Feb 8 Johann Friedrich Doles, German composer, pupil of J. S. Bach, dies at 81 Feb 11 Antoine Dauvergne, French composer, dies at 83 Feb 22 Karl Friedrich Hieronymus Freiherr von Münchhausen, German officer and adventurer (b. 1720) Feb 27 Benvenuto Robbio San Raffaele, Italian composer, dies at 61 1796 Famous Deaths by Year 1798