Nekrolog 1799
This is a list of famous people who died in 1799 . 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 3rd | Johann von Bruyn | Royal Danish major, surveyor, chief inspector and land reformer | ||
| January 3rd | Sheikh Galip | Ottoman poet | ||
| 6th January | Wilhelm Georg Friedrich of Orange-Nassau | second son of the inheritance holder Wilhelm V of the Netherlands and Princess Friederike Sophie Wilhelmine of Prussia | 24 | |
| January 9th | Maria Gaetana Agnesi | Italian mathematician and philanthropist | 80 | |
| 10. January | Johann Carl Conrad Oelrichs | German historian and legal scholar | 76 | |
| 11th January | Guillaume Barthez de Marmorières | French engineer and encyclopedist | 91 | |
| 13th January | Johann Michael Hoffmann | German physician, writer and playwright | ||
| 13th January | Friedrich August Albrecht von Tschirschky | Prussian major general | 64 | |
| January 14th | Karl August von Beulwitz | royal Prussian major general and head of the cadet corps | 62 | |
| 15. January | Arnout Vosmaer | Dutch naturalist and curator of collections | 78 | |
| 22nd of January | Horace-Bénédict de Saussure | Swiss naturalist | 58 | |
| January 24th | Henry Tazewell | American lawyer and politician | 45 | |
| January 25th | Heinrich Gottlieb von Kannewurf | Prussian Lieutenant General, Prussian Minister of War | 72 | |
| January 25th | Georg Heinrich Sieveking | Entrepreneur, educator | 47 | |
| January 25th | John Wereat | Georgia Governor | ||
| January 26th | Carlo Rezzonico the Younger | Italian Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church | 74 | |
| January 28th | Georg Joseph Cöntgen | German engraver | 47 | |
| 31 January | Georg Heinrich Borz | German mathematician | 84 | |
| 31 January | Johann Ludwig von Grünberg | Prussian officer, most recently major general | 72 | |
| 31 January | Carl Heinrich Merck | German participant in the East Siberia and Alaska Expedition (1786–1794) | 37 | |
| 31 January | Francis Osborne, 5th Duke of Leeds | British politician | 48 | |
| January | Gerard Bancker | American politician | 58 |
February
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 1st | Ferdinand Kobell | German painter and engraver | 58 | |
| February 2nd | Georg Weikert | Austrian portrait painter of the late Baroque | ||
| February 4th | Johann Ernst Theodor von Belderbusch | General of the Electorate of the Palatinate | ||
| February 4th | Franz Georg Gneomar von Kunitzky | Prussian major general | 63 | |
| February 5th | William Beckford of Somerley | Jamaican plantation owner and author | ||
| February 6th | Étienne-Louis Boullée | French architect | 70 | |
| February 7th | Qianlong | fourth Qing emperor of China | 87 | |
| February 9 | Giovanni Archinto | Cardinal of the Catholic Church | ||
| February 9 | Johann Baptist Babel | Swiss architect | 82 | |
| February 12th | Franz Xaver showerk | Czech composer, harpsichordist, pianist | ||
| February 12th | Johann Eberhard Rudolf Hiller von Gaertringen | Prussian major general | 64 | |
| February 12th | Heinrich XIV. Reuss zu Greiz | Prince Reuss zu Greiz, Austrian ambassador to Prussia | 49 | |
| February 12th | Lazzaro Spallanzani | Italian scientist | 70 | |
| 14th of February | Johann Karl Girard | Estonian entrepreneur | 66 | |
| February 16 | Michel Victor Acier | French sculptor | 63 | |
| February 16 | Karl Theodor | Elector of the Palatinate and Bavaria | 74 | |
| February 18 | Maurus Haberhauer | Moravian theologian, composer and music teacher | 52 | |
| February 18 | Johannes Hedwig | German botanist and doctor | 68 | |
| 19th of February | Andreas Hupfer | German landowners and patrons | 77 | |
| 20. February | Jean-Charles de Borda | French mathematician and sailor | 65 | |
| 20. February | Georg Christian Unger | German architect and builder Friedrich II of Prussia | 55 | |
| February 22 | Heshen | Chinese official | ||
| February 22 | Johann Baptist Lachenbauer | Bishop of Brno | ||
| February 24th | Broërius Broes | Dutch Reformed theologian | 41 | |
| February 24th | Georg Christoph Lichtenberg | German naturalist and writer | 56 | |
| February 25 | William Dawes | Patriot in the American Revolutionary War | 53 | |
| February 25 | Johann Peter Herrlein | painter | 76 | |
| February | Renatus Gotthelf Löbel | German lawyer, lexicographer and private scholar | 31 |
March
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 March | Dirk Klinkenberg | Dutch astronomer | 89 | |
| 4th of March | Joseph Liesganig | Austrian Jesuit, geodesist and astronomer | 80 | |
| 7th March | Joseph McDowell | American politician | 41 | |
| 8th of March | Ignaz Ablasser | Austrian painter | 59 | |
| March 11 | Johann Heinrich Mücke | German educator and philologist | 64 | |
| March 13th | Beat Fidel Zurlauben | last male descendant of the Zurlauben family | 78 | |
| the 14th of March | Maurizio Pedetti | Italian architect, mainly active in Germany | 79 | |
| March, 15 | Johann Jacob Büchting | German surveyor, surveyor and forester | 70 | |
| March, 15 | Karl Eszterházy | Bishops of Vác and Eger (Hungary) | 73 | |
| March 18th | Adam Friedrich Oeser | German painter and sculptor | 82 | |
| 19th March | Jakob Johann Taube von Kudding | Swedish count and lieutenant general | 71 | |
| March, 20th | Manuel Antonio Flores | Viceroy of New Granada and New Spain | 75 | |
| March 21st | Peter Gnehm | Swiss faience painter | ||
| March 22 | Joseph Anton Carl | German natural scientist and physician | 73 | |
| 25th March | Karl Aloys zu Fürstenberg | Austrian Lieutenant Field Marshal | 38 | |
| 25th March | Ernst Julius Marx | Organ builder | 70 | |
| 25th March | Joseph Anton von Seeau | Court music director under the Bavarian Elector Max III. Joseph and Karl Theodor | 85 | |
| 25th March | Wilhelm of Anhalt-Bernburg | Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg, military | 27 | |
| 26th of March | Hieronymus Michael Pockwitz | German printer and publisher | ||
| 27th of March | Otto Heinrich Friedrich von Borch | Prussian major general | 75 | |
| 28th March | Susanna Jacobina Jungert | Singer (soprano) | 57 | |
| 28th March | Etta Lubina Johanna Palm-Aelders | Dutch feminist, active in the French Revolution | 55 | |
| 28th March | Nikolaus Reinhold Pfeilitzer called Franck | Electorate General of the Infantry | ||
| March 29 | Helena Dorothea von Schönberg | German manor and entrepreneur | 69 | |
| March | Christian Gotthold Hauffe | German bookseller, publisher and novelist |
April
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 1st | Narcís Casanoves i Bertran | Catalan composer, organist and Benedictine monk | 52 | |
| 2nd of April | Pierre Charles Lemonnier | French astronomer | 83 | |
| 2nd of April | Johann August Unzer | German doctor | 71 | |
| April 5th | Honoré Fragonard | French anatomist | 66 | |
| April 5th | Johann Christoph Gatterer | German historian | 71 | |
| April 6th | Christoph Heinrich Adolph von Zehmen | Captain, adjudant general, chamberlain, travel marshal and castle captain | 70 | |
| 7th of April | Henriette von Schuckmann | Silesian civil servant's daughter, love of Johann Wolfgang Goethe | 29 | |
| 10th of April | Friederike von Alvensleben | German actress | 50 | |
| 12. April | Ernst Wilhelm Hempel | German Protestant theologian | ||
| April 14th | Johann Heinrich Jung | German historian, court historian, librarian and library director, university professor, lawyer and educator | 84 | |
| April 18 | William Duer | American lawyer, land speculator, and politician | 52 | |
