1792 deaths

Jacques Cazotte (October 17, 1719 – August 25, 1792), was a French author. Born at Dijon, he was educated by the Jesuits, and at the age of 27 he obtained a public office at Martinique. It was not till his return to Paris in 1760 with the rank of commissioner-general that he made his public debut as an author. His first attempts, a mock romance and a coarse song, gained so much popularity, both in the Court and among the people, that he was encouraged to try something more ambitious. He accordingly produced his romance, Les P ...

Including:

• Jacques Cazotte - Reference

Read more here: » Jacques Cazotte: Encyclopedia - Jacques Cazotte

John Burgoyne (February 24, 1723 – August 4, 1792) was a British general during the American Revolutionary War, infamous for his arrogance, pompous attitude, and vanity. On October 17, 1777 at Saratoga he surrendered his army of 6,000 men. John Burgoyne - Biography. Burgoyne, "Gentleman Johnny" entered the army at an early age. In 1743 he made a runaway marriage to Lady Charlotte Stanley, daughter of Edward Stanley, 11th Earl of Derby, but soon had to sell his commission to meet his debts, after w ...

Including:

• John Burgoyne - Biography
• John Burgoyne - External link

Read more here: » John Burgoyne: Encyclopedia - John Burgoyne

Constantine John Phipps, 2nd Baron Mulgrave (May 19, 1744 - October 10, 1792) was an English explorer. Phipps was at Eton College with Joseph Banks, but left early to go to sea with his uncle Captain the Hon. A. J. Hervey. In 1766 he sailed to Newfoundland as Lieutenant on HMS Niger. Banks accompanied him as ship's naturalist. On June 4, 1773 Phipps set off from Deptford on a voyage towards the North Pole. He had two boats, the Racehorse and the Carcass. Phipps took with him Dr Irving as naturalist a ...

Read more here: » Constantine John Phipps 2nd Baron Mulgrave: Encyclopedia - Constantine John Phipps 2nd Baron Mulgrave

John Burgoyne, "Gentleman Johnny" entered the army at an early age. In 1743 he made a runaway marriage to Lady Charlotte Stanley, daughter of Edward Stanley, 11th Earl of Derby, but soon had to sell his commission to meet his debts, after which he lived abroad for seven years. By Lord Derby's intervention Burgoyne was then reinstated at the outbreak of the Seven Years' War, also called The French and Indian War, and in 1758 he became captain and lieutenant-colonel in the Foot Guards. In 1758-1759 he participated in expeditions made against t ...

See also:

John Burgoyne, John Burgoyne - Biography, John Burgoyne - External link

Read more here: » John Burgoyne: Encyclopedia II - John Burgoyne - Biography

Laurens served in the militia, as did most able bodied men in his time. He rose to the rank of Lt. Colonel in campaigns against the Cherokee Indians in 1757-1761. 1757 also marked the first year he was elected to the colonial assembly. He was elected again every year but one until the revolution replaced the assembly with a state Convention as an interim government. The year he missed was 1773 when he visited England to arrange for his children's education. He was named to the colony's Council in 1764 and 1768, but declined both times. In 1772 he joined the American Philosophical Society of Philadelphia, and carried on ...

See also:

Henry Laurens, Henry Laurens - Personal life, Henry Laurens - Political career, Henry Laurens - Later events, Henry Laurens - Additional reading

Read more here: » Henry Laurens: Encyclopedia II - Henry Laurens - Political career

Robert studied at the Royal High School, Edinburgh, then entered the University of Edinburgh in 1743 only for his studies to be interrupted by illness and the Jacobite Rising of 1745. In 1746, he joined his older brother, John Adam, as an assistant to his father, and after William Adam’s death in 1748, the two brothers became partners in the family business, now known as 'Adam Brothers'. Their first major commission was the decoration of the grand State Apartments on the first floor at Hopetoun House, near South Queensferry west of ...

See also:

Robert Adam, Robert Adam - Training, Robert Adam - Business, Robert Adam - Projects, Robert Adam - Public life

Read more here: » Robert Adam: Encyclopedia II - Robert Adam - Training

Muhammad ibn Abd al Wahhab - Childhood. The early life of Muhammed Ibn Abd al-Wahhab remains fairly uncertain despite the existence several studies on the subject. Historians at the time had no interest in the life of an obscure, young scholar and most of the contemporary journals do not cover it. Thus, there are only two official histories of Ibn 'Abd Al-Wahhab and his religious movement, Ibn Ghannam's Tarikh Nadjd ...

