- Jan 11 William Williams Pantycelyn, Welsh hymnist (b. 1717)
Francis Hopkinson (1737-1791)
May 9 American judge, signer of the Declaration of Independence, author, flag designer (first American flag), and composer (The Battle of the Kegs), dies from an apoplectic seizure at 53
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
Dec 5 Austrian musical prodigy and composer (The Marriage of Figaro; Jupiter Symphony), dies at 35
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