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1771 deaths

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Claude Adrien Helvétius

French philosopher; (1715-1771)

English poet and classical scholar (1716–1771)

Francesco Bartolomeo Rastrelli

Italian architect (1700-1771)

Tobias Smollett

18th-century poet and author from Scotland

Adolf Fredrik of Sweden

King of Sweden (1710–1771)

British botanist (1691-1771)

Giovanni Battista Morgagni

Italian anatomist (1682–1771)

Russian Arctic explorer and Vice Admiral

Louis-Michel van Loo

French painter (1707–1771)

French hydraulic engineer

English astronomer (1695–1771)

Jean-Baptiste de Boyer, Marquis d'Argens

French philosopher and writer (1704-1771)

Christopher Smart

English poet, hymnwriter, editor

Frederick William, Margrave of Brandenburg-Schwedt

German noble (1700-1771)

František Brixi

Sydney Parkinson

Scottish botanical illustrator (1745-1771)

Alexey Razumovsky

Ukrainian noble (1709-1771)

Johann Gottlieb Graun

German composer and violinist

Russian general of Baltic German origin (1702-1771)

Infanta Maria Doroteia of Portugal

Portuguese infanta

Konrad Ernst Ackermann

Jean Jacques Dortous de Mayran

French geophysicist, astronomer and most notably, chronobiologist

Louis de Bourbon, Count of Clermont

French noble (1709-1771)

Jan Klemens Branicki

Polish noble (1689-1771)

Augustus George, Margrave of Baden-Baden

Ruling Margrave of Baden-Baden from 1761 till his death in 1771

John Russell, 4th Duke of Bedford

British politician (1710-1771)

Johann Heinrich Gottlob Justi

German economist

Marguerite d'Youville

Canadian saint (1701-1771)

William Shirley

British governor of Massachusetts and then of the Bahamas (1694-1771)

English Baptist pastor, biblical scholar and theologian (1697-1771)

Catholic cardinal (1711-1771)

Christian Adolph Klotz

German philologist and controversialist (1738-1771)

Gottlieb Rabener

German writer (1714-1771)

Sigismund von Schrattenbach

Archbishop of Salzburg

Ioannis Vlachos (), better known as Daskalogiannis (; 1722/30 – 17 June 1771), was a wealthy shipbuilder and shipowner who led a Cretan revolt against Ottoman rule in the 18th century.

Gustaf Otto Douglas

Swedish general (1687-1771)

Louis Charles César Le Tellier

French military commander and Marshal of France (1695-1771)

British traveller, classical scholar, civil servant and politician (1717–1771)

Prince Emmanuel of Liechtenstein

Prince of Liechtenstein (1700-1771)

Natalia Sheremeteva

Juan de Iriarte y Cisneros

Spanish writer, librarian, and Hellenist (1702 - 1771)

Luis Antonio Fernández de Córdoba Portocarrero

Catholic prelate (1696-1771)

Raimondo di Sangro, 7th Prince of Sansevero

Italian Prince, esotericist, inventor and anatomist (1710-1771)

Infante Francisco Javier of Spain

Spanish infante

Giuseppe de Majo

Italian composer and organist

Italian actress, woman of letters, playwright and writer

Jean-Claude Trial

composer (1732-1771)

18th-century British astronomer

English inventor who patented the first functional typewriter

Joaquín de Montserrat, marqués de Cruillas

Spanish noble (1700-1771)

French musician

Louis Petit de Bachaumont

Charles Godefroy de La Tour d'Auvergne

Christian Ernest of Stolberg-Wernigerode

Count of Stolberg-Wernigerode (1691-1771)

Georg Detlev von Flemming

Polish noble (1699-1771)

French benedectine historian

Maria Zofia Czartoryska

Polish noblewoman (1699–1771)

Wilhelm of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg

German prince (1701–1771)

Christine Charlotte of Solms-Braunfels

Landgravine of Hesse-Homburg (1690-1771)

Louis August le Clerc

Danish sculptor (1688-1771)