See also:

Muhammad ibn Abd al Wahhab, Muhammad ibn Abd al Wahhab - Legacy, Muhammad ibn Abd al Wahhab - Biography, Muhammad ibn Abd al Wahhab - Childhood, Muhammad ibn Abd al Wahhab - Reforms, Muhammad ibn Abd al Wahhab - Criticisms, Muhammad ibn Abd al Wahhab - From Death to the Present, Muhammad ibn Abd al Wahhab - Commentary

Read more here: » Muhammad ibn Abd al Wahhab: Encyclopedia II - Muhammad ibn Abd al Wahhab - Biography

Burgoyne, "Gentleman Johnny" entered the army at an early age. In 1743 he made a runaway marriage to Lady Charlotte Stanley, daughter of Edward Stanley, 11th Earl of Derby, but soon had to sell his commission to meet his debts, after which he lived abroad for seven years. By Lord Derby's intervention Burgoyne was then reinstated at the outbreak of the Seven Years' War, also called The French and Indian War, and in 1758 he became captain and lieutenant-colonel in the Foot Guards. In 1758-1759 he participated in expeditions made against the Fr ...

See also:

John Burgoyne, John Burgoyne - Biography, John Burgoyne - External link

Read more here: » John Burgoyne: Encyclopedia II - John Burgoyne - Biography

The British forces from Charleston had burned the main home at Mepkin during the war. When Henry returned in 1784, the family lived in an outbuilding while the manor was rebuilt. He lived there the rest of his life, working to recover the estimated 40,000 pounds that the revolution had cost him. (This would be equivalent to about $3,500,000 in 2000 values.) He died at Mepkin on December 8, 1792, and afterward was cremated and his ashes were interred there. The estate at Mepkin passed through several hands, but large portions of the est ...

See also:

Henry Laurens, Henry Laurens - Personal life, Henry Laurens - Political career, Henry Laurens - Later events, Henry Laurens - Additional reading

Read more here: » Henry Laurens: Encyclopedia II - Henry Laurens - Later events

He considered this movement an effort to purify Islam by returning all Muslims to what he believed were the original principles of Islam, as typified by the as-salaf as-saliheen (the earliest converts to Islam) and rejected what he regarded as corruptions introduced by Bida (innovation, reformation) and Shirk (idolatry). Specifically, during his time, he denounced various sects of Sufism. He is considered by some to be a great reformer of Islam, while others regard him as the "father of Islamic terrorism." Some consider his ideas irra ...

See also:

Muhammad ibn Abd al Wahhab, Muhammad ibn Abd al Wahhab - Legacy, Muhammad ibn Abd al Wahhab - Biography, Muhammad ibn Abd al Wahhab - Childhood, Muhammad ibn Abd al Wahhab - Reforms, Muhammad ibn Abd al Wahhab - Criticisms, Muhammad ibn Abd al Wahhab - From Death to the Present, Muhammad ibn Abd al Wahhab - Commentary

Read more here: » Muhammad ibn Abd al Wahhab: Encyclopedia II - Muhammad ibn Abd al Wahhab - Legacy

Robert was elected a member of the Royal Society of Arts in 1758 and of the Society of Antiquaries in 1761, the same year he was appointed Architect of the King’s Works (jointly with Sir William Chambers). His younger brother James succeeded him in this post when he relinquished the role in 1768 in order to devote more time to his elected office as Member of Parliament for Kinross. Robert Adam died suddenly at his home, 11 Albermarle Street, London, after a blood vessel in his stomach burst. He ...

See also:

Robert Adam, Robert Adam - Training, Robert Adam - Business, Robert Adam - Projects, Robert Adam - Public life

Read more here: » Robert Adam: Encyclopedia II - Robert Adam - Public life

Henry was born to John and Esther Grasset Laurens on March 6, 1724 in Charleston, South Carolina. His father was a saddler and his parents had come to Charles Town as part of the Huguenot immigration, drawn by the promise of religious liberty. His family prospered, and in 1744 Henry went to England where he learned the ways of commerce from a merchant who had formerly lived in Charleston. Henry returned to Charleston in 1747. He entered the export and import business and became a prosperous merchant. On June 25, 1750 he married Eleano ...

See also:

Henry Laurens, Henry Laurens - Personal life, Henry Laurens - Political career, Henry Laurens - Later events, Henry Laurens - Additional reading

Read more here: » Henry Laurens: Encyclopedia II - Henry Laurens - Personal life