Nekrolog 1769
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This is a list of famous people who died in 1769 . 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 | Christoph Konrad Wilhelm Friderici | German lawyer | 42 | |
| January 2nd | Georg Heinrich Orth | Mayor of Heilbronn (1754–1769) | 70 | |
| January 5th | Johann Friedrich Breuer | German Lutheran pastor in East Prussia | 63 | |
| 6th January | Caspar Walter | Augsburg fountain master | 67 | |
| January 7th | Johann Thomas Wagner | German baroque sculptor | 77 | |
| 15. January | Hans to Rantzau | Pioneer of peasant liberation in Schleswig-Holstein | 75 | |
| January 16 | Johan Pasch | Swedish painter | 62 | |
| January 20th | Friedrich Christian | Margrave of Brandenburg-Bayreuth | 60 | |
| January 24th | Marie Elisabeth von Ahlefeldt | Conventual of the noble monastery Uetersen and lady-in-waiting of Princess Louise of Denmark and Norway | 49 | |
| January 24th | François de Chevert | French general | 73 | |
| January 27th | Matthias Amoor | Dutch organ builder | ||
| January 30th | Gottfried Prehauser | Austrian actor and writer | 69 |
February
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 2nd | Clement XIII. | Pope (1758–1769) | 75 | |
| February 2nd | Johann Joseph Scheubel II. | Franconian painter, court painter and valet | 82 | |
| February 4th | Friedrich Wilhelm von Oppel | German university professor and Saxon chief miner | 48 | |
| February 6th | Georg Friedrich Bärmann | German mathematician | 51 | |
| February 9 | Johann Georg Trautmann | German painter and graphic artist | 55 | |
| 13th February | Johann Hildebrand Withof | German historian, professor of eloquence and history in Duisburg | 74 | |
| February 15th | Johann Balthasar Bernhold | German Protestant clergyman and university professor | 81 | |
| February 17th | Philipp Joseph Strobel | German physician and university professor | ||
| February 25 | Raimund Duellius | Augustinian canon and Catholic theologian | ||
| February 28 | Johann Andreas Fabricius | German teacher and scholar of linguistics | 72 | |
| February 28 | Antoine Ferrein | French doctor and anatomist | 75 |
March
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8th of March | Johann Hermann Siricius | German Lutheran clergyman | ||
| March, 15 | Henning Christian von Mellin | Prussian Colonel, Chief of Garrison Regiment No. 11 | 66 | |
| March, 15 | Franz Leonhard Roth | Mayor of Heilbronn | 62 | |
| 17. March | Michel-Antoine David | French printer, publisher and encyclopedist | ||
| March 22 | Jean-Charles François | French engraver | 51 | |
| 26th of March | Johann Gottlieb Tamitius | German organ builder | 78 | |
| March 29 | Friedrich von Dönhoff | Prussian colonel, chamberlain and knight of the PLM | 60 | |
| March 30 | Johann oak pot | German instrument maker |
April
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3rd of April | Casimir of Gemmingen | Baden-Durlach court advisor and chamberlain, landlord in Bürg | 71 | |
| 3rd of April | John Spilsbury | British cartographer and engraver | ||
| 3rd of April | Gerhard Tersteegen | German theologian, Lower Rhine preacher, pastor and writer of Reformed Pietism | 71 | |
| 7th of April | Marc-Antoine Laugier | French clergyman, man of letters, historian and architectural theorist | 55 | |
| 10th of April | Johann Friedrich Armand von Uffenbach | Senior mayor of the imperial city of Frankfurt, collector and patron | 81 | |
| 11 April | Anna Canalis di Cumiana | Wife of King Viktor Amadeus I of Sicily and Sardinia | 88 | |
| April 15th | Maria Leopoldine of Anhalt-Dessau | Princess of Anhalt-Dessau, by marriage Princess zur Lippe-Detmold | 22nd | |
| 20th of April | Pontiac | Indian chief from the Ottawa tribe | ||
| 20th of April | Józef Pułaski | Starost von Warka, co-founder of the Confederation of Bar | 65 | |
