1806 deaths

French physicist (1736-1806)

British statesman (1759–1806)

French painter (1732–1806)

Leader of Haitian Revolution and first ruler of independent Haiti (1758-1806)

Scottish naturalist and explorer of the African continent

thumb|Ase o fuku onna (Woman Wiping Sweat), Ukiyo-e, 1798 thumb|Takashima Ohisa using two mirrors to observe her coiffure was a Japanese artist. He is one of the most highly regarded designers of ukiyo-e woodblock prints and paintings, and is best known for his bijin ōkubi-e "large-headed pictures of beautiful women" of the 1790s. He also produced nature studies, particularly illustrated books of insects.

Italian playwright (1720-1806)

German philologist, linguist (1732-1806)

16th Mughal Emperor from 1760 to 1806

French zoologist and natural philosopher

Austrian composer, brother of Joseph Haydn, (1737-1806)

British Whig statesman (1749–1806)

French naturalist (1727-1806)

Prince of Orange, General Stadtholder of the United Provinces (1748-1806)

French writer (1734–1806)

British painter (1724–1806)

Prince of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel and Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg

French naval officer during the Napoleonic Wars

free African American scientist, surveyor, almanac author and farmer (1731–1806)

German nobleman

English socialite, style icon, author, and activist (1757–1806)

French chemist

American general and Secretary of War (1750–1806)

Austrian archduke, founder of the House of Austria-Este

French executioner(1739-1806)

French general (1762–1806)

Princess of Asturias (1784-1806)

French Neoclassical architect (1736-1806)

American financier and Founding Father of the United States (1734-1806)

American general in the American Revolutionary War (1727–1806)

Governor of New Jersey (1745-1806)

German poet

American businessman and author (1747–1806)

German prince and member of the House of Wettin

British statesman, colonial administrator and diplomat (1737-1806)

Russian general

prince of Prussia and composer

Austrian general

English poet, novelist (1749–1806)

Spanish composer (1754–1806)

first American law professor, a noted classics scholar, a Founding Father of the United States and a Virginia judge

English poet and polymath (1717 – 1806)

German botanist and zoologist (1733-1806)

French politician and judge (1758-1806)

American politician (1760–1806)

Italian guerilla leader (1771-1806)

Austrian entomologist

British army officer and the first Lieutenant Governor of Upper Canada (1752-1806)

Austrian Carmelite missionary and Orientalist

King of Nepal

Spanish admiral

French painter (1726-1806)

Greek Orthodox bishop

margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach and Brandenburg-Bayreuth (1736-1806)

German lawyer, dramatic poet, and central figure of the Sturm und Drang era

German writer (1744-1806)

British politician and army officer (1735-1806)

Romanian academic (1745–1806)

German writer, editor

French painter (1717-1806)