Deaths in History in 1768

Jan 10 Charles Cressent, French court furniture maker, dies at 82
Feb 1 Sir Robert Rich, 4th Baronet, British cavalry officer, dies at 82
Feb 2 Robert Smith, English mathematician (b. 1689)
Feb 8 George Dance the Elder, English architect (b. 1695)
Feb 17 Arthur Onslow, English politician (Speaker of the House of Commons 1728-61), dies at 76
Mar 1 Hermann Samuel Reimarus, German philosopher and writer (b. 1694)
Mar 18 Lawrence Sterne, writer (Sentimental Journey France & Italy), dies
Mar 21 Jan Jacob Mauricius, Dutch governor-general of Suriname (1742-51), dies at 75
Apr 19 Filippo della Valle, Italian sculptor, dies at about 70
Apr 19 Giovanni Antonio Canal [Canaletto], Italian painter and printmaker (Rialto), dies at 70
Apr 29 Georg Brandt, Swedish chemist and minerologist, dies at 73
May 16 Cornelis Writer, fleet supervisor, dies at about 81
May 27 Johann M Fleischmann, German/Dutch stamp/letter designer, dies
Jun 8 Johann Winckelmann, German archaeologist (History of Ancient Art), dies at 50
Jun 15 James Short, Scottish mathematician and optician (b. 1710)
Jun 19 Benjamin Tasker, Governor of Maryland (b. 1690)
Jul 4 Willem van Hairs, Fries nobleman and poet (Suicide), dies at 58
Jul 24 Nathanial Lardner, English theologian (b. 1684)
Aug 17 Vasily Kirillovich Trediakovsky, Russian poet (b. 1703)
Sep 2 Antoine Deparcieux, French mathematician (b. 1703)
Oct 1 Robert Simson, Scottish mathematician (Simson line), dies at 80
Nov 4 Johan Lulofs, Dutch physicist, philosopher and astronomer, dies at 57