Nekrolog 1786
This is a list of famous people who died in 1786 . 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 | Casimir Friedrich von Rathsamhausen | German Benedictine theologian | 87 | |
| January 3rd | Albert Schulte | German Mayor | 69 | |
| January 4th | Moses Mendelssohn | German philosopher | 56 | |
| 6th January | Peter Nikolaus von Gartenberg | Saxon-Polish statesman | ||
| 6th January | Pierre Poivre | French horticultural specialist | 66 | |
| January 7th | Jean-Étienne Guettard | French physician, naturalist, cartographer, and mineralogist | 70 | |
| January 7th | August Kazimierz Sułkowski | Polish general and politician | 56 | |
| January 9th | Joseph Karl Truchseß from Waldburg-Zeil-Wurzach | Provost in Cologne | 73 | |
| 10. January | Elisabeth Augusta Wendling | German coloratura soprano singer | 39 | |
| January 12th | Claude-Henri Watelet | French author and encyclopedist | 67 | |
| January 14th | Meshech Weare | American politician | 72 | |
| January 16 | Justinus Ehrenfried Gerhard | German organ builder | ||
| January 20th | Johann Jakob Busch | German physician and university professor | 58 | |
| January 20th | Ernst Gotthilf von Troschke | Prussian officer, knight of the Pour le Mérite | 61 | |
| January 23 | Kakutei | Japanese painter | ||
| January 27th | Hans Joachim von Zieten | Prussian general | 86 | |
| 31 January | Katharina Jacquet | Austrian theater actress | 25th | |
| January | Friderika Baldinger | German author | 46 | |
| January | John Martin | American politician and military |
February
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 February | Matthias Friese | Teacher, organist, organ builder | 46 | |
| February 8 | Johann Kaspar Riesbeck | German lawyer, writer, actor and Illuminat | 32 | |
| 13th February | Peter Friedrich Wallreuther | Catholic clergyman, dean of the collegiate monastery St. Martin in Worms | ||
| February 16 | Johann Carl Bonnet | German poet and pastor | 48 | |
| February 16 | Johann Georg Schürer | Composer at the Dresden court | ||
| February 17th | Jonas Apelblad | Swedish travel writer | ||
| February 22 | Thomas Wright | English philosopher, astronomer, mathematician, architect | 74 | |
| February 23 | Theodor Burchard Bartman | Cologne lawyer and university professor | 75 | |
| 27th of February | Johann Heinrich Jung | Bergmeister and industrial pioneer | ||
| 27th of February | Friedrich Wilhelm of the East | German chamberlain, private scholar, collector and genealogist | 65 | |
| 27th of February | Hermann Gottfried Pauli | German Protestant theologian | 65 | |
| February 28 | John Gwynn | English architect, town planner and civil engineer; Bridge building |
March
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2nd March | Franz Dominikus Zimmermann | German plasterer and builder | ||
| 5. March | Johann Leberecht Schmucker | Prussian military doctor, surgeon and specialist book author | ||
| 6th March | Friedrich Gotthelf von Falkenhayn | Prussian lieutenant general, governor of the fortress Schweidnitz and Drost zu Petershagen near Minden | 66 | |
| 7th March | Franz Benda | German violinist and pre-classical composer | 76 | |
| 7th March | Anselm Franz von Bentzel-Sternau | Minister von Kurmainz, curator and reorganizer of the Old University of Mainz | 47 | |
| March 11 | Jacobus Bellamy | Dutch poet | 28 | |
| March 11 | Charles Humphreys | American politician | 71 | |
| March 16 | Conrad von Ahlefeldt | Lord of the Eschelsmark estate and holder of the Danebrog Order | ||
| March 18th | Ferdinand Sterzinger | Austrian Catholic theologian and canon lawyer | 64 | |
| March 21st | Johann Gottlieb Preller | German cantor, composer and surveyor | 59 | |
| 25th March | Patience Wright | American sculptress | ||
| March 29 | Johann Friedrich Vulpius | Official archivist and registrar | 60 |
April
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 1st | Ignaz Parhamer | Austrian educator and Jesuit | 70 | |
