Anniversarial — 2016
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Here are some of those correspondents whose birth or death is marked in 2016:
Births
- Aiton, William Townsend (born 1766–died 1849), English horticulturist, academician, horticulturist
- Arnault, Antoine Vincent (born 1766–died 1834), French author, playwright
- Barton, Anne Maria [née Downe] (born 1766–died 1828), English home-maker
- Bedinger, Daniel (born 1766–died 1818), American [unknown occupation]
- Booth, David (born 1766–died 1846), Scottish lexicographer, author
- Bossange, Martin (born 1766–died 1865), French bookseller, publisher
- Broglie, père Maurice Jean Madeleine de, bishop of Ghent (born 1766–died 1821), French aristocrat, churchman, bishop
- Burnley, Reuben (born 1766–died 1808), American [unknown occupation]
- Chauvelin, Bernard François (born 1766–died 1832), French diplomat, politician
- Chéron de La Bruyère, Catherine Henriette [née Belz] (born 1766–died 1838), French pianist, literary executor
- Chinnery, William Bassett (born 1766–died 1827), English landowner, civil servant
- Clarke, James Stanier (born 1766–died 1834), English churchman, author, naval officer, librarian, academician
- Dalton, John (born 1766–died 1844), English chemist, physicist, meteorologist
- Darwin, Doctor Robert Waring [junior] (born 1766–died 1848), English physician
- Déterville, Jean François Pierre (born 1766–died 1842), French bookseller, publisher
- Eden, Sir Frederick Morton, 2nd baronet (born 1766–died 1809), English author, philanthropist
- Flint, Abel (born 1766–died 1825), American [unknown occupation]
- Fremantle, Sir William Henry (born 1766–died 1850), English politician, member of Parliament, courtier
- Gauzy, Pierre Jean Jacques de (born 1766–died 1836), French administrator
- Godwin, Mary Jane [formerly “Mrs” Clairmont; née Vial] (born 1766–died 1841), English translator, bookseller, home-maker
- Halford, Sir Henry (born 1766–died 1844), English physician, academician
- Hayes, Reuben (born 1766–died c. 1800), American [unknown occupation]
- Izarn, Jacques Godefroy Charles Sébastien Xavier Jean Joseph, marquis de Valady (born 1766–died 1793), French aristocrat, army officer, politician, revolutionary
- Jarvis, Daniel (born c. 1766–died c. 1833), English surgeon
- Johnson, Robert C. (born 1766–died 1806), American lawyer, politician
- Karamzin, Nikolai Mikhailovich (born 1766–died 1826), Russian author, historian, poet, critic
- Kiesewetter, Johann Gottfried Karl Christian (born 1766–died 1819), German philosopher, author
- Langdon, Henry Sherburne (born 1766–died 1857), American [unknown occupation]
- Lee, Theodorick (born 1766–died 1849), American [unknown occupation]
- Maine de Biran, Marie François Pierre (born 1766–died 1824), French politician, anthropologist
- Méjan, Étienne, comte de Méjan (born 1766–died 1846), French journalist, tutor, secretary, government minister
- Northmore, Thomas (born 1766–died 1851), English geologist, inventor, academician
- Raoul, Jean Marie (born 1766–died 1850), French lawyer, revolutionary
- Russell, John, 6th duke of Bedford (born 1766–died 1839), English politician, member of Parliament, landowner
- Sancho, Elizabeth Bruce (born 1766–died 1837), English shopkeeper
- Smith, John Thomas (born 1766–died 1833), English painter, draughtsman, engraver, antiquarian, archivist, author
- Staël, Anne Louise Germaine de, Baroness Staël von Holstein [née Necker] