Necrology 1770
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This is a list of famous people who died in 1770 . 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 2nd | Joseph Anton Feuchtmayer | Rococo plasterer and sculptor | ||
| January 7th | Carl Gustaf Tessin | Swedish politician and Reichsrat as well as President of the State Chancellery | 74 | |
| January 16 | Johann Zacharias Hilliger | German Lutheran theologian | 77 | |
| January 20th | Georg Friedrich Einicke | German cantor and composer | 59 | |
| January 23 | Maria Theresia Elisabeth of Austria | Daughter of Joseph II and Isabella of Bourbon-Parma | 7th | |
| January 27th | Johann Karl Philipp Count Cobenzl | Austrian statesman | 57 | |
| January | Wolfgang Albrecht von Hohendorf | Prussian colonel | ||
| January | David Morier | Swiss painter |
February
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 4th | Nikolaus Leopold zu Salm-Salm | 1. Prince in the Principality of Salm-Salm (1751–1770) | 69 | |
| February 6th | Franz Kaspar von Franken-Siersdorf | German Roman Catholic clergyman, auxiliary bishop in Cologne | 86 | |
| February 6th | Giovanni Lami | Legal scholar and librarian | 72 | |
| February 12th | August Gottlieb Ludwig Hering | German lawyer, poet of evangelical sacred songs | 33 | |
| February 15th | Wolf Heinrich Ernst von Natzmer | Saxony-Weißenfels official governor and manor owner | 71 | |
| February 16 | Ludwig Friedrich Hudemann | German poet | 66 | |
| 19th of February | Herluf Børgesen trolls | royal Danish colonel, chamberlain | ||
| February 26th | Giuseppe Tartini | Italian violin virtuoso and composer | 77 |
March
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st March | Karl Friedrich von Kitscher | Prussian artillery colonel, regiment chief and knight of the order Pour le Mérite | ||
| 5. March | Crispus Attucks | First victim of the Boston massacre | ||
| 5. March | Gaetano Chiaveri | Italian builder and architect | ||
| 7th March | Teresa Margareta Redi | Discalced Carmelite | 22nd | |
| March 11 | Franz Philipp von Wildenstein | Knight of the Teutonic Order | 73 | |
| March, 15 | Christoph Langhansen | German mathematician and Lutheran theologian | 78 | |
| March 23 | Martin van Meytens | Dutch-born Swedish painter at the Viennese court | 74 | |
| 27th of March | Johann Franz von Hessler | Bohemian town clerk, border customs collector, mine owner and landowner | 76 | |
| 27th of March | Giovanni Battista Tiepolo | Venetian Baroque artist | 74 |
April
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 1st | Reinhard von Pelden called Cloudt | Prussian district president | ||
| 2nd of April | Ernst Christoph von Normann | Austrian Major General, Knight of the Military Maria Theresa Order | ||
| April 5th | Jakob Friedrich von Bielfeld | German writer of political and fictional literature | 53 | |
| April 5th | Jan Willem Noot | Prussian customs inspector and father of Aletta Haniel | 62 | |
| 7th of April | Christian Gotthelf Scheinpflug | German composer and Kapellmeister | 47 | |
| April 8th | Franz Jacob von Melle | German physician and city physician of Lübeck | 74 | |
| April 8th | Jean François Marie de Surville | French naval officer, trader and explorer | 53 | |
| 9th April | Johann Christian Wolf | German philologist | ||
| 11 April | August Wilhelm Reinhart | German pastor | 73 | |
| 20th of April | Franz Christoph von Hutten to the Stolzenberg | Bishop of Speyer and Cardinal | 64 | |
| April 24th | Jean-Antoine Nollet | French scientist | 69 | |
| April 27 | Thomas Borup | Danish xylograph | 44 | |
| April 27 | José Solís Folch de Cardona | Viceroy of New Granada | ||
| April 28 | Marie Camargo | french dancer | 60 | |
| April | Pasquale Bini | Italian violin virtuoso and composer | 53 |
May
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2.May | Giacomo Oddi | Italian archbishop and cardinal | 90 | |
| May 4th | Christian Gottfried Krause | German lawyer, composer and music writer | 51 | |
| 5th of May | Johann Georg Albrecht | German educator | 75 | |
| 8th of May | Georg Wilhelm Ebell | Abbot in Loccum Monastery | 73 | |
| 8th of May | Charles I. | Landgrave of Hessen-Philippsthal | 87 | |
| 10th of May | Charles Avison | English composer | ||
| May 18 | Johann Heinrich Winckler | German philosopher, philologist, natural scientist and rector of the University of Leipzig | 67 | |
| May 20th | Paul Christian Zink | German painter and engraver | 83 | |
