment No. 1 | |||
| Christian Ernst Emanuel von Lembcke | Prussian major | |||
| Franz Anton Palko | Austrian portrait painter | |||
| Johann Philipp Praetorius | German librettist | |||
| Mélanie de Salignac | French blind people |