1779 deaths

Greek-Catholic archbishop (1717–1779)

Belgian composer

German astronomer and mathematician

Jesuit missionary

French physician (1726-1779)

(1709-1779)

German mathematician

British politician (1739-1779)

British Army general (1719-1779)

French engraver and medallist

King Jeongjo's consort of Joseon

President of Dartmouth College

British writer

Prince Bishop of Bamberg and Wurzburg (1708-1779)

German pipe organ buider

Russian noble & scholar (1717–1779)

Russian lady-in-waiting (1715-1779)

Indian royalty

mistress of the French king Louis XV

British artist (1720-1779)

Dutch draughtsman and engraver (1715-1779)

Polish noblewoman

German composer and music theorist

18th century Italian castrato

French writer

icelandic doctor (1719-1779)

South Carolina politician; signer of the US Declaration of Independence

British sailor

German-Italian gemcutter (1697–1779)

Hungarian noble

British peer

Genevan diamond jeweler, artist and memoirist (1716-1779)

German encyclopedist

American soldier in the Revolutionary War

English clergyman, poet, translator, editor and author (1735–1779)

Italian painter (1708-1779)

Chinese artist (1732–1779)

german-born Hungarian locksmith master and factory owner (c. 1730-1779)

American politician

Italian painter (1736-1779)

Japanese linguist

German–Danish master builder and architect

Danish naval officer (1715-1779)

Prussian surgeon

German poet

leader of the Comanche in the late 18th century

French Indianist and missionary

Italian noble

Genevan theologian

Tamil poet and Carnatic music composer

Dutch painter

18th-century painter from the Northern Netherlands (1711-1779)