1817 deaths

Italian architect

American Revolutionary War officer, Continental Congress delegate, and U.S. Marshal

Scottish Whig politician and lawyer; (1746-1817)

British engraver (1744-1817)

Norwegian contributing editor and publisher

Belgian painter (1752-1817)

General and politician

Belgian noble

German gambist, cellist and composer

Brazilian politician

British peer, Army officer, and playwright (1761-1817)

Norwegian bailiff and politician

Member of the Norwegian Constituent Assembly (1781-1817)

German noble and art collector (1738-1817)

Serbian economist (1768-1817)

Italian composer

French neoclassical painter (1753–1817)

Polish violinist

American politician 1741-1817

British politician

Italian astronomer, director of the Observatory of Naples (1783-1817)

Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies

British ship's captain

Colombian politician

French composer, music teacher, and clarinetist

French noble

Polish general

French diplomat

Spanish painter and court painter (1746-1817)

Chinese priest, martyr, Catholic saint

German-American artist (1735-1817)

French engraver, printmaker and draughtsperson (1732–1817)

French poet and playwright

Swiss draftsman, engraver, painter (1753–1817)

French diplomat (1751–1817)

German historian, music critic, theologist, philosopher and librarian

French writer

Spanish painter and writer (1752-1817)

German singer, harpsichordist and composer (1757-1817)

Italian writer and politician (1744-1817)

Irish army officer and author

Italian writer and historian (1733-1817)