| April 19th | Pieter Hellendaal | Dutch composer, organist and violinist | 78 | |
| April 22 | Eberhard Friedrich Huebner | German lyric poet and storyteller | 35 | |
| April 23 | August Wilhelm von Vietinghoff | Prussian lieutenant general | 70 | |
| April 23 | Anton Johan Wrangel | Swedish admiral | 75 | |
| April 27 | Louis Marie Joseph Maximilien Caffarelli du Falga | French brigadier general | 43 | |
| April 28 | Matthew Griswold | American politician and lawyer | 85 | |
| April 29 | David van Royen | Dutch medic and botanist | 71 | |
| April 29 | Johann Adolf of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg | Electoral General | 77 | |
| April | Alexander Andreevich Besborodko | Russian statesman, most recently Chancellor | 52 |
May
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st of May | Johann Ludwig Schulze | German philologist and Protestant theologian | 64 | |
| 2.May | Henri-Joseph Rigel | German classical composer who worked in France | 58 | |
| May 3rd | Michael Kasimir Oginski | Polish-Lithuanian count, artist | ||
| May 4th | Tipu Sultan | Indian ruler | ||
| 5th of May | Abraham Bennet | English pastor, inventor and member of the Royal Society | ||
| 8th of May | Ludwig Dehne | Founder of the Viennese kuk Hofzuckerbäckerei | ||
| 8th of May | Franz Vinzenz Schmid | Swiss chronicler, politician and rebel leader | 40 | |
| May 9 | Claude Balbastre | French composer and organist | 74 | |
| 12th of May | Juan Vicente de Güemes | Spanish Viceroy of New Spain | 61 | |
| May 18 | Pierre Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais | French playwright | 67 | |
| May 21 | Daniel Itzig | Prussian court factor and Jewish banker and entrepreneur | 76 | |
| May 24th | Caspar Frederik Harsdorff | Architect of Danish Classicism | 63 | |
| 25. May | Friedrich Carl Willibald von Groschlag zu Dieburg | diplomat | ||
| May 26 | James Burnett | Scottish lawyer and man of letters | 84 | |
| May 29th | Franz Albert Leopold von Oberndorff | Elector Palatinate Minister and Governor of the Elector | 78 | |
| May 29th | Josef Anton Puellacher | Austrian church painter | 62 |
June
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6th of June | Patrick Henry | Lawyer and Politician in the United States | 63 | |
| June 7th | Barbara Campanini | italian ballet dancer | 78 | |
| June 7th | Increase Sumner | American politician and lawyer | 52 | |
| June 7th | Victoire of France | Princess of France and Navarre | 66 | |
| 8th June | August Gottlob Friedrich Koltitz | German Protestant theologian | 71 | |
| June 10th | Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges | French fencer, violin virtuoso, composer and conductor | 53 | |
| June 12 | Jurij Rak | Sorbian lawyer, poet and composer | 58 | |
| 14th June | Ludwig Carl Franz Leopold zu Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Bartenstein | German imperial prince and patron of the arts | 67 | |
| 18th of June | Johann André | German musician, composer and music publisher | 58 | |
| June 19th | Amalie of Saxony-Hildburghausen | Princess of Saxony-Hildburghausen, by marriage Princess of Hohenlohe-Neuenstein zu Oehringen | 66 | |
| June 24th | Friedrich Wilhelm von Wangenheim | Prussian major general | 78 | |
| 25th June | Asada Gōryū | Japanese astronomer | 65 | |
| June 26th | Pierre-Jacques Willermoz | French doctor, chemist and encyclopaedist | 63 | |
| June 28th | Francesco Caracciolo | Admiral of the Kingdom of Naples | 47 |
July
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 1 | Christian Heinrich Kersten | German organ builder | ||
| 2nd July | Johann Georg Heinrich Oelrichs | German Reformed preacher | ||
| July 4th | Adam Heinrich von Wolfframsdorff | Prussian officer, most recently lieutenant general and governor of Mainz | 77 | |
