page_title: 1762
section_title: Deaths
hierarchical_section_title: 1762 / Deaths
caption_attribution_description: «Портрет императрицы Елизаветы Петровны» 1757 Холст, масло ГМЗ Царское Село
context_page_description: 1762 was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Tuesday of the Julian calendar, the 1762nd year of the Common Era and Anno Domini designations, the 762nd year of the 2nd millennium, the 62nd year of the 18th century, and the 3rd year of the 1760s decade. As of the start of 1762, the Gregorian calendar was 11 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which remained in localized use until 1923.
context_section_description: January 5 – Empress Elizabeth of Russia (b. 1709)
  January 7 – Manuel de Montiano, Spanish colonial administrator (b. 1685)
  January 11 – Louis-François Roubiliac, French sculptor (b. 1695)
  February 11 – Johann Tobias Krebs, German composer (b. 1690)
  February 12 – Laurent Belissen, French composer (b. 1693)
  February 20 – Tobias Mayer, German astronomer (b. 1723)
  March 4 – Johannes Zick, German fresco painter (b. 1702)
  March 18 – Paul II Anton, Prince Esterházy of Hungary (b. 1711)
  March 21 – Nicolas-Louis de Lacaille, French astronomer (b. 1713)
  April 1 – Germain Louis Chauvelin, French politician (b. 1685)
  May 15 – Michał Kazimierz "Rybeńko" Radziwiłł, Polish-Lithuanian noble (b. 1702)
  May 19 – Francesco Loredan, doge of Venice (b. 1685)
  May 21 – Alexander Joseph Sulkowski, Polish and Saxon general (b. 1695)
  May 26 – Alexander Gottlieb Baumgarten, German philosopher (b. 1714)
  June 13 – Dorothea Erxleben, German physician (b. 1715)
  June 17 – Prosper Jolyot de Crébillon, French writer (b. 1674)
  June 19 – Johann Ernst Eberlin, German composer (b. 1702)
  June 26 – Luise Gottsched, German poet, playwright, essayist and translator (b. 1713)
  July 12 – Prince Sado, son of Yeongjo of Joseon (b. 1735)
  July 13 – James Bradley, English Astronomer Royal (b. 1693)
  July 17 – Emperor Peter III of Russia (b. 1728)
  July 28 – George Dodington, 1st Baron Melcombe, English politician (b. 1691)
  July 31 – Luis Vicente de Velasco e Isla, Royal Spanish Navy sailor, commander (b. 1711)
  August 20 – Shah Waliullah, Islamic reformer (b. 1703)
  August 21 – Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, English writer (b. 1689)
  August 31 – Emperor Momozono of Japan (b. 1741)
  September 17 – Francesco Geminiani, Italian composer (b. 1687)
  August 26 – John Fane, 7th Earl of Westmorland, British politician (b. 1685)
  October 5 – John Olmius, 1st Baron Waltham of Ireland (b. 1711)
  October 6 – Francesco Manfredini, Italian composer (b. 1684)
  November 16 – John Boyle, 5th Earl of Cork, Irish writer (b. 1707)
  November 19 – Lord Robert Manners-Sutton, British politician (b. 1722)
  date unknown – William Moraley, English-American indentured servant and autobiographer (b. 1698)
caption: Elizabeth of Russia
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