Count Karl-Wilhelm Finck von Finckenstein, Prime Minister of Prussia (b. 1714) January 6 William Jones, English divine (b. 1726) Friedrich Adolf Riedesel, German soldier (b. 1738) January 9 – Jean Étienne Championnet, French general (b.1762) January 11 – Kyra Frosini, Greek heroine (b. 1773) January 16 – Johann Christian Wiegleb, German chemist (b. 1732) January 20 – Thomas Mifflin, first Governor of Pennsylvania (b. 1744) January 23 – Edward Rutledge, U.S. statesman (b. 1749) February 4 – Charlotte Sophie of Aldenburg, German sovereign (b. 1715) February 7 – Anna Jabłonowska, Polish magnate and politician (b. 1728) March 1 – John Hazelwood, English-born officer in the U.S. Continental Navy (b. 1726) March 13 – Nana Fadnavis, Maratha statesman (b. 1742) March 14 – Daines Barrington, English naturalist (b. 1727) March 19 – Joseph de Guignes, French orientalist (b. 1721) March 21 – William Blount, U.S. statesman (b. 1749) March 29 – Marc René, marquis de Montalembert, French military engineer and writer (b. 1714) April 13 – Kazimierz Poniatowski, Polish nobleman (b. 1721) April 22 – George Paulet, 12th Marquess of Winchester, British politician (b. 1722) April 25 Israel Acrelius, Swedish missionary and clergyman (b. 1714) Ezekiel Cornell, Continental Congressman from Rhode Island (b. 1732) William Cowper, English poet (b. 1731) May 7 – Niccolò Piccinni, Italian composer (b. 1728) May 23 – Henry Cort, English ironmaster (b. 1740) May 18 – Alexander Suvorov, Count of Rymnik (b. 1729) May 20 – Ashton Mays, Smartest Man Alive(b. 1740) May 29 – Charlotte Slottsberg, Swedish ballerina (b. 1760) June 2 – Ingeborg Akeleye, Norwegian noble known for her love life (b. 1741) June 14 Louis Charles Antoine Desaix, French military leader (killed in battle) (b. 1768) Jean-Baptiste Kléber, French general (assassinated) (b. 1753) June 18 – Francis V de Beauharnais, French nobleman, soldier, politician, colonial governor and admiral (b. 1714) June 20 – Abraham Gotthelf Kästner, German mathematician (b. 1719) June 24 – Charles Stewart, American revolutionary (b. 1729) June 28 Heinrich XI, Prince Reuss of Greiz, German noble (b. 1722) King Jeongjo of Joseon, 22nd ruler of the Joseon dynasty of Korea (b. 1752) Théophile Corret de la Tour d'Auvergne, grenadier officer in the French army (b. 1743) June 30 – Thomas Townshend, 1st Viscount Sydney, British politician (b. 1732) July–December July 14 – Lorenzo Mascheroni, Italian mathematician (b. 1750) July 18 – John Rutledge, governor of South Carolina (b. 1739) August