| 5th July | François Ignace Ervoil d'Oyré | French general | 60 | |
| 5th July | Cornelis de Pauw | Dutch historian, cultural philosopher and philologist | 59 | |
| July 6th | Daniel Huger | American politician | 57 | |
| 7th of July | William Curtis | English botanist, pharmacist and entomologist | 53 | |
| July 9 | Elzéar-Auguste cousin de Dommartin | French Artillery Divisional General | 31 | |
| July 9 | Bavius Voorda | Dutch lawyer | 70 | |
| July 19 | Jean Baptiste Feronce von Rotenkreutz | Minister of the Duchy of Braunschweig | 75 | |
| 20th of July | Karl Friedrich Walch | German legal scholar | 64 | |
| July 23 | Elisha Lawrence | American politician | ||
| 24th July | Johann Wilhelm Redtel | German municipal lawyer, Lord Mayor of Szczecin | 61 | |
| July 26th | Antoine Groignard | French marine engineer | 72 | |
| July 28th | Johann Georg Distler | Austrian violinist and composer | ||
| 29th of July | Johann Friedrich from and to the stone | Prussian colonel and diplomat as well as Commander of the Teutonic Order in Weddingen |
August
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2nd | Douglas Douglas-Hamilton, 8th Duke of Hamilton | Scottish nobleman | 43 | |
| August 2nd | Jacques Étienne Montgolfier | Inventor of the hot air balloon, the Montgolfière | 54 | |
| 4th of August | John Bacon the Elder | British sculptor | 58 | |
| 5th of August | Richard Howe, 1st Earl Howe | British Naval Admiral and First Lord of the Admiralty | 73 | |
| 5th of August | Giuseppe Parini | Italian poet and satirist | 70 | |
| 6th of August | Marcus Élieser Bloch | German ichthyologist | ||
| 6th of August | Joseph Frieberth | Austrian composer | 74 | |
| 6th of August | Franz Georg von Keeß | Austrian lawyer | 52 | |
| August 11th | Christoph Ludwig Kerner | Württemberg governor and father of Justinus Kerners | 55 | |
| 13 August | Vasily Ivanovich Baschenow | Russian architect | ||
| 13 August | Floridus Leeb | Austrian priest and provost of Klosterneuburg Abbey | 68 | |
| August 14th | Georg Adam Gmelin | German officer | 77 | |
| 15th of August | Barthélemy-Catherine Joubert | French general | 30th | |
| August 16 | Vincenzo Manfredini | Italian harpsichordist, composer and music theorist | 61 | |
| 17th August | Christian Heinrich Spieß | German playwright and author of trivial novels | 44 | |
| 17th August | Erich Magnus von Wolffradt | Prussian hussar general | ||
| 20th of August | Johann Christian Gottlob Eidenbenz | German musician and composer | 37 | |
| 20th of August | Eleonora Fonseca Pimentel | Portuguese poet | 47 | |
| 20th of August | Friedrich Schwedenstein | painter | 29 | |
| August 21 | Johann Julius Walbaum | German doctor, naturalist, zoologist and taxonomist | 75 | |
| August 22nd | Marie Jean François Philibert Lecarlier | French politician | 46 | |
| August 22nd | Gotthilf Friedemann Löber | German Protestant clergyman and educator | 76 | |
| August 23 | Simon Louis you Ry | German master builder and architect | 73 | |
| August 24th | Franz Fidel Bröchin | Swiss baroque painter | 63 | |
| August 25 | John Arnold | English watchmaker and inventor | ||
| August 28th | François Giroust | classical composer | 62 | |
| August 28th | Benedict Henrici | German-Austrian early classicist architect | 50 | |
| 29th August | Pius VI | Pope (1775–1799) | 81 | |
| August 31 | Nicolas-Henri Jardin | French architect | 79 |
September
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2nd | Johan Gerhards from Angelbek | German lawyer and colonial officer in the service of the Dutch East India Company | 71 | |
| September 3 | Karl Ludwig Bauer | German philologist | 69 | |
| 5th September | Erasmus Ludwig Friedrich von der Groeben | Prussian major general and envoy | 55 | |
