Nekrolog 1778
This is a list of famous people who died in 1778 . 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 | Giovanni Marchiori | Italian sculptor | 81 | |
| January 3rd | Paul-Jacques Malouin | French doctor, chemist and encyclopaedist | 76 | |
| January 4th | Charles Eisen | French painter, etcher, draftsman and illustrator | 57 | |
| 10. January | Eva King | Wife of Gotthold Ephraim Lessing | 41 | |
| 10. January | Carl von Linné | Swedish scientist who developed the foundations of modern taxonomy | 70 | |
| January 12th | Rudolf Wedekind | Protestant theologian (Old Testament scholar) and university professor | 61 | |
| January 14th | Ferdinand Rosner | Bavarian Benedictine priest and playwright | 68 | |
| 15. January | Claude-Louis, Comte de Saint-Germain | French general | 70 | |
| 22nd of January | Johann Jakob Kollmann | City physicist | 63 | |
| 22nd of January | Christian Ziegra | German historian and Lutheran theologian | 58 | |
| January 23 | Jacob Schimmelmann | German Lutheran clergyman, first Edda translator | 65 | |
| January 28th | Ferdinand Bonaventura II of Harrach | Austrian statesman and diplomat | 69 | |
| January 29th | Friedrich Samuel of Montmartin | German lawyer and Württemberg politician | ||
| January 29th | Georg Conrad Walther | German publisher and owner of the Waltherschen Hofbuchhandlung in Dresden | 67 |
February
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 1st | Heinrich Adolph von Brühl | Electoral Saxon chamberlain, governor and governor as well as manor owner | 33 | |
| February 4th | Friedrich Seltendorff | German architect | ||
| February 8 | Wytze Foppes | Frisian arithmetic master and instrument maker | 70 | |
| February 8 | Lekain | French actor | 49 | |
| February 8 | Laurentius Stenzler | Protestant theologian and general superintendent of Western Pomerania | 79 | |
| February 9 | Karl Friedrich Pauli | German legal scholar and historian | 54 | |
| February 11th | Karl Ludwig von Lüderitz | Prussian colonel | ||
| February 15th | Johann Gottlieb Görner | German composer and organist | 80 | |
| 20. February | Laura Bassi | Italian philosopher, first professor in Europe (for physics) | 66 | |
| February 24th | Laurent Delvaux | Dutch sculptor | ||
| February 28 | Johann Daniel von Olenschlager | Frankfurt patrician and politician | 66 |
March
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5. March | Thomas Arne | English composer | 67 | |
| 5. March | Giovanni Battista Costanzi | Italian composer and cellist of the pre-classical period | 73 | |
| 7th March | Carl De Geer | Swedish industrialist, scientist and entomologist | 58 | |
| 8th of March | Jean Henri Desmercières | Danish banker and land reformer | 90 | |
| 8th of March | Johann Gottfried Hear | German educator | 74 | |
| 8th of March | Johann Conrad Rücker | German legal scholar | 86 | |
| 9th March | Georg Ludwig von Wiersbitzki | Prussian major general | 60 | |
| March 16 | Christian Wilhelm Thalemann | German Lutheran theologian | 51 | |
| March 18th | Albert Joseph von Hoditz | Austro-Prussian landowner and officer | 71 | |
| March 18th | Johann Ferdinand von Stechow | Prussian lieutenant general | 60 | |
| March, 20th | Adam Friedrich von Arnstedt | Royal Prussian Colonel and Chief of Garrison Regiment No. 5 | 67 | |
| March 23 | Heinrich Martin Thümmig | German Protestant theologian | 84 | |
| 27th of March | Nicolas Sébastien Adam | French sculptor | 73 | |
| 27th of March | Claude François Joseph d'Auxiron | French engineer, inventor and pioneer of steam navigation | 46 | |
| March 29 | Johann Friedrich Gruner | German Protestant theologian, historian, rhetorician and educator | 54 | |
| March 29 | Baltazar Adam Krčelić | Croatian nobleman, historian, theologian and lawyer | 63 |
April
