1779 Deaths
People who died in the year 1779.See also: 1779 births.
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Pages in category "1779 deaths"
The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 308 total. This list may not reflect recent changes.
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- Diego José Abad
- Johann Adam (composer)
- Michael Adelbulner
- Alessandro Albani
- Nathan Alcock
- Francis Alison
- Moses Allen (minister)
- Camillo Almici
- Vicente Álvarez Travieso
- Elizabeth Frances Amherst (poet)
- Domenico Annibali
- Patrick d'Arcy
- Frederik Arentz
- John Armstrong (poet)
- John Ash (divine)
- George Edward Ayscough
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- John Baker (barrister)
- Andrea Barbiani
- James Barrett (colonel)
- Florian Baucke
- Károly Bebo
- Dom Bédos de Celles
- Wilhelm Sebastian von Belling
- Luisa Bergalli
- Sir Francis Bernard, 1st Baronet
- Bridget Bevan
- Jean François Beylon
- Edward Biddle
- Jakob Jonas Björnståhl
- Blackfish (Shawnee leader)
- Cornelius Bolton (died 1779)
- Giuseppe Bonici
- Claude Bourgelat
- Josse Boutmy
- Joseph Bowman
- William Boyce (composer)
- Richard Brickenden
- Augustus Hervey, 3rd Earl of Bristol
- Richard Brookshaw
- Arthur Browne (1732–1779)
- Antonio María de Bucareli
- Eyton Butts
C
- Thomas Cadwalader
- William Sinclair, 10th Earl of Caithness
- Giuseppe Carcani
- William Dawson, 1st Viscount Carlow
- Alexander Catcott
- Cornelius Cayley
- Felice Cervetti
- Jean Siméon Chardin
- Richard Chenevix (bishop)
- François de Chennevières
- Ekaterina Chernysheva
- Thomas Chippendale
- Thomas Cholmondeley (1726–1779)
- Sarah Clayton
- Charles Clerke
- George Clive (died 1779)
- Gaston-Laurent Coeurdoux
- Jemima Condict
- Johan Christian Conradi
- James Cook
- John Cooper (died 1779)
- Gawin Corbin Jr.
- Johann Friedrich Cotta (theologian)
- Reynell Cotton
- Michael Cox (archbishop of Cashel)
- Luigi Crespi
- Robert Crone (artist)
- Cuerno Verde
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- Johann Gottlieb Faber
- Ferenc Faludi
- Fang Wanyi
- George Farmer (Royal Navy officer)
- Robert Maxwell, 1st Earl of Farnham
- Henrik Fazola
- Lorenzo Feliciati
- Hendrick Fisher
- Maurice FitzGerald, 16th Knight of Kerry
- Caleb Fleming
- Étienne Lauréault de Foncemagne
- Thomas Fonnereau
- Thomas Fortescue (1744–1799)
- Anthony Foster
- Jedediah Foster
- Luciano Foti
- Robert French (1716–1779)
- John Frost (minister)
- Fujitani Nariakira
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- Jean Galli de Bibiena
- Joaquín García de Antonio
- David Garrick
- Johann Joseph Gassner
- Hermann Anton Gelinek
- John Gisborne
- Gottfried Heinrich Gloger
- John Glynn
- Emperor Go-Momozono
- Jane Gomeldon
- Catherine Gordon, Duchess of Gordon
- Friderike Elisabeth von Grabow
- Dougal Graham
- John Green (bishop)
- Matthew Gregory (died 1779)
- Walter Griffith
- Marie-Madeline Blouin
- Pedro de Alcántara Alonso Pérez de Guzmán, 14th Duke of Medina Sidonia
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- James Hackman
- Johann Friedrich Hahn
- Benoni Hall
- Raphael Levi Hannover
- William Stanhope, 2nd Earl of Harrington
- John Hart (New Jersey politician)
- William Harvey (1754–1779)
- Edward Hay (diplomat)
- Eliza Hayley
- Thomas Head
- Robert Heath (mathematician)
- Heinrich XXIV, Count Reuss of Ebersdorf
- Joachim Friedrich Henckel
- Joseph Hewes
- Hiraga Gennai
- Royal Noble Consort Wonbin Hong
- Hori Naokata (Suzaka)
- Thomas Hudson (painter)
- Benjamin Huger (American Revolution)
- Sir Richard Hughes, 1st Baronet
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- Archibald Laidlie
- Brinsley Butler, 2nd Earl of Lanesborough
- John Langhorne (poet)
- Joseph de La Porte
- Antoine de Laurès
- Sir Robert Laurie, 4th Baronet
- André le Breton
- Charles Le Roy (physician)
- Henrika Juliana Lieven
- Gaspard de Ligondès
- Johan Lindquist
- Jeronim Ljubibratić
- Sampson Lloyd
- Martha Daniell Logan
- Paul Daniel Longolius
- Feliks Łojko-Rędziejowski
- Luísa Clara de Portugal
- Thomas Lynch Jr.
- Thomas Lyttelton, 2nd Baron Lyttelton
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- Iain Mac Fhearchair
- Kenneth Macaulay (minister)
- John MacDonald (vicar apostolic of the Highland District)
- John Maitland (British Army officer)
- Gennaro Manna
- James Mannin
- Jean-Jacques de Marguerie
- Antoine Philippe de Marigny
- Richard Marshall (publisher)
- Gioacchino Martorana
- Heinrich Gottfried von Mattuschka
- John May (shipwright)
- Anton Raphael Mengs
- Miguel da Anunciação
- Mohammad 'Ali Khan Zand
- Bysse Molesworth
- Paolo Monaldi
- Hugh Montgomery (soldier)
- Sir John Moore, 1st Baronet