| 7th of September | Jan Ingenhousz | Dutch doctor and botanist | 68 | |
| 7th of September | Louis Guillaume Le Monnier | French doctor, botanist, mycologist and encyclopaedist | 82 | |
| September 8th | Elias Hasket Derby | American businessman | 60 | |
| September 11 | Johann Samuel Adler | Prussian civil servant | ||
| 12th September | Wilhelm Albrecht von Burghagen | Prussian major general | 60 | |
| 12th September | Johann Ludwig Strecker | German painter | 78 | |
| September 14th | Jean-Antoine David | French brigadier general of the cavalry | 31 | |
| September 14th | Louise von Plessen | Chief Chamberlain in Copenhagen | 74 | |
| September 19th | Maximilian Mayla | Austrian Cistercian and abbot | 69 | |
| September 23rd | Antonín Strnad | Bohemian mathematician, astronomer and meteorologist | 53 | |
| 25th of September | Friedrich von Hotze | Austrian general | 60 | |
| September 27th | Niklaus Anton Kirchberger | Swiss magistrate and economist | ||
| 30. September | Johann Christoph Krause | German historian | 49 |
October
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 2nd | Moritz Engelbrecht from Kursell | Lord of Orrisaar and Essenberg | 55 | |
| 5th October | Leopold Schönberg von Brenkenhoff | Prussian officer and military writer | ||
| 5th October | Johann Wilhelm Cramer | Violinist and conductor | 53 | |
| 5th October | António Dinis da Cruz e Silva | Portuguese poet and judge | ||
| October 6th | William Withering | English medic and botanist | 58 | |
| October 10th | John Williams | American politician | 68 | |
| October 11th | Johann Friedrich Fischer | Philosopher, philologist and rector of the Thomas School | 73 | |
| October 14th | Bengt Andersson Qvist | Swedish mineralogist and mining expert | 72 | |
| October 14th | Johann Wendler | German bookseller, publisher and donor | 85 | |
| October, 16th | Antoine-Frédéric Gresnick | Belgian composer | 44 | |
| October 17th | Louis Claude Cadet de Gassicourt | French pharmacist and chemist | 68 | |
| October 17th | Johann Georg Schlosser | German lawyer, statesman and translator | 59 | |
| the 20th of October | James Iredell | American lawyer | 49 | |
| 23rd October | József Batthyány | Hungarian bishop | 72 | |
| 23rd October | William Paca | Lawyer and politician of Italian descent; signed the United States Declaration of Independence for Maryland | 58 | |
| October 24th | Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf | Austrian composer | 59 | |
| October 25 | Jonathan Nicoll Havens | American lawyer and politician | 42 | |
| October 29th | Domenico Cirillo | Italian botanist, doctor and politician | 60 | |
| October 29th | Francesco Mario Pagano | Italian lawyer and author | 50 |
November
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 8th | Werner de Weerth | Mayor of Elberfeld | 58 | |
| November 9th | Juliane von Hessen-Philippsthal | Countess of Schaumburg-Lippe | 38 | |
| November 10th | Johann Christian Brandes | German actor and playwright | 63 | |
| November 12th | Frans Casper Snitger | Dutch organ builder | 75 | |
| 15th of November | Caspar Gabriel Groening | German lawyer and author | 47 | |
| November 17th | Georg Jacob Decker | Book printer in Berlin | 67 | |
| November 19th | Willibald Wunderer | Baroque painter | 60 | |
| 20th November | Louise Marie Madeleine Fontaine | French, founded a salon at Chenonceau Castle | 93 | |
| 21st November | Emanuel Christoph Klüpfel | German theologian and author | 87 | |
| 25. November | Nicolaus Binder | Lawyer and councilor of the Hanseatic City of Lübeck | ||
| 25. November | Christian Traugott Weinlig | German architectural theorist, architect and construction officer | 60 | |
