Nov 5 Johannes Schmidlin, Swiss composer, dies at 50 Nov 5 Pieter Steyn, Dutch grand pensionary (1749-72), dies at 66 Nov 10 Pedro Antonio Joaquim Correa da Serra Garção, Portuguese poet (b. 1724) Nov 11 Jan Maurits Quinkhard, Dutch portrait painter, dies at 84 Nov 19 William Nelson, American colonial governor of Virginia (b. 1711) Oct 1772 Famous Deaths by Year Dec 1772 Famous People by Cause of Death Assassination Car Crash Hanging Killed in Action Plane Crash Poisoning