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== Deaths == [[File:Frances Moore Brooke (1724-1789) by Read.jpg|thumb|right|110px|[[Frances Brooke]]]] * [[January 1]] – [[Fletcher Norton, 1st Baron Grantley]], English politician (b. [[1716]]) * [[January 4]] ** [[Johan Jacob Bruun]], Danish artist (b. [[1715]]) ** [[Thomas Nelson Jr.]], American signer of the Declaration of Independence and Governor of Virginia (1781) (b. [[1738]]) * [[January 8]] – [[Jack Broughton]], English boxer (b. [[1703]]) * [[January 10]] – [[James Mitchell Varnum]], American brigadier general of the Revolutionary War, Continental Congressman for Rhode Island (b. [[1748]]) * [[January 13]] – [[Joseph Spencer]], American major general of the Revolutionary War, Continental Congressman for Connecticut (b. [[1714]]) * [[January 23]] – [[Frances Brooke]], English writer (b. [[1724]]) * [[January 25]] – [[James Randolph Reid]], American Continental Congressman for Connecticut (b. [[1750]]) * [[February 2]] – [[Armand-Louis Couperin]], French composer and keyboard player (b. [[1727]]) * [[February 12]] – [[Ethan Allen]], American major general of the Revolutionary War, Vermont statesman (b. [[1738]]) * [[February 19]] – [[Nicholas Van Dyke (governor)|Nicholas Van Dyke]], American lawyer and [[President of Delaware]] (b. [[1738]]) * [[March 23]] – [[Thomas Osborne, 4th Duke of Leeds]], British politician (b. [[1713]]) * [[April 5]] – [[William Vane, 2nd Viscount Vane]] of Ireland (b. [[1714]]) [[File:Petrus Camper.jpg|thumb|right|110px|[[Petrus Camper]]]] * [[April 7]] ** [[Abdul Hamid I]], [[Ottoman Sultan]] (b. [[1725]]) ** [[Petrus Camper]], Dutch anatomist (b. [[1722]]) * [[April 13]] – [[Joseph Spencer]], American colonel of the Revolutionary War, Continental Congressman for New Hampshire (b. [[1739]]) * [[April 26]] – Count [[Petr Ivanovich Panin]], Russian soldier (b. [[1721]]) * [[May 5]] – [[Giuseppe Marc'Antonio Baretti]], Italian literary critic (b. [[1719]]) * [[May 9]] ** [[Jean-Baptiste Vaquette de Gribeauval]], French artillery specialist (b. [[1715]]) ** [[Anders Johan von Höpken]], Swedish politician (b. [[1712]]) * [[May 15]] – [[Jean-Baptiste Marie Pierre]], French painter (b. [[1714]]) * [[May 25]] – [[Anders Dahl]], Swedish botanist (b. [[1751]]) * [[June 4]] – [[Louis Joseph, Dauphin of France]], son of [[Louis XVI of France]] (tuberculosis) (b. [[1781]]) * [[June 6]] – [[Charles Thomas, Prince of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rochefort]], German nobleman, head of the House of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rochefort (b. [[1714]]) * [[June 15]] – [[Marcus Fredrik Bang]], Norwegian bishop (b. [[1711]]) * [[July 13]] – [[Victor de Riqueti, marquis de Mirabeau]], French economist (b. [[1715]]) * [[July 14]] – [[Jacques de Flesselles]], French provost (assassinated) (b. [[1721]]) * [[July 15]] – [[Jacques Duphly]], French composer and harpsichordist (b. [[1715]]) * [[July 16]] – [[Domenico Caracciolo]], Italian politician (b. [[1715]]) * [[July 22]] – [[Joseph Foullon de Doué]], French politician (executed) (b. [[1715]]) * [[July 30]] – [[Giovanna Bonanno]], Italian poisoner, alleged witch (b. c. [[1713]]) * [[August 22]] – [[Johann Heinrich Tischbein]], German artist (b. [[1722]]) * [[September 4]] – [[Paul Spooner]], American lieutenant governor of Vermont (1782–1787) (b. [[1746]]) [[File:Silas Deane - Du Simitier and B.L. Prevost.jpg|thumb|right|110px|[[Silas Deane]]]] * [[September 23]] ** [[John Rogers (Continental Congress)|John Rogers]], American Continental Congressman for Maryland (b. [[1723]]) ** [[Silas Deane]], American Continental Congressman for Connecticut (b. [[1737]]) * [[October 9]] – [[James Hamilton, 8th Earl of Abercorn]] (b. [[1712]]) * [[October 27]] – [[John Cook (governor)|John Cook]], American farmer, [[President of Delaware]] (b. [[1730]]) * [[October 28]] (''bur.'') – [[Mary Evans (sect leader)|Mary Evans]], Welsh sect leader (b. [[1735]]) * [[November 10]] – [[Richard Caswell]], American major general of the Revolutionary War, Continental Congressman and Governor of North Carolina (1776–80, 1785–87) (b. [[1729]]) * [[November 17]] – [[Samuel Holden Parsons]], American major general of the Revolutionary War, member of the Connecticut House of Representatives (b. [[1737]]) * [[November 26]] – [[John Elwes (politician)|John Elwes]], English miser and politician (b. [[1714]]) * [[December 3]] – [[Claude Joseph Vernet]], French painter (b. [[1714]]) * [[December 10]] – [[William Pierce (Georgia politician)|William Pierce]], American member of the Georgia House of Representatives, Continental Congressman for Georgia (c. [[1753]]) * [[December 12]] – [[John Ponsonby (politician)|John Ponsonby]], Irish politician (b. [[1713]]) * [[December 23]] – [[Charles-Michel de l'Épée]], French philanthropist, developer of signed French (b. [[1712]])
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