1786 deaths

Egyptian iconographer (1720–1786)

British artist (1717-1786)

author

Continental Army general from North Carolina

Genevan painter (1721-1786)

British peer (1720-1786)

British actress

Flemish composer, Kapellmeister and violinist

engraver (1706-1780)

Urdu poet

Italian composer (1708-1788)

18th-century Islamic jurist

British Army general of Genevan origin

Polish nobleman (1737-1786)

French geograph (1723-1786)

Swedish archbishop (1712-1786)

Baltic German noble (1719-1787)

German theologian (1717–1786)

King of Vietnam

Russian politician

Polish architect (1731-1786)

British Duke (1730-1786)

grandfather of president Abraham Lincoln (1744-1786)

Austrian composer and violinist

American sculptor of wax figures (1725–1786)

Austrian composer and violinist

(1731-1786) revolutionary governor of Georgia, USA

Russian general of Serbian origin

politician, privateer and Continental Army general (1731-1786)

American politician (1740-1786)

French painter (1697-1786)

politician (1715-1786)

English classical scholar (1730-1786)

Dutch poet and scientist (1724–1786)

Vietnamese lord

(1720-1786)

Princess-Abbess of Remiremont

French singer

American general 1742-1786

Swedish/Finnish officer and politician

First Governor of New Hampshire (1713-1786)

Italian archaeologist

French designer (1721–1786)

Physician and scholar (1739-1786)

Swedish-Danish artist (1730-1786)

Korean prince (1769–1786)

Russian architect (1695-1786)

Norwegian socialite, builder and businessperson

American politician (1714-1786)

Portuguese architect

French engraver (1729–1786)

Ecuadorian poet

Spanish newspaperwoman, editor

Swiss historian (1735-1786)

British Earl (1714-1786)

Crown prince of the Kingdom of Korea (Joseon)

French general

British politician (1747-1786)

British entomologist (1742-1786)

British diplomat (170?-1786)