Aug 21 Alessandro Felici, Italian composer, dies at 29 Aug 21 Johann Andreas Joseph Giulini, German composer (Canticum Zacharia), and priest dies at 48 Aug 31 William Borlase, English naturalist (b. 1695) Jun 1772 Famous Deaths by Year Sep 1772 Famous People by Cause of Death Assassination Drug Overdose Gunshot Wound Murder Plane Crash Suicide