1775) July–December July 3 – Friedrich Wilhelm von Reden, German pioneer in mining and metallurgy (b. 1752) August 2 – Guillaume Marie-Anne Brune, French marshal (murdered) (b. 1763) August 6 – James A. Bayard, U.S. Senator from Delaware (b. 1767) September 9 – John Singleton Copley, American painter (b. 1738) September 13 – Mihály Gáber, Slovene writer in Hungary (b. 1753) September 20 – Nicolas Desmarest, French geologist (b. 1725) October 13 – Joachim Murat, French marshal, King of Naples (executed) (b. 1767) October 19 – Paolo Mascagni, Italian anatomist (b. 1755) October 22 – Claude Lecourbe, French general (b. 1759) December 3 – John Carroll, first American Roman Catholic Archbishop (b. 1735) December 7 – Michel Ney, French marshal (executed) (b. 1769) December 8 – Mary Bosanquet Fletcher, English Methodist preacher and philanthropist (b. 1739) December 22 – José María Morelos, leader of Mexican War of Independence, executed (b. 1765) December 29 – Saartjie Baartman, South African sideshow performer References