| May 21 | Wolfgang Adam Schoepf | Württemberg council and legal scholar | 90 | |
| May 22 | Granville Wheler | Anglican pastor | ||
| May 24th | Johann Eberhard Rau | German Protestant theologian and university professor | 74 | |
| May 27th | Sophie Magdalene of Brandenburg-Kulmbach | Queen of Denmark | 69 | |
| 30th May | François Boucher | French painter, draftsman, engraver | 66 | |
| 30th May | Legros de Rumigny | French hairdresser in the time of King Louis XV. | 59/60 |
June
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6th of June | Christoph Heinrich von Grabow | Prussian major general | ||
| June 13th | Domingos dos Reis Quita | Portuguese lyric poet | 42 | |
| 18th of June | Friedrich Danneskiold-Samsøe | Danish statesman and general | 66 | |
| June 21st | William Beckford the Elder | English politician | 60 | |
| June 22 | Thomas Gurney | British parliamentary and court stenographer and inventor of a shorthand system | ||
| 23rd June | Mark Akenside | English doctor and poet | 48 | |
| June 28th | August Wilhelm von Braun | Prussian lieutenant general |
July
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 1 | Clemens Prasser | German clergyman and provost of the Augustinian Canon monastery in Rottenbuch | 68 | |
| 7th of July | Johann August von Berger | German lawyer | 67 | |
| 7th of July | Suzuki Harunobu | Japanese ukiyo-e artist | ||
| 8th of July | Pierre-Nicolas Bonamy | French historian and Romanist | 76 | |
| July 12 | Johann Asmus von Esebeck | Palatinate-Zweibrücken State and Cabinet Minister | 58 | |
| 15th of July | Pyotr Kuzmich Krenitsyn | Russian explorer | ||
| 17th July | Justus von Geusau | Imperial general, head hunter master of Baden and owner of the manor of the Electorate of Saxony | 70 | |
| 20th of July | Francis Cotes | English painter | ||
| 22nd of July | Christoph Friedrich Berend von Borcke | District Administrator of the Borcke District | 81 | |
| 24th July | Simon Pallas | German surgeon and university professor | ||
| July 27th | Robert Dinwiddie | British Colonial Administrator | ||
| July 27th | Friedrich Christian Juncker | German medic | 40 |
August
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2nd | Christian Leinberger | German painter, etcher, plasterer, engineer and surveyor | 64 | |
| 3rd August | Guillaume-François Rouelle | French chemist | 66 | |
| 4th of August | Johann Gottfried Gregorii | German baroque author | 85 | |
| 4th of August | Christian Friedrich Weichmann | German lawyer, publicist and poet | 71 | |
| 6th of August | Clemens Franz de Paula of Bavaria | Prince of Bavaria, heir to the Bavarian throne | 48 | |
| August 7th | Johann Caspar Richter | Merchant, councilor and council builder | 61 | |
| 18th of August | Gottwald Adolph von Nostitz | Danish-Norwegian lieutenant general, governor of Glückstadt Fortress | 79 | |
| August 22nd | Johann Gottfried Lessing | German Lutheran theologian | 76 | |
| August 24th | Friedrich Asmus von Bandemer | royal Prussian colonel, hereditary lord of Reitz | 85 | |
| August 24th | Wilhelm Adolf von Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel | Prussian colonel | 25th | |
| August 25 | Thomas Chatterton | English poet | 17th | |
| August 25 | Friedrich von Wylich | Prussian lieutenant general, friend of Friedrich II. | ||
| August 30th | Friedrich Wilhelm of Syburg | Prussian major general | 61 |
September
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 1 | Hannah Glasse | English cookbook author | ||
| September 6th | Friedrich Karl Kasimir von Creutz | German poet, philosopher, publicist and politician | 45 | |
| the 9th of September | Bernhard Siegfried Albinus | German medic | 73 | |
| the 9th of September | Georg Dionysius Ehret | German botanist | 62 | |
| September 10 | José de Escandón | Founder and Governor of Nuevo Santander | 70 | |
| 17th of September | Johann Rudolph von Ahlefeldt | Lord of the Damp and Saxdorf estates and benefactor | 58 | |
| September 22 | Ignatius of Santhià | Italian priest, Capuchin and saint of the Catholic Church | 84 | |
| September 26th | Thomas Le Seur | French mathematician and physicist | 66 | |
| 30. September | Thomas Robinson, 1st Baron Grantham | British politician and diplomat | 75 | |
| 30. September | George Whitefield | English clergyman and preacher | 55 |
October
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 1 | Louis-Gabriel Guillemain | French violinist and composer | 64 | |
