Editing 1786 (section)

== Deaths ==
* [[January 4]] &ndash; [[Moses Mendelssohn]], Jewish philosopher (b. [[1729]])
* [[January 7]] &ndash; [[Jean-Étienne Guettard]], French physician, scientist (b. [[1715]]) 
* [[January 14]] &ndash; [[Meshech Weare]], Governor of New Hampshire (b. [[1713]])
* [[January 26]] &ndash; [[Hans Joachim von Zieten]], Prussian field marshal (b. [[1699]])
* [[February 25]] &ndash; [[Thomas Wright (astronomer)|Thomas Wright]], British astronomer (b. [[1711]])
* [[February 28]] &ndash; [[John Gwynn (architect)|John Gwynn]], English architect and engineer (b. [[1713]])
* [[March 11]] &ndash; [[Charles Humphreys]], American delegate to the Continental Congress (b. [[1714]])
* [[April 10]] &ndash; [[John Byron]], British naval officer (b. [[1723]])
* [[April 20]] &ndash; [[John Goodricke]], English astronomer (b. [[1764]])
* [[May 1]] &ndash; [[Benjamin Waller]], American politician (b. [[1716]])
* [[May 2]] &ndash; [[Petronella Johanna de Timmerman]], Dutch poet, scientist (b. [[1723]])
* [[May 15]] &ndash; [[Eva Ekeblad]], Swedish scientist and agronomist, first female member of the [[Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences]] (b. [[1724]])
* [[May 19]] &ndash; [[John Stanley (composer)|John Stanley]], English composer (b. [[1712]])
[[File:Carl Wilhelm Scheele from Familj-Journalen1874.png|thumb|110px|right|[[Carl Wilhelm Scheele]]]] 
* [[May 21]] &ndash; [[Carl Wilhelm Scheele]], Swedish chemist (b. [[1742]])
* [[May 22]] &ndash; [[Carl Fredrik Mennander]], Swedish bishop (b. [[1712]])
* [[May 25]] &ndash; [[Peter III of Portugal]], consort of Queen [[Maria I of Portugal]] (b. [[1717]])
* [[June 17]] &ndash; [[Adam Drummond (politician)|Adam Drummond]], British politician (b. [[1713]])
* [[June 19]] &ndash; [[Nathanael Greene]], major general in the [[Continental Army]], 3rd Quartermaster General (b. [[1742]])
* [[July 28]] &ndash; [[Carlo Marchionni]], Italian architect (b. [[1702]])
[[File:Friedrich der Große (1781 or 1786) - Google Art Project.jpg|thumb|110px|right|[[Frederick II of Prussia]]]]
* [[August 17]] &ndash; King [[Frederick II of Prussia]] ("Frederick the Great") (b. [[1712]])
* [[August 27]] &ndash; [[Carl Fredrik Scheffer]], Swedish politician (b. [[1715]])
* [[September 5]] &ndash; [[Jonas Hanway]], English merchant, traveler, and philanthropist (b. [[1712]])
* [[September 17]] &ndash; [[Tokugawa Ieharu]], Japanese shōgun (b. [[1737]])
* [[September 18]] &ndash; [[Giovanni Battista Guadagnini]], Italian luthier (b. [[1711]])
* [[October 2]] &ndash; [[Augustus Keppel, 1st Viscount Keppel]], British admiral (b. [[1725]])
* [[October 5]] &ndash; [[Johann Gottlieb Gleditsch]], German botanist (b. [[1714]])
* [[October 17]] &ndash; [[Johann Ludwig Aberli]], Swiss artist (b. [[1723]])
* [[October 20]] &ndash; [[Humphrey Sturt]], British architect (b. [[1725]])
* [[October 31]] &ndash; [[Princess Amelia of Great Britain]], Second daughter of George II of Great Britain (b. [[1711]])<ref>{{cite web |title=Princess Amelia |url=https://www.westminster-abbey.org/abbey-commemorations/royals/princess-amelia |website=Westminster Abbey |access-date=8 October 2022 |language=en}}</ref>
* [[November 30]] &ndash; [[Bernardo de Gálvez]], Spanish military leader who aided the United States in its quest for independence, in the [[American Revolutionary War]] (b. [[1746]])
* [[December 26]] &ndash; [[Gasparo Gozzi]], Italian critic, dramatist (b. [[1713]])<ref>{{cite book|author=John Louis DiGaetani|title=Carlo Gozzi: A Life in the 18th Century Venetian Theater, an Afterlife in Opera|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LEJdAAAAMAAJ|year=2000|publisher=McFarland|isbn=978-0-7864-0077-5|page=184}}</ref>