Nov 9 Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Italian etcher, dies at 58 Nov 20 Francesco Cetti, Italian Jesuit priest and scientist, dies at 52 Nov 26 Jean-Noël Hamal, Walloon composer, and music director (Saint-Lambert Cathedral), dies at 68 Sep 1778 Famous Deaths by Year Jan 1779 Famous People by Cause of Death Assassination Car Crash Hanging Killed in Action Plane Crash Poisoning