Famous Deaths in December 1799

  • Dec 5 Robert Kimmerling, composer, dies at 61
  • Dec 6 Joseph Black, Scottish medical/chemist/physicist, dies at 71

Person of interestGeorge Washington

Dec 14 George Washington, first President of the United States (1789-97), dies at 66

First US President George Washington
First US President
George Washington
  • Dec 18 Jean-Étienne Montucla, French mathematician, dies at 74
  • Dec 20 David Traugott Nicolai, German composer, dies at 66
  • Dec 31 Jean-François Marmontel, French historian and writer, dies at 76