Dec 2 Johann Friedrich Agricola, German (court) composer and organist, dies at 54 Dec 13 Susanne von Klettenberg, German abbess and correspondent of Goethe, dies at 50 Dec 16 Francois Quesnay, French personal physician of Louis XIV, dies at 80 Oct 1774 Famous Deaths by Year Jan 1775 Famous People by Cause of Death Assassination Drug Overdose Gunshot Wound Murder Plane Crash Suicide