Famous People Who Died in 1742

Jan 14 Edmond Halley, English mathematician and astronomer (Halley's comet), dies at 85 [NS=Jan 25]

Feb 22 Charles Rivington, English publisher (b. 1688)
Feb 28 Willem 's-Gravesande, Dutch mathematician and physicist, dies at 53
Mar 23 Jean-Baptiste Dubos, French writer (b. 1670)
Apr 2 James Douglas, Scottish physician and anatomist (b. 1675)
Apr 10 Wilhelmine Amalia of Brunswick-Lüneburg, Holy Roman Empire Empress, dies at 68
Apr 13 Giovanni Veneziano, Italian composer, dies at 59
Apr 17 Arvid Horn, Swedish statesman (b. 1664)
Apr 23 Mihael Omerza, Slovenian composer, dies at 62
May 11 Francesco Stradivari, Italian violin maker & son of Antonius, dies at 70
May 13 Ludwig IX, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt (b. 1719)
May 14 Dominique Marie Valet, French RC/old-catholic bishop, dies at 64
May 21 Lars Roberg, Swedish physician (b. 1664)
May 26 Pylyp Orlyk, Ukrainian Zaporozhian Cossack starshina and diplomat, dies at 69

Jun 8 Omobono Stradivari, Italian violin maker/son of Antonius, dies at 62
Jun 16 Louise Élisabeth d'Orléans, Queen consort of Spain, dies at 32
Jun 18 John Aislabie, English politician (Chancellor of the Exchequer), dies at 71
Jun 28 Jan Josef Ignác Brentner, Bohemian composer, dies at 52
Jul 1 Bohuslav Matěj Černohorský, Czech monk and composer, dies at 58
Jul 4 Luigi Guido Grandi, Italian mathematician and monk, dies at 70
Jul 9 John Oldmixon, English historian (b. 1673)
Jul 12 Evaristo Felice dall'Abaco, Italian cellist and composer, dies on 67th birthday
Jul 14 Richard Bentley, English classical scholar who started the 1st written examinations in the West at Cambridge, dies at 80
Jul 19 John-Baptist Xavery, Flemish sculptor, dies at 45
Jul 19 William Somervile, English poet (b. 1675)
Aug 25 José António Carlos de Seixas, Portuguese composer, dies at 38
Sep 24 Johann Matthias Hase, German scientist (b. 1684)
Sep 27 Hugh Boulter, Irish Archbishop of Armagh (b. 1672)
Sep 28 Jean Baptiste Massillon, French churchman, dies at 79
Nov 12 Friedrich Hoffmann, German physician and chemist (b. 1660)
Dec 31 Charles III Philip, Elector Palatine (1716-42), dies at 81