Mar 7 FrantiĊĦek Benda, Bohemian violinist and composer, dies at 76 Mar 11 Jacobus Bellamy [Zelandus], Dutch poet, dies at 28 Mar 11 Charles Humphreys, American delegate to the Continental Congress, dies at 71 Mar 23 Patience Wright, 1st US woman pro artist, dies (birth date unknown) 1785 Famous Deaths by Year 1787