Deaths in History in 1778

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  • Jan 4 Charles D J Eisen, French engraver/painter, dies at 57

Person of interestCarolus Linnaeus

Jan 10 Carolus linaeus "Carl von Linne", Swedish botanist/explorer, dies at 70

Taxonomist, botanist, physician, and zoologist Carolus Linnaeus
Taxonomist, botanist, physician, and zoologist
Carolus Linnaeus
  • Jan 10 Carolus Linnaeus [Carl von LinnĂ©], Swedish botanist and the Father of Taxonomy, dies at 70
  • Feb 18 Joseph Marie Terray, French statesman (b. 1715)
  • Feb 20 Laura Bassi, Italian physicist and scholar, dies at 66
  • Mar 7 Charles De Geer, Swedish industrialist and entomologist, dies at 58
  • Mar 13 Charles le Beau, French historian (b. 1701)
  • Apr 8 Pieter Teyler van der Hulst, Dutch founder (Teyler Museum), dies at 76
  • Apr 22 James Hargreaves, inventor (spinning jenny), dies

Person of interestWilliam Pitt the Elder

May 11 William Pitt the Elder, British Prime Minister (Whig, 1756-61, 66-68) known as the `Great Commoner', dies at 69

British Prime Minister (The Great Commoner) William Pitt the Elder
British Prime Minister (The Great Commoner)
William Pitt the Elder
  • May 16 Robert Darcy, 4th Earl of Holderness, English diplomat (b. 1718)

Person of interestVoltaire

May 30 Voltaire [Francois-Marie Arouet], French writer, philosopher and playwright (Candide), dies at 83

Enlightenment Philosopher Voltaire
Enlightenment Philosopher
Voltaire
  • Jun 12 Philip Livingston, American businessman and politician (signed Declaration of Independance), dies at 62
  • Jun 24 Pieter Burmann the Younger, Dutch philologist (b. 1714)
  • Jul 2 Jean-Jacques Rousseau, French philosopher, eminent political theorist, and writer whose influential works inspired French Revolution leaders and Romantic academics (Confession), dies of cerebral bleeding from a stroke at 66
  • Jul 2 Bathsheba Spooner, American murderer
  • Jul 3 Anna Maria Pertl Mozart, mother of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (b. 1720)
  • Aug 4 Pierre de Rigaud, French colonial governor in North America (b. 1698)
  • Aug 5 Charles ClĂ©mencet, French historian (b. 1703)
  • Aug 11 Augustus Montague Toplady, hymn writer (Rock of Ages), dies
  • Aug 12 Peregrine Bertie, 3rd Duke of Ancaster and Kesteven, British general and politician (b. 1714)
  • Aug 28 Jacob Wallenberg, Swedish writer/shipminister, dies
  • Sep 23 Balthazar Huydecoper, Dutch translator and historian, dies at 83
  • Nov 9 Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Italian etcher, dies at 58
  • Nov 20 Francesco Cetti, Italian Jesuit scientist (b. 1726)