Pasha, Ottoman (Turkish) Grand Vizier (b. 1698) April 13 – James Waldegrave, 2nd Earl Waldegrave of Great Britain (b. 1715) April 22 – Jared Eliot, Connecticut farmer, writer on horticulture (b. 1685) May 3 – George Psalmanazar, French-born impostor and English writer (b. c. 1679) June 29 – Hedvig Charlotta Nordenflycht, Swedish writer (b. 1718) August 14 – Giovanni Battista Somis, Italian violinist and composer (b. 1686) August 21 – Charles Wyndham, 2nd Earl of Egremont, British statesman (b. 1710) September 20 – Gabriela Silang, Filipino rebel leader, heroine (b. 1731) September 26 – John Byrom, English poet (b. 1692) October – Anna Maria Garthwaite, British designer (b. 1688) October 5 – Augustus, Elector of Saxony, King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania (b. 1696) October 28 – Heinrich von Brühl, German statesman (b. 1700) November 10 – Joseph Dupleix – French governor general at Pondichéry November 23 – Friedrich Heinrich von Seckendorff, German soldier (b. 1673) November 28 – Naungdawgyi, Burmese king (b. 1734) December 3 – Carl August Thielo, Danish composer (b. 1702) December 17 – Frederick Christian, Elector of Saxony (b. 1722) December 23 – Antoine François Prévost, French writer (b. 1697) References