| 30th of November | Claude de Saint Martin | Reichsgraf, entrepreneur and court official from the Electoral Palatinate | 70 | |
| 30th of November | Guillaume Voiriot | French portrait painter |
December
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3rd of December | Niklaus Friedrich von Steiger | last mayor of old Bern | 70 | |
| 6th of December | Joseph Black | Scottish physicist and chemist | 71 | |
| December 8th | Giuseppe Cades | Italian painter and printmaker | 49 | |
| December 8th | Gabriel Christian Lembke | German lawyer and mayor of Lübeck | 61 | |
| 9th of December | Augustin Bossi | Italian plasterer | 59 | |
| 9th of December | Bartolomeo Cavaceppi | Italian sculptor and restorer | ||
| 10th of December | Alexander von Knobelsdorff | Prussian Field Marshal General | 76 | |
| 11th December | Charles Edward Jennings de Kilmaine | French division general of the cavalry | 48 | |
| December 14th | Johann Balzer | Bohemian engraver and publisher | 61 | |
| December 14th | Christoph Friedrich von Derschau | Prussian District President of East Friesland | 85 | |
| December 14th | George Washington | American politician, 1st President of the United States (1789–1797) | 67 | |
| 15th December | Henriette Katharina Agnes of Anhalt-Dessau | Princess of Anhalt-Dessau, dean in Herford Abbey, by marrying Baroness von Loën | 55 | |
| 15th December | Mathias Obermayr | German plasterer and sculptor | 79 | |
| December 17th | John Habersham | American politician | 44 | |
| December 17th | Philipp Ludwig Ernst Mosebach | German hunter and teacher of the robber Schinderhannes | 29 | |
| December 18th | Johann Hortzschansky | Sorbian educator, historian and philologist | 77 | |
| December 18th | Jean-Etienne Montucla | French mathematician | 74 | |
| December 18th | Préville | French actor | ||
| 20th of December | Johann Kaspar Hechtel | German non-fiction author and game author | 28 | |
| 23rd of December | Karl August Wilhelm of Gemmingen | Baden-Durlach officer, Hohenlohe-Bartenstein chief hunter and landlord in Maienfels | 59 | |
| 24th of December | Ludwig Count of Cavriani | Austrian nobleman and civil servant | 60 | |
| 30th of December | Georg Wilhelm von Güntersberg | Colonel and commander in the 8th Infantry Regiment | ||
| December 31 | Louis Jean-Marie Daubenton | French naturalist | 83 | |
| December 31 | Jean-François Marmontel | French author | 76 |
Date unknown
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Johann Lambert von Babo | German town clerk | |||
| Peter in the tree garden | Swiss foundling | |||
| Louis-Victor Bodard | French engineer | |||
| Johann Christian Breithaupt | German precision mechanic | |||
| João de Sousa Carvalho | Portuguese baroque and rococo composer | |||
| Melchior Chiesa | Italian composer and musician | |||
| Charles-Gabriel-Frédéric Christin | French lawyer and historian | |||
| Wilhelm Emanuel Dittlinger | Swiss stove | |||
| John Evans | welsh explorer | |||
| Louis-Jacques Goussier | French mathematician, philosopher and graphic artist | |||
| Katterfelto | German magician, scientific consultant and quack | |||
| Luo Ping | Chinese painter of the Qing Dynasty | |||
| Luis Paret y Alcázar | Spanish painter | |||
| Johann Thomas Petry | German architect and construction officer | |||
| Siegfried Schmiedt | German composer | |||
| Franz Andreas Schramm | German theologian | |||
| Padre Sojo | Venezuelan priest and music teacher | |||
| Juan José de Vértiz y Salcedo | Viceroy of the Río de la Plata | |||
| Pierre-Jacques Volaire | French landscape painter | |||
| Karl Abraham Wetzlar from Plankenstern | Austrian court agent and patron | |||
| James White | Irish author and translator | |||
| Vincenz Philipp de Witte de Limminghe | Mayor of the imperial city of Aachen |