1788 deaths

American politician and businessman from Virginia (1730-1788)

British writer

Military officer, governor of Georgia

French playwright (1725-1788)

Italian Roman Catholic priest

British politician; (1717-1788)

German priest

Ukrainian Cossack

English composer

Prussian major general

Portuguese catholic priest and theologian

thumb|Engraving of Wynee, a Native of Owyhee, one of the Sandwich Islands by a member of John Meares's crew thumb|Engraving of Tianna, a Prince of Atooi, who traveled with Wynee during the last leg of her journey home and was beside her at her death Wynee, also spelled Winee or Winée, was the first Native Hawaiian from the Hawaiian Islands to travel abroad on a Western ship. She traveled to British Columbia and China before dying on the voyage home to Hawaii.

French artist (1731-1788)

Scottish minister and historian

German engraver

(1701-1788) marshal of France

American politician and judge (1722-1788)

Irish politician and poet; (1702-1788)

Spanish visitador in Peru

Scottish poet (1734–1788)

French geologist (1750–1788)

Irish noble

Danish entomologist (1742-1788)

German philologist

German singer, pianist, actress and composer