Declaration of Independence (b. 1714) June 26 – Fermín Lasuén, Spanish missionary (b. 1736) July–December August 24 – James Napper Tandy, Irish republican September 5 – Pierre Choderlos de Laclos, French general, author (b. 1741) September 13 – John Barry, officer in the Continental Navy during the American Revolutionary War, later in the United States Navy (b. 1745) September 15 Gian Francesco Albani, Italian Catholic cardinal (b. 1719) François Devienne, French composer (b. 1759) September 16 – Nicolas Baudin, French explorer (b. 1754) September 17 – Franz Xaver Süssmayr, Austrian composer (b. 1766) September 23 – Joseph Ritson, English antiquary (b. 1752) September 27 – Frances Brett Hodgkinson, English-born American actress (b. 1771) October 2 – Samuel Adams, American revolutionary leader (b. 1722) October 8 – Vittorio Alfieri, Italian dramatist, poet (b. 1749) October 14 – Louis Claude de Saint-Martin, French philosopher (b. 1743) October 26 – Granville Leveson-Gower, 1st Marquess of Stafford, English politician (b. 1721) October 31 – Pandara Vanniyan, last King of Vanni (defeated by Lt. von Driberg) November 11 – Raphael Cohen, German rabbi (b. 1722) November 17 – John Willett Payne, British Royal Navy admiral (b. 1752) November 18 – Ditlevine Feddersen, Norwegian culture figure (b. 1727) November 25 – Joseph Wilton, English sculptor (b. 1722) December 7 – Gerrit Paape, Dutch politician, writer (b. 1752) December 15 – Dru Drury, English entomologist (b. 1725) December 18 – Johann Gottfried Herder, German philosopher, writer (b. 1744) December 26 – Gian Carlo Passeroni, Italian writer (b. 1713) December 30 – Francis Lewis, American signer of the Declaration of Independence (b. 1713) Date unknown Moscho Tzavela, Greek-Souliote heroine (b. 1760) References