| 9th April | Gottlieb Emanuel von Haller | Swiss historian | 50 | |
| 9th April | So Shiseki | Japanese painter | ||
| 9th April | Ferdinand Christoph von Waldburg-Zeil | Prince-Bishop of Chiemsee | 67 | |
| 10th of April | John Byron | English South Seas explorer | 62 | |
| 10th of April | Christlieb Benedict Funk | German physicist and mathematician | 49 | |
| 11 April | Fernando de Sousa e Silva | Cardinal of the Catholic Church | 73 | |
| April 13th | Tobias Gottfried Hegelmaier | German Protestant theologian and university professor | 55 | |
| April 16 | Thomas Dundas of Fingask and Carronhall | Scottish politician, member of the House of Commons | ||
| April 16 | Simon Gabriel Suckow | German university professor | 65 | |
| April 18 | Karl Ludwig von Knobelsdorff | Royal Prussian Major General | 61 | |
| 20th of April | John Goodricke | English astronomer | 21st | |
| April 21 | Johann Gottlieb Seger | German legal scholar | 50 | |
| April 22 | August Friedrich Sack | Protestant theologian | 83 | |
| April 23 | Alexander Cozens | British landscape painter | ||
| April, 30th | Georg Septimus Andreas von Praun | German statesman, archivist, librarian, historian and numismatist | 84 |
May
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 3rd | Franz Joseph Salzmann | German architect | ||
| May 3rd | Ernst August Schulze | German reformed theologian | 64 | |
| May 6th | Heinrich Christoph Nebel | German literary scholar, rhetorician and Lutheran theologian | 71 | |
| May 6th | Bernhard Georg von Scheibler | German cloth manufacturer | 61 | |
| May 7th | Johann Kaspar Füssli | Swiss painter, entomologist and publisher | 43 | |
| 8th of May | Charles-Emmanuel de Warnery | Prussian general and military theorist | 66 | |
| 10th of May | Johann Friedrich von Hahn | German doctor in Breslau, canon of the monastery of St. Sebastian in Magdeburg | 60 | |
| 12th of May | Johann Gottfried Jugel | German Markscheider, Guardein, Alchemist and Writer | ||
| May 15 | Eva Ekeblad | Swedish nobleman, agronomist and salonière | 61 | |
| 17th of May | Hector Wilhelm von Günderrode | German writer | 30th | |
| May 19th | Johann Melchior Goeze | Protestant theologian | 68 | |
| May 19th | John Stanley | English composer and organist of the late baroque | 74 | |
| May 21 | Carl Wilhelm Scheele | German-Swedish chemist and pharmacist | 43 | |
| 23. May | Moritz Benjowski | Slovak adventurer, military man and King of Madagascar | 44 | |
| 25. May | Peter III | King of Portugal | 68 | |
| 28th of May | Georg Ludwig von Hardenberg | German Protestant cathedral dean | 65 |
June
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 4th | Heinrich Christoph von Baudissin | Electorate General of the Infantry, Governor of Dresden and the Königstein Fortress | 76 | |
| June 4th | Johann Conrad Bechtold | German church painter and plasterer of the Baroque, in Lower Franconia | 87 | |
| June 9th | Alexander McDougall | American officer and politician | ||
| June 10th | Ernestine Auguste Sophie of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach | Duchess of Saxony-Hildburghausen | 46 | |
| June 11th | August Fryderyk Moszyński | Polish nobleman and scientist | 55 | |
| June 19th | Nathanael Greene | American general | 43 | |
| 20th June | Augustine by Balthasar | German lawyer and scholar in Swedish Pomerania | 85 | |
| June 21st | George Hepplewhite | English cabinet maker | ||
| June 22 | Joseph Xaver von Richterich | Mayor of the imperial city of Aachen | ||
| June 27th | Karoline von Bretzenheim | Countess of Holnstein | 18th | |
| June 27th | Joseph Green | English merchant | ||
| June 30th | Johann Friedrich Seyfart | Regimental auditor and writer |
July
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5th July | Michel Yost | French clarinet virtuoso and composer | ||
| 15th of July | Johanna Sophie von Anhalt | Countess of Anhalt, Abbess of Mosigkau | 55 | |
| 16th of July | Luise Mejer | German woman, first wife of Heinrich Christian Boie | 39 | |
