Aug 1 François-Paul Brueys D'Aigalliers, French admiral (killed in battle) (b. 1753) Aug 7 Johann Gottlieb Sollner, German composer and theologian, dies at 65 Aug 15 Felice Alessandri, Italian organist, harpsichordist, pianist, and opera composer, dies at 50 Aug 21 Corneille-François de Nélis, Flemish scholar and bishop of Antwerp, dies at 62 Aug 24 Thomas Alcock, English clergyman (b. 1709) Aug 28 James Wilson, One of the Founding Fathers of the United States and a signatory of the U.S. Declaration of Independence and the U.S. Constitution, dies at 55 Jul 1798 Famous Deaths by Year Sep 1798 Famous People by Cause of Death Assassination Drug Overdose Gunshot Wound Murder Plane Crash Suicide
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