| October 10th | Hieronymus Annoni | Reformed theologian and hymn poet | 73 | |
| October 13th | Friedrich Wilhelm von Kameke | District Administrator of the Principality of District | 52 | |
| October 14th | Benning Wentworth | British Governor of New Hampshire | 74 | |
| October 18 | John Manners, Marquess of Granby | British general and politician | 49 | |
| October 19th | Bernardo Antonio Vittone | Italian architect | 66 | |
| the 20th of October | Martin Mushard | Prehistoric; Lutheran pastor | ||
| October 21 | Vincenzo Natoli | Sicilian judge | ||
| October 27 | Rudolph August Schubart | Saxon lawyer and mayor of Leipzig | 76 |
November
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 1st | Gaspare Traversi | Italian baroque painter of the Neapolitan school | ||
| November 2 | Anton Julius Busmann junior | City Counsel and Mayor of Hanover | 84 | |
| November 3rd | Karl Leopold Friedrich Moser von Ebreichsdorf | Lower Austrian sub-marshal | 82 | |
| November 6th | Joseph Smith | British art collector | ||
| November 9th | John Campbell, 4th Duke of Argyll | Scottish nobleman and politician | ||
| November 9th | Philipp Joseph von Jariges | Prussian statesman and lawyer | 63 | |
| November 11th | Tupaia | Polynesian local guide and translator from James Cook | ||
| November 12th | Rudolph Anton Chely | Colonel of the Brunswick Army and faience manufacturer | ||
| November 16 | Johann Anwander | Portrait painter who mainly worked in Schwäbisch Gmünd | 55 | |
| November 16 | John Taylor | English oculist and medical charlatan | ||
| November 17th | Gian Francesco de Majo | Italian Baroque composer | 38 | |
| November 23 | Felix Adam Joseph von Fugger-Glött | Cologne Canon | 50 | |
| November 23 | Adam Rudolf Solger | German Protestant clergyman and librarian | 77 | |
| November 24th | George Grenville | British politician and statesman | 58 | |
| November 24th | Charles-Jean-François Hénault | French historian, man of letters and enlightenment | 85 | |
| November 26th | Johann Jakob Brucker | German historian of philosophy | 74 | |
| November 26th | Gerlach Adolph von Munchausen | Hanoverian Minister | 82 |
December
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 1 | Gianbettino Cignaroli | Italian painter | 64 | |
| 2. December | Reinhold Friedrich von Hoverbeck | Prussian major general | 50 | |
| December 5th | James Stirling | Scottish mathematician | 78 | |
| 6th of December | Neri Maria Corsini | Italian cardinal | 85 | |
| December 8th | Karl David Kircheisen | Mayor, Police Director and City President of Berlin | 66 | |
| 9th of December | Gottlieb Muffat | Austrian organist and composer | 80 | |
| 12th of December | Christian von Loß | German Cabinet Minister | 72 | |
| 13th December | Johann Heinrich von Denffer | German-Baltic Protestant theologian | ||
| 15th December | Pierre-Joseph Alary | French clergyman, man of letters | 81 | |
| December 16 | Karl Abraham Dodel | German builder and architect | ||
| 20th of December | Jean-Baptiste Sénac | French medic and personal physician to King Louis XV. |
Date unknown
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Johann Hinrich Armowitz | German gun and bell founder | |||
| Johann Heinrich Arnold | Baden foreman | |||
| Étienne Barbazan | French Romanist | |||
| Francesco Barsanti | Italian flautist and composer | |||
| George Bass | English optician and manufacturer of lenses | |||
| Johann Bätz | German-Dutch organ builder | |||
| Johann Jacob Cramer | German musician | |||
| Gottfried Eichler the Younger | German draftsman and engraver, lecturer at the University of Erlangen | |||
| Benet Esteve | Catalan composer and organist | |||
| Wahlfried Ficker | German organ and musical instrument builder | |||
| Johann Christian Helck | German mathematician, teacher and author a collection of fables | |||
| Andreas Heldmann | Transylvanian-Saxon historian and German scholar | |||
| Johann Georg Hörtich | German organ builder | |||
| Johann Gottlieb Horwein | German Lutheran theologian | |||
| Johannes Kuben | Catholic clergyman; Member of the Jesuit order, painter and fresco artist | |||
| Henry François Le Dran | Chief surgeon at the Charité in Paris and royal field surgeon | |||
| Johann Heinrich Meissner | German sculptor | |||
| Alexander Ivanovich Shuvalov | Russian count and statesman | |||
| Franz von Somnitz | Prussian legal counsel, president of the tribunal of the Lauenburg and Bütow regions | |||
| Benedikt Zöpf | Austrian plasterer in the Rococo style |