Jul 4 Willem van Hairs, Fries nobleman and poet (Suicide), dies at 58 Jul 6 Conrad Beissel, German born American religious leader and composer (founded Ephrata community), dies at 78 Jul 11 Jose Melchior de Nebra Blascu, composer, dies at 66 Jul 24 Nathanial Lardner, English theologian (b. 1684) 1767 Famous Deaths by Year 1769