| April 24th | Philipp Friedrich Hiller | German pastor and hymn poet | 70 | |
| April 29 | Franz Karl Cura | Bavarian free corps fighter | 52 | |
| April 29 | Friedrich von Mülinen | Swiss politician | 62 | |
| April | Christian Lieberkühn | Prussian court goldsmith and guild elder | 60 |
May
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 7th | Nathanael Weil | Chief rabbi in Baden and Talmudist | ||
| May 11th | Francesco Carlo Rusca | Swiss Rococo painter, portrait painter | 76 | |
| 12th of May | Philipp Cuno Christian von Bassewitz | Privy councilor and court marshal in the Principality of Bayreuth and chief director of the margravial opera | 46 | |
| May 14th | Joas I. | Negus Negest (Emperor) of Ethiopia | ||
| May 15 | Nicolaas Struyck | Dutch mathematician and astronomer | 82 | |
| 23. May | Mordechai Halberstadt | German rabbi | ||
| 23. May | Christoph Nebel | German collegiate dean and auxiliary bishop in Mainz, titular bishop of Capharnaum | 79 | |
| May 24th | Bernardus Estinghausen | Catholic priest, abbot of the Marienfeld monastery | 69 | |
| 25. May | Gottfried Heinsius | German mathematician and astronomer | 60 | |
| 30th May | Francesco Fontebasso | Italian painter | 61 |
June
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2th of June | Johann Jakob Michael Küchel | German architect | 65 | |
| June 4th | Giambattista Lollipop | Italian chess player | ||
| June 9th | Charles Millot | French cleric and encyclopedist | ||
| 17th of June | Johann Carbiner | German lawyer and secretary of the Hansekontor on Bryggen in Bergen | 73 | |
| 17th of June | Gustav Friedrich von Rosen | Livonian general in Swedish service | 80 | |
| 20th June | Johann Matthias Dreyer | German writer, journalist and diplomatic agent | 52 | |
| 23rd June | Martin Eberhard von Jungkenn | Prussian major general | ||
| 25th June | Carlo Francesco Durini | Italian cardinal of the Roman Church | 76 |
July
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7th of July | James Douglas-Hamilton, 7th Duke of Hamilton | Scottish nobleman | 14th | |
| July 9 | Engelbert Dietrich Ludwig von Droste zu Erwitte | Provost of the cathedral in Hildesheim and Landdrost of the Duchy of Westphalia | 43 | |
| July 18th | Christoph Jacob Trew | German physician and botanist | 74 | |
| July 25th | Moritz Ulrich I. | Mr. zu Putbus, President of the Wismar Tribunal | 69 | |
| July 28th | Pierre Parisot | French missionary, priest of the Capuchin Order | 66 | |
| 29th of July | Andreas Elias Büchner | German medic | 68 |
August
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 1st | Jean Chappe d'Auteroche | French astronomer | 41 | |
| 4th of August | Johann Hermann Knoop | German pomologist | ||
| August 9 | Alexander Drummond | British Freemason, travel writer and consul | 71 | |
| August 10 | Ernst August Bertling | German theologian | 47 | |
| 15th of August | Georg Heinrich Zincken | German lawyer, economist and minister at the courts in Weimar and Braunschweig | 76 | |
| 17th August | Wassili Kirillowitsch Trediakowski | Russian poet and literary theorist | 66 | |
| 20th of August | Jakob Friedrich Duttenhofer | Hospital and Mayor of Nürtingen | ||
| 20th of August | Gabriel Jars | French engineer and metallurgist | 37 | |
| 26th of August | Friedrich Wilhelm von Borcke | Prussian minister, secret budget minister in Prussia, secret council in Hessen-Kassel | 76 | |
| 29th August | Edmond Hoyle | British gaming expert | ||
| August | Franz Thuro von Großkreutz | Royal Prussian Colonel and Chief of Garrison Battalion No. 4 |
September
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2nd | Gotthilf August Francke | German theologian and educator | 73 | |
| September 11 | Henry Moore | Governor of the English colonies of New York and Jamaica | 56 | |
