British general (b. 1738) Eleonore Prochaska, German heroine soldier (b. 1785) October 21 John Cooke, English captain (b. 1762) Horatio Nelson, British admiral (mortally wounded in battle) (b. 1758) November 24 – Jacques Antoine Marie de Cazalès, French orator, politician (b. 1758) December 16 – Saverio Cassar, Gozitan priest, rebel leader (b. 1746) December 23 Pehr Osbeck, Swedish explorer, naturalist (b. 1723) Geneviève Thiroux d'Arconville, French novelist, translator and chemist (b. 1720) Undated Rafaela Herrera, Nicaraguan heroine (b. 1742) Bety of Betsimisaraka, queen regnant (b. 1735) References