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== Deaths ==

=== January–June ===
[[File:Friedrich Schiller by Ludovike Simanowiz.jpg|thumb|right|110px|[[Friedrich Schiller]]]]
[[File:HoratioNelson1.jpg|thumb|right|110px|[[Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson|Lord Nelson]]]]
* [[January 7]] – [[Ebenezer Sproat]], American Continental Army officer, pioneer to the Ohio Country (b. 1752)
* [[January 9]] – [[Noble Wimberly Jones]], American Continental Congressman (b. 1723)
* [[January 17]] – [[Paschen von Cossel]], German lawyer (b. 1714)
* [[January 18]] – [[John Moore (archbishop of Canterbury)]] (b. 1730)
* [[January 23]] – [[Claude Chappe]], French telecommunication pioneer (b. 1763)
* [[January 24]] – [[Liu Yong (Qing dynasty)|Liu Yong]], Chinese politician (b. 1719)
* [[February 2]] – [[Thomas Banks (sculptor)|Thomas Banks]], English sculptor and artist (b. 1735)
* [[February 11]] – [[Queen Jeongsun]], Korean regent (b. 1745)
* [[February 20]] – [[Justus Claproth]], German jurist, inventor of the de-inking process of recycled paper (b. 1728)
* [[February 25]] – [[Thomas Pownall]], English colonial statesman (b. 1722)
* [[March 4]] – [[Jean-Baptiste Greuze]], French painter (b. 1725)
* [[March 14]] – [[Ji Yun]], Chinese politician (b. 1724)
* [[May 7]] – [[William Petty, 2nd Earl of Shelburne]], [[Prime Minister of Great Britain]] (b. 1737)<ref>{{cite web |title=History of William Petty, 2nd Earl of Shelburne - GOV.UK |url=https://www.gov.uk/government/history/past-prime-ministers/william-petty-2nd-earl-of-shelburne |website=www.gov.uk |access-date=1 July 2023 |language=en |archive-date=July 8, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140708145542/https://www.gov.uk/government/history/past-prime-ministers/william-petty-2nd-earl-of-shelburne |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[May 9]] – [[Friedrich Schiller]], German playwright (b. 1759)
* [[May 12]] – [[Ferdinand von Hompesch zu Bolheim]], 71st Grandmaster of the [[Knights Hospitaller|Order of Malta]] (b. 1744)
* [[May 25]]
** [[William Paley]], English philosopher (b. 1743)
** [[Anna Maria Rückerschöld]], Swedish author (b. 1725)
* [[May 28]] – [[Luigi Boccherini]], Tuscan-born composer (b. 1743)
* [[June 3]] – [[Princess Louise of Saxe-Meiningen]], Landgravine of Hesse-Philippsthal-Barchfeld (b. 1752)
* [[June 18]] – [[Arthur Murphy (writer)|Arthur Murphy]], Irish writer (b. 1727)
* [[June 19]] – [[Louis-Jean-François Lagrenée]], French painter (b. 1724)

=== July–December ===
[[File:Eleonore Prochaska.jpg|thumb|110px|[[Eleonore Prochaska]]]]
* [[July 31]] – [[Dheeran Chinnamalai]], Tamil king (b. 1756)
* [[August 3]] – [[Christopher Anstey]], English writer (b. 1724)
* [[August 28]]
** [[Alexander Carlyle]], Scottish church leader (b. 1722)
** [[Christopher Gadsden]], American statesman (b. 1724)
* [[September 27]] – [[William Moultrie]], American general (b. 1730)
* [[September 28]] – [[Christoph Franz von Buseck]], Prince-Bishop of Bamberg (b. 1724)
* [[October 5]]
** [[Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis]], British general (b. 1738)
** [[Eleonore Prochaska]], German heroine soldier (b. 1785)
* [[October 21]]
** [[John Cooke (Royal Navy officer)|John Cooke]], English captain (b. 1762) [[File:Captain John Cooke, 1763-1805.jpg|thumb|110px|[[John Cooke (Royal Navy officer)|John Cooke]]]]
** [[Horatio Nelson]], British admiral (mortally wounded in battle) (b. 1758)
* [[November 24]] – [[Jacques Antoine Marie de Cazalès]], French orator, politician (b. 1758)
* [[December 16]] – [[Saverio Cassar]], Gozitan priest, rebel leader (b. 1746)
* [[December 23]]
** [[Pehr Osbeck]], Swedish explorer, naturalist (b. 1723)
** [[Geneviève Thiroux d'Arconville]], French novelist, translator and chemist (b. 1720)

=== Undated ===
* [[Rafaela Herrera]], Nicaraguan heroine  (b. 1742)
* [[Bety of Betsimisaraka]], queen regnant (b. 1735)