| July 18th | Johann Conrad Jacobi | Bochum mayor | 76 | |
| 20th of July | Thomas Robinson, 2nd Baron Grantham | British nobleman and politician | 47 | |
| 22nd of July | Nicolaus Beckmann | German hydraulic engineer | 43 | |
| July 23 | Franz Jakob Späth | German organ and piano builder | ||
| 22nd of July | Johann Peter Willebrand | German lawyer, judge and travel writer | 66 | |
| July 23 | Peter Emanuel von Zedtwitz | Palatinate politician | 70 | |
| 29th of July | Franz Aspelmayr | Austrian composer | 58 | |
| July | Louis Nicolas Clement de Ris | French advocate | 71 |
August
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4th of August | Friedrich Johann Buck | German philosopher and mathematician | 63 | |
| August 7th | Friedrich Schwindl | Dutch composer and musician | 49 | |
| 8th August | Josef Hauzinger | Austrian Rococo painter | 58 | |
| August 9 | Friedrich Ebenhöch | German lawyer, Würzburg court and consistorial councilor and senior city magistrate | 72 | |
| August 9 | Ernst Gottlob von Scheelen | Prussian Major General, Commander of the 1st Battalion of the Life Guard | 60 | |
| August 16 | Henri-Jacques de Croes | Belgian baroque composer | 80 | |
| August 16 | John Francis Wade | English composer | ||
| 17th August | Friedrich II. | King of Prussia | 74 | |
| 26th of August | Christoph Christian Sturm | Lutheran theologian | 46 | |
| August 30th | Michael Constantine of Tsaremba | Prussian major general | 74 |
September
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16th September | Friedrich Kreilmann | Abbot of the county monastery | 67 | |
| 17th of September | Joseph Cariattil | Indian Thomas Christian and Roman Catholic Archbishop | 44 | |
| 17th of September | Joseph Stephan | German painter | ||
| 17th of September | Tokugawa Ieharu | Shogun (1780–1786) | 49 | |
| September 18 | Giovanni Battista Guadagnini | Italian violin maker | 75 | |
| September 18 | Hieronim Wincenty Radziwiłł | Polish-Lithuanian nobleman | 27 | |
| September 20th | Gerd Bogislav from Below | royal Prussian colonel and commander of a grenadier battalion | 60 | |
| 21st September | Johann Georg Dorfmeister | Austrian sculptor | 49 | |
| September 22 | Augustin Egell | German painter and court sculptor in Mannheim | ||
| 25th of September | Johann Carl Heffter | German doctor and naturalist | 64 | |
| September 29th | Dietrich Ewald von Grotthuss | German-Baltic pianist and composer | 35 | |
| September 29th | Jan Daniel Janocki | Polish bibliographer | ||
| 30. September | Karl August of Baden-Durlach | Margrave of Baden-Durlach | 73 |
October
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 2nd | Augustus Keppel, 1st Viscount Keppel | British admiral and politician | 61 | |
| 5th October | Johann Gottlieb Gleditsch | German botanist and doctor | 72 | |
| October 6th | Antonio Sacchini | Italian composer | 56 | |
| 9th October | Tobias Philipp von Gebler | Playwright and Austrian civil servant | ||
| October 10th | Ehrenreich Christoph Koch | German Protestant theologian and clergyman | 71 | |
| October 13th | Georg August Detharding | German lawyer | 68 | |
| October, 16th | Karl Christian Canzler | German librarian and historian | 53 | |
| October 17th | Johann Ludwig Aberli | Swiss painter | 62 | |
| October 18 | Alexander Wilson | Scottish astronomer and mathematician | ||
| October 22nd | Friedrich von Pelkowsky | Prussian major general, commandant of the Kolberg Fortress | ||
| October 24th | Johann Andreas Laff | Administrative officer of the Crown and Chamber Domain Temescher Banat | ||
| October 25 | Charles Mason | English astronomer | 58 | |
| October 25 | Friedrich Immanuel Schwarz | German Lutheran theologian and educator | 58 | |
| 30th of October | Mathias Franz Chorinsky from Ledske | Bishop of Brno | 66 | |
| October 31 | Amelia Sophie from Great Britain, Ireland and Hanover | Member from the House of Hanover | 75 | |
| October 31 | Caspar von Saldern | Minister, Privy Councilor | 75 |
November