| 12th September | Antonio Genovesi | Italian philosopher | 56 | |
| September 14th | August von Haeseler | royal Prussian government councilor | 76 | |
| September 19th | Moritz Anton Kappeler | Swiss doctor and naturalist | 84 | |
| September 27th | Anna Karolina Orzelska | illegitimate daughter of Augustus the Strong, by marriage Princess of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck | 61 | |
| September 28th | Christian Fritzsch | German engraver | 74 |
October
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 1 | William Pitkin | Merchant, politician, and governor of the Colony of Connecticut | 75 | |
| October 3 | Karl Leopold von Bährnfeld | Imperial Count and General of Hesse-Kassel | 52 | |
| October 6th | Andreas Würfel | German historian and clergyman | 51 | |
| 9th October | Marianus Koenigsperger | German Benedictine composer and organist | ||
| October 12th | Johann Christian Ernesti | German Protestant theologian | 74 | |
| October 13th | Vito D'Anna | Italian painter | 50 | |
| October 14th | Francesco Corradini | Italian composer | ||
| October 18 | Yohannes II | Ethiopian emperor | ||
| October 21 | Johann Samuel Agner | Protestant clergyman and writer | 68 |
November
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 3rd | Gottfried Christian Pingeling | German engraver | 81 | |
| November 4th | Joachim Trump | German sexton, organist, astronomer and instrument maker | 82 | |
| November 6th | Carl Friedrich Kaltschmied | German physician and botanist | 63 | |
| November 23 | Constantin Mavrocordat | Prince of Wallachia and Moldova | 58 | |
| November 27th | Kamo no Mabuchi | Japanese poet and philologist | 72 |
December
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2. December | Dietrich von Anhalt-Dessau | Regent of Anhalt-Dessau (1751–1758) | 67 | |
| December 8th | Joseph Friedrich Ernst | Prince of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen | 67 | |
| 11th December | Johann Christoph Dietzsch | Nuremberg opaque paint painter and engraver | 59 | |
| 11th December | Julius Dietrich von Queis | royal Prussian major general | ||
| 13th December | Christian Fürchtegott Gellert | German poet | 54 | |
| December 14th | Ernst Wilhelm von Schlabrendorf | Prussian and German politician | 50 | |
| 25 December | Josef Winterhalder the Elder | German sculptor | 67 | |
| December 31 | Anton Corfiz Ulfeldt | Austrian politician and diplomat | 70 |
Date unknown
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Catherine Éléonore Bénard | Mistress of the French King Louis XV. | |||
| Matthew Brettingham | British architect | |||
| Carl Wilhelm Cederhielm | Swedish baron and co-founder of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences | |||
| Hans Jákupsson Debes | Løgmaður of the Faroe Islands | |||
| Martin Eigler the Elder | Court carpenter for the margraves of Baden-Baden | |||
| Johann Friedrich Endersch | imperial cartographer | |||
| Anton Gigl | Plasterer of the Wessobrunn school | |||
| Johann Hermann Gronau | German preacher | |||
| Hakuin Ekaku | Japanese reformer, painter and author | |||
| Chevalier d'Herbain | French composer | |||
| Ignacio de Jerusalem y Stella | Italian composer and violin virtuoso | |||
| Johann Gottfried Krügner the Elder | Saxon engraver | |||
| Johann Christian Liège | German builder | |||
| Johann Thomas Nissler | German builder | |||
| Martin Peltier de Belfort | Engineer, ducal master builder in the Principality of Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel | |||
| Joseph Theodor von Ruesch | Prussian major general, chief of the hussar regiment No. 5, governor von Ragnitz | |||
| Rustenus army | German Benedictine, priest and historian | |||
| Adam Joachim Sander | German municipal lawyer | |||
| Johann Rudolf Studer | Swiss painter | |||
| Wernyhora | Ukrainian folk singer and prophet |