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 1st | Karl Anton Hyacinth from Gallean | Obersthofmeister of the Electorate of the Palatinate, Imperial Prince and Imperial Count | 40 | |
| 3rd of April | Francesco Corselli | Italian pre-classical composer | 72 | |
| 4. April | Georg Andreas Sorge | German composer and music theorist | 75 | |
| 7th of April | Johann Balthasar Kehl | German composer and organist of the pre-classical period | 52 | |
| April 8th | Pieter Teyler van der Hulst | Dutch collector, manufacturer and patron | 76 | |
| 10th of April | Gottlieb Sigmund Gruner | Swiss naturalist of the Enlightenment (geologist, mineralogist) | 60 | |
| 17th April | Johann Rudolf Kiesling | German Lutheran theologian and orientalist | 71 | |
| April 18 | Christian Wilhelm von Zieten | Prussian major general | 72 | |
| April 22 | James Hargreaves | English cotton weaver, inventor of the first industrial spinning machine | ||
| April 23 | Henning von Ahlefeldt | Royal Danish Chamberlain and Privy Councilor. | 72 | |
| April 28 | Samuel Horowitz | Hasidic rabbi | ||
| April 28 | Nikolaus Krakamp | German stonemason and master builder |
May
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st of May | Johann Friedrich Zückert | German physician and natural scientist | 40 | |
| May 3rd | Joachim Fürsen | royal Danish body medic and physicist | 60 | |
| 5th of May | Giovanni Battista Pedrozzi | Swiss rococo plasterer | 66 | |
| May 6th | Jean Baptiste Christophe Fusée Aublet | French botanist | 57 | |
| 8th of May | Lorenz Christoph Mizler | philosophical scholar and music theorist | 66 | |
| May 9 | Elias Stöber | Protestant theologian | 58 | |
| May 11th | Armand Bazin de Bezons | French bishop | 77 | |
| May 11th | William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham | British Prime Minister of Great Britain | ||
| May 16 | Robert Darcy, 4th Earl of Holderness | British nobleman, diplomat and politician | 59 | |
| May 19th | Christian Friedrich Schmidt | German philosopher and Lutheran theologian | 36 | |
| 23. May | Frederik Bernard Albinus | Dutch medic | 62 | |
| 23. May | Thomas Wharton Junior | American politician | ||
| 25. May | George Keith, 9th Earl Marischal | Scottish nobleman | ||
| May 27th | Christian Tobias Damm | German classical philologist and school director | 79 | |
| 30th May | Juan de Balmaceda | Governor of Chile | 76 | |
| 30th May | Voltaire | French writer and philosopher | 83 |
June
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 4th | Christoph Friedrich von Rentzell | Prussian lieutenant general, chief of infantry regiment No. 23, official governor in Marienwerder and Tapiau, heir to Rombitten | 75 | |
| June 7th | Johann Georg Zechner | Austrian organist and composer | 62 | |
| June 12 | Philip Livingston | Merchants and Politicians in the United States | 62 | |
| 15th June | František Jiránek | Bohemian composer of the late baroque | 79 | |
| June 16 | Conrad Ekhof | German actor | 57 | |
| June 16 | Friedrich Wilhelm von Taube | German administrative officer in Austrian service | 50 | |
| June 19th | Francesca Cuzzoni | Italian opera singer (soprano) | 82 | |
| June 19th | Karl Friedrich Ludwig von Dönhoff | imperial-royal general field sergeant | 54 | |
| 20th June | Bartholomeus Johannes Bijeveld | Dutch Old Catholic Bishop of Deventer | ||
| June 24th | Pieter Burman the Younger | Dutch philologist | 64 | |
| June 26th | Therese von Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel | Princess of Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel, Abbess of Gandersheim Monastery | 50 | |
| June 27th | Friedrich Martini | German physician and natural scientist | 48 | |
| June 28th | Franz Ludwig von Rossieres | Prussian major general, commandant of the Silberberg fortress |
July
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2nd July | Jean-Jacques Rousseau | French writer and philosopher | 66 | |
