1791 deaths

French writer (1719-1791)

French encyclopedist

French botanist (1714-1791)

politician (1706-1791), prince of Wied-Neuwied

Czech composer and violist

Spanish academic and orientalist (1710–1791)

Governor of Jamaica and Madras (1739-1791)

German composer

French master joiner and cabinetmaker

Muslim scholar

Irish explorer

French jurist and judge

Austrian missionary and writer

French engraver (1716-1791)

Swiss orthopaedist (1740-1791)

Spanish poet

Russian military captain, royalty (1726-1791)

German-Italian gemcutter (1734–1791)

English antiquary, draughtsman, and lexicographer (c1731 - 1791)

British Earl and Governor of Jamaica (1746-1791)

Spanish philanthropist

king of Luang Prabang

Mamluk of Egypt

French duke

American printer

Genevan Protestant minister

Italian writer

Prussian general

British opera singer and actor (1716-1791)

German scientist

Irish politician

Italian architect and painter, with most of his works in Pará, Brazil (1713-1791)

French politician (1713-1791)

German jurist and philosopher (1719–1791)

German art collector and art historian (1707-1791)

German missionary

United States general (1743-1791)

English noble

American judge (1731-1791)

physician, professor, and amateur composer of the 18th century (1739-1791)

German-Dutch composer

French portrait painter (1741-1791)

Czech composer and educator

minister (1738-1791)

French diplomat (1741–1791)

American soldier and politician (1754–1791)

French admiral

Polish political activist

Russian military commander

German philologist

British doctor (1712-1791)

German painter (1736–1791)

British peer (1730-1791)

British politician (1719–1791)

member of the royal class during the unification of the Kingdom of Hawaiʻi

German theologian

Guatemalan composer

Vietnamese physician

English painter and naturalist

English earl (1722-1791)