August1792

Famous People Who Died in August 1792

Aug 2 Nathanael Gottfried Gruner, German composer, dies at 60

Richard Arkwright

Aug 3 Richard Arkwright, English industrialist and inventor (created the spinning frame, built Cromford Mill), dies at 59

Richard Arkwright — Industrialist and Inventor Richard Arkwright

Frederick North

Aug 5 Frederick North, Lord North, Prime Minister of Great Britain (Tory: 1770-82), "who lost America", dies at 60

Frederick North — British Prime Minister Frederick North

Aug 17 Jan Jachym Kopriva, Czech composer and organist, dies at 38
Aug 25 Jacques Cazotte, French writer (b. 1719)

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