| 3rd of July | James Hay, 15th Earl of Erroll | Scottish nobleman and politician | 52 | |
| 3rd of July | Anna Maria Mozart | Mother of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | 57 | |
| July 4th | Ebenezer Kinnersley | American Researcher; Co-discoverer of electricity | 66 | |
| 5th July | Carl Günther Ludovici | German philosopher and economist, lexicographer | 70 | |
| 10th of July | Heinrich von Manteuffel | Prussian lieutenant general | 81 | |
| July 11th | Joseph Stepling | German-Czech scholar | 62 | |
| 21 July | Christian Moritz von Königsegg-Rothenfels | Austrian field marshal | 72 | |
| July 26th | Philipp Ernst Wegmann | German organ builder | ||
| July 27th | Hendrick Gottfried Dürkopp | Merchant, director of Dejima | 42 | |
| 29th of July | Ludwig zu Salm-Salm | 2. Prince in the Principality of Salm-Salm (1770–1778) | 56 | |
| July 31 | Johann Baptist Bommer | German flat and barrel painter | ||
| July | Johann Balthasar Kölbele | German lawyer and theologian |
August
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4th of August | Pierre de Rigaud | French Governor General | 79 | |
| 5th of August | Bernhard Christian von Katte | Prussian Major General, Chief of Dragoon Regiment No. 1 | ||
| 5th of August | Thomas Linley Junior | English composer and violinist | 22nd | |
| 8th August | Julie Bondeli | Swiss salonière | 46 | |
| August 11th | Giuseppe Lolli | Hofkapellmeister and tenor in Salzburg | ||
| August 11th | Augustus Montague Top Lady | Anglican minister and hymn writer | 37 | |
| 17th August | Karl Maria Raimund | Duke von Arenberg and Austrian field marshal | 57 | |
| August 24th | Johannes Ringk | German composer and organist | 61 | |
| August 25 | Jacob Wallenberg | Swedish clergyman and writer | 32 | |
| August 31 | Daniel Nimham | Chief of the Wappinger tribe |
September
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 6th | Jean-Baptiste Pâris de Meyzieu | French lawyer, author and encyclopaedist | 60 | |
| 7th of September | Anton von Krockow | Prussian lieutenant general | 64 | |
| September 11 | Johann Sebastian Bach | German painter | 29 | |
| 12th September | Ludwig of Mecklenburg | Duke of Mecklenburg, Hereditary Prince of Mecklenburg-Schwerin | 53 | |
| 13.september | August Ulrich von Hardenberg | German official and envoy | 68 | |
| 13.september | André Jordan | German court goldsmith, jeweler and entrepreneur | 69 | |
| 16th September | Melusina von der Schulenburg, Countess of Walsingham | German-English nobles | 85 | |
| 16th September | Vincenz Bernhard Tscharner | Swiss magistrate and writer | 50 | |
| 17th of September | Jacob Heinrich Balecke | German politician, Mayor of Rostock | 47 | |
| 17th of September | Ange de Menneville, Marquis de Duquesne | Admiral and French Governor General of New France | ||
| September 19th | Daniel Haecks | German legal scholar and mayor of the Hanseatic city of Lübeck | ||
| 21st September | Johann Kaspar Bergmann | Mayor of Elberfeld | ||
| 21st September | Philipp Wilhelm von Grumbkow | Prussian major general, knight of the Order of St. John as well as resident of Lupow, Runow and Wangersky | 67 | |
| September 23rd | Quirino Gasparini | Italian composer and cellist | 56 | |
| September 26th | Christoph Bauer | German Lutheran theologian | 60 |
October
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 3 | Benedict Schmidt | German lawyer | 52 | |
| 9th October | Johann Peter Kohl | Theologian and polyhistor | 80 | |
| 9th October | Pierre Rémond de Sainte-Albine | French historian and dramatic writer | 79 | |
| 15th October | Samuel Adolph von Kalckreuth | Prussian major general | ||
| the 20th of October | Friedrich Andreas Crome | German Lutheran theologian | ||
| October 22nd | Charles Douglas, 3rd Duke of Queensberry | Scottish nobleman | ||
| October 24th | Heinrich Ernst zu Stolberg-Wernigerode | German politician, canon, provost and poet of numerous hymns | 61 | |
| October 27 | Friedrich Joseph Wilhelm Schröder | German physician and university professor | 45 | |
| 30th of October | Davide Perez | Italian opera composer |
November
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 2 | Karl Franz von Sobeck | German officer, most recently major general | 57 | |
| November 3rd | Georg David Matthieu | German engraver and portrait painter of the Rococo | 40 | |
| November 4th | Johann Friedrich Frisch | German Protestant theologian | 62 | |
| November 8th | Kasimire von Anhalt-Dessau | Princess of Lippe-Detmold | 29 | |
| November 9th | Giovanni Battista Piranesi | Italian engraver, archaeologist, architect and architectural theorist | 58 | |
| 20th November | Francesco Cetti | Italian mathematician and zoologist | 52 | |
| November 26th | Jean-Noël Hamal | Walloon composer | 68 | |
| November 27th | Jan Jacob Schultens | Dutch Reformed theologian and orientalist | 62 | |
| 30th of November | Hans Dietrich von Zanthier | Countly Stolberg's chief forest and hunter master | 61 |
December
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 1 | Johann Ernst Immanuel Walch | German theologian | 53 | |
| 3rd of December | Goran Rothman | Swedish naturalist and doctor | 39 | |
| December 4th | Matthias Balthasar Nicolovius | German administrative lawyer, councilor and senior secretary of the War and Domain Chamber in Prussia | 61 | |
| December 17th | Carlo of Naples-Sicily | Crown Prince of Naples and Sicily and Duke of Calabria | 3 | |
| December 17th | Johann Thunmann | Swedish scholar, nordist, albanologist and romanist who worked in Germany | 32 | |
| 23rd of December | Andreas Dieterich | German religious and church musician | 61 | |
| December 26th | Pedro de Cevallos | Spanish politician | 63 | |
| December 26th | Johann Justin Schierschmid | German lawyer and university professor | 70 | |
| December 29th | Joachim von Sievers | German-Baltic general in Russian service | 59 | |
| 30th of December | Constantine | Landgrave of Hessen-Rotenburg | 62 | |
| December 31 | Alvise Mocenigo IV. | Doge of Venice (1763–1778) | 77 | |
| December 31 | Jacques-François-Paul-Aldonce de Sade | French man of letters, libertine and nobleman | 73 | |
| December | Hermann Friedrich Raupach | German composer |
Date unknown
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andreas Akerman | Swedish engraver and manufacturer of globes | |||
| Jakob Samuel Beck | German painter | |||
| Johann Dietrich von Gemmingen | Court marshal to the princes of Taxis, the bishops of Speyer and the margraves of Baden-Durlach | |||
| Stephan Gugenmus | German farmer | |||
| John Talbot | British country nobleman and politician | |||
| Ignatius Gottfried Kaim | Austrian chemist | |||
| Johann Christoph Kosch | German-Bohemian builder and architect of the late baroque | |||
| Étienne LeNoir | French master watchmaker | |||
| Étienne-Gabriel Morelly | French philosopher | |||
| Nainsukh | Indian painter | |||
| Joseph Nees | German porcelain maker | |||
| Matthias Austria | German Rococo painter | |||
| Phra Vo | Nobleman in the Kingdom of Vientiane | |||
| Friedrich Plenisner | Chukchi-Russian explorer and interpreter | |||
| Hans Ernst Otto Christian von Rohr | Prussian Colonel and Head of Regiment of the I. Standing Grenadier Battalion | |||
| Anselm II. Schwab | Abbot of the Imperial Abbey of Salem | |||
| Christian Philipp Spangenberg | German mint official | |||
| Joseph Marie Terray | Priest and French finance minister under Louis XV. | |||
| Pieter Vanderlyn | American painter of Dutch descent | |||
| Antonio Vandini | Italian cellist and Baroque composer | |||
| White eyes | Chief of the Lenni Lenape |