Jan 3 Claude Bourgelat, French veterinary surgeon, dies at 66 Jan 20 David Garrick, English actor, producer and writer (Aboan-Oroonoko), dies at 61 Jan 22 Claudius Smith, American Revolutionary War loyalist (b. 1736) Jan 22 Jeremiah Dixon, English surveyor and astronomer, dies at 45 Share On Facebook Share On Twitter 1778 Famous Deaths by Year 1780