– John Laurens, American soldier (b. 1754) August 31 – George Croghan, American colonist September 5 – Bartolina Sisa, Bolivian indigenous Aymara heroine, rebel leader September 6 Gregoria Apaza, Bolivian indigenous leader (b. 1751) Martha Wayles Skelton Jefferson, wife of Thomas Jefferson (b. 1748) September 14 – Nicholas Cooke, first Governor of Rhode Island (b. 1717) October 2 – Charles Lee, Continental Army general during the American War of Independence (b. 1732) November 5 – James Burrow, British scholar (b. 1701) November 21 – Jacques de Vaucanson, French inventor (b. 1709) December 7 – Hyder Ali, Indian general, Sultan of Mysore (b. 1720) December 16 – William Cole (antiquary), British antiquarian (b. 1714) December 27 – Henry Home, Lord Kames, Scottish advocate and philosopher (b. 1697) date unknown Christine Kirch, German astronomer (b. 1696) Sabina Aufenwerth, German potter (b. 1706) Elisabeth Christina von Linné, Swedish botanist (b. 1743) References Further reading