of the American Revolution (b. 1696) February 6 – Carlo Goldoni, Italian playwright (b. 1707) March 2 – Carl Gustaf Pilo, Swedish-born artist (b. 1711) March 4 – Louis Jean Marie de Bourbon, Duke of Penthièvre, French admiral (b. 1725) March 20 – William Murray, 1st Earl of Mansfield, Scottish judge, politician (b. 1705) March 26 – John Mudge, English physician, inventor (b. 1721) April 13 – Princess Marie Victoire d'Arenberg, Margravine of Baden-Baden as consort of Augustus George (b. 1714) April 15 – Ignacije Szentmartony, Croatian Jesuit missionary, geographer (b. 1718) April 29 Yechezkel Landau, Polish rabbi, Talmudist (b. 1713) John Michell, English scientist (b. 1724) May 3 – Martin Gerbert, German theologian, historian (b. 1720) May 7 – Pietro Nardini, Italian composer (b. 1722) May 18 – Timur Shah Durrani, ruler of the Durrani Empire (b. 1748) May 20 – Charles Bonnet, Swiss naturalist (b. 1720) May 26 – Eliza Lucas, American agronomist (b. 1722) June 26 – Gilbert White, English ornithologist (b. 1720) July 13 – Jean-Paul Marat, Swiss-born French Revolutionary leader (assassinated) (b. 1743) July 17 – Charlotte Corday, French assassin of Jean-Paul Marat (executed) (b. 1768) July 23 – Roger Sherman, American lawyer, signer of the Declaration of Independence (b. 1721) July 26 – Alessandro Besozzi, Italian composer (b. 1702) August 22 Louis de Noailles, French peer and Marshal of France (b. 1713) John Thomas, Dean of Westminster; Bishop of Rochester (b. 1712) August 28 – Adam Philippe, Comte de Custine, French general (executed) (b. 1740) September 17 – George Handley, American politician (b. 1752) September 20 – Fletcher Christian, English sailor (b. 1764) October 7 Wills Hill, 1st Marquess of Downshire, English politician (b. 1718) Antoine Joseph Gorsas, French publicist, politician (executed) (b. 1752) October 8 – John Hancock, American businessman and patriot, signer of the Declaration of Independence (b. 1737) October 9 – Jean Joseph Marie Amiot, French Jesuit missionary (b. 1718) October 16 – Marie-Antoinette, Queen Consort of France (executed) (b. 1755) October 31 Pierre Victurnien Vergniaud, French revolutionary leader (executed) (b. 1744) Claude Fauchet, French revolutionary leader (executed) (b. 1754) Armand Gensonné, French revolutionary leader (executed) (b. 1758) Jacques Pierre Brissot, French revolutionary leader (executed) (b. 1754) November 3 – Olympe de Gouges, French playwright (executed) (b. 1748) November 6 – Louis Philippe II, Duke of Orléans, French noble, revolutionary leader (executed) (b. 1747) November 8 – Madame Roland, French Revolutionary