Historical Figures Who Died in 1765

Mar 3 William Stukeley, English physician and archaeologist (pioneered investigation of Stonehenge and Avebury), dies at 77
Apr 5 Edward Young, English poet (Love of Fame), dies at 81

Apr 9 Maria Louise van Hessen-Kassel, princess of Orange-Nassau, dies at 77

Apr 15 Mikhail Lomonosov, Russian scholar & poet, dies at 53
Apr 20 Abigail Williams, American accuser in the Salem witch trials (b. 1674)
May 17 Alexis Clairaut, French mathematician (Clairaut's theorem), dies at 52
Jul 15 Charles-André Van Loo, French Rococo painter, dies at 60
Aug 18 Francis I, Holy Roman Emperor (1745-65) dies at 56
Aug 19 Axel Fredrik Cronstedt, Swedish Chemist who discovered nickel and tungsten, dies at 42
Sep 2 Henry Bouquet, Swiss-born British army officer (b. 1719)
Sep 10 Jacob Gilles, GRand Pensionary of Holland, dies at about 74
Oct 10 Lionel Sackville, 1st Duke of Dorset, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, dies at 77
Oct 20 William Augustus, Duke of Cumberland, English supreme commander, dies at 44
Oct 21 Giovanni Paolo Pannini, Italian painter and architect, dies at 73
Oct 31 Duke of Cumberland, English politician/uncle of George III, dies
Nov 30 George Glas, British merchant and adventurer (b. 1725)
Dec 16 Peter Frederick Haldimand, Swiss military officer and surveyor
Dec 25 Václav Prokop Diviš, Czech theologian and natural scientist, dies at 67