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 2 | Isidore Canevale | Austrian architect | ||
| November 3rd | Johann Karl Christoph Ferber | German university professor and philosopher | 47 | |
| November 4th | Johann Hermann Theodor Lysen | Mayor in Brilon and trades and judges | ||
| November 6th | Horace Mann, 1st Baronet | British diplomat | ||
| November 9th | Karl Adolf Schott von Schottenstein | Prussian major general | 63 | |
| November 10th | Erhard von Wedel-Friis | Royal Danish lieutenant general, diplomat and holder of the Elephant Order | 76 | |
| November 12th | Friedrich Alexander von Korff | Prussian diplomat and judicial reformer | 72 | |
| November 13th | Gottfried Schwarz | German Protestant theologian | 78 | |
| 25. November | Samuel John Atlee | American politician | ||
| 25. November | Nathanael Gottfried Leske | German-Sorbian naturalist and geologist | 35 | |
| 30th of November | Bernardo de Gálvez y Madrid | Spanish count, politician and general | 40 | |
| November | Giovanni Battista Borra | Italian draftsman and architect | 73 |
December
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 5th | Abner Nash | American politician, governor of North Carolina | 46 | |
| 6th of December | Emil August of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg | royal Danish general, Prince of Augustenburg | 64 | |
| December 7th | Friedrich August Fischer | German legal scholar | 59 | |
| 11th December | Olsen is different | Norwegian merchant and colonial administrator | 67/68 | |
| 12th of December | Johann Ernst von Klopmann | Courland Chancellor and Court Master | 61 | |
| 15th December | William Henry | American politician | 57 | |
| 20th of December | Johann Christoph von Adlerflycht | German lawyer, Mayor of Frankfurt am Main | 57 | |
| 20th of December | Nicolas Thyrel de Boismont | French theologian and preacher | ||
| 20th of December | Philipp Ernst Lüders | German agricultural reformer and educator | 84 | |
| 20th of December | Hannah Ocuish | youngest person to be sentenced to death by the American judiciary | 12 | |
| 25 December | Christoph Sonnleithner | Austrian lawyer and composer | 52 | |
| December 26th | Robert Scipio from Lentulus | Swiss officer in the Prussian service | 72 | |
| December 28th | Seneca Inggersen | Representative of the Dutch East India Company | 71 | |
| December 31 | Magdalena Sibylla Rieger | German writer | 79 |
Date unknown
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joachim Ludolf von Bassewitz | Royal Chursächsische privy councilor and privy councilor of Ansbach Bayreuth | |||
| Marie Françoise Catherine de Beauvau-Craon | Mistress at the court of Lunéville | |||
| Johann Emich Becker | Court locksmith of the Princes of Waldeck-Pyrmont for the expansion of the Arolsen residence | |||
| Marie Marguerite Bihéron | French artist | |||
| Lluís Bonifaç | Catalan sculptor | |||
| Cangkya Rölpe Dorje | Tibetan-Mongolian clergyman of the Gelug School | |||
| Pietro Duranti | Italian tapestry weaver | |||
| Friedrich Sylvius von Hallmann | German officer, most recently royal Prussian colonel | |||
| Jean Huber | Swiss silhouette cutter, draftsman, engraver and painter | |||
| Johann August Lehninger | German Romanist, Italianist, translator and lexicographer | |||
| Jean-Baptiste Charles Bouvet de Lozier | French navigator and explorer | |||
| Thimotheus Merzahn of Klingstädt | German lawyer and economist in Russian state services | |||
| Mateus Vicente de Oliveira | Portuguese architect | |||
| Johann Anton Pader | German plasterer | |||
| Johann Christoph Rhode | German cartographer | |||
| Didier Robert de Vaugondy | French geographer and contributor to the Encyclopédie | |||
| Johann Nicolaus Treu | Valet, court painter and gallery inspector | |||
| Heinrich Rudolph von Vasold | Royal Prussian Major General | |||
| Giuseppe Odoardi | Italian violin maker | |||
| Jechiel Michael von Zloczow | Hasidic rabbi and one of the early promoters of Hasidism in Galicia |