Jun 7 Johann Georg Zechner, Austrian composer, dies at 62 Jun 12 Philip Livingston, American businessman and politician (signed Declaration of Independence), dies at 62 Jun 16 Konrad Ekhof [Hans Konrad Dieterich Eckhof], German actor and director, dies at 57 Jun 24 Pieter Burman the Younger, Dutch philologist, dies at 64 Jun 26 Angelo Antonio Caroli, Italian composer, dies at 77 May 1778 Famous Deaths by Year Jul 1778 Famous People by Cause of Death Assassination Drug Overdose Gunshot Wound Murder Plane Crash Suicide