18th-century suicides

French journalist and moralistic author

British military officer and East India Company official (1725-1774)

English poet and forger (1752-1770)

Irish politician (1763-1798)

French priest and revolutionary (1752-1794)

French politician (1734-1793)

English baroque composer and organist

French politician (1756-1794)

American inventor, clockmaker, entrepreneur and engineer (1743–1798)

French politician (1760-1794)

German writer

Czech harpist and composer (1742-1790)

French politician (1750-1795)

French revolutionary

French noble

Polish noble

12th Peshwa of Maratha Empire

French journalist

Dutch explorer, soldier and linguist of Scottish descent (1743-1795)

Croatian composer

French military personnel (1749–1794)

French politician and financier of Genevan origin (1735-1793)

British politician and Lord Chancellor; (1722-1770)

Qing Dynasty rebel

English chemist and alchemist

Swedish-German philosopher known for his theological essay defending suicide

Veeramangai Kuyili (29 November 1749 —7 October 1780) was an army commander of queen Velu Nachiyar who participated in campaigns against the East India Company in the 18th century. She is considered the first suicide bomber and "first woman martyr" in Indian history.

English divine and author (1715-1766)

Diplomat, art collector and bibliophile from Saxony (1694-1736)

German-French statesman during the French Revolution

Wife of maratha emperor

Cuffy, also known as Kofi Badu (died in 1763), was an African Akan man who was enslaved in the Dutch colony of Berbice in present-day Guyana. In 1763, he led a major slave revolt of around 5,000 slaves against the Dutch. The slave revolt was eventually suppressed and Cuffy committed suicide. Today, he is a national hero in Guyana.

British politician and Earl

Irish politician (1686-1737)

Vietnamese rebel leader

French opera singer

Breffu (possibly derived from Twi, Baffour) was an Akwamu leader of the 1733 slave insurrection on St. John (then known as St. Jan) in Danish West Indies. She killed herself with 23 other rebels to evade capture as the rebellion weakened in 1734.

American politician (1728-1777)

Matonabbee (–1782) was a Chipewyan hunter and leader. He was also a trader and a Chipewyan representative at the Prince of Wales Fort. He travelled with Chief Akaitcho's older brother, Keskarrah. After his father died, Matonabbee spent some time living at Prince of Wales Fort where he learned to speak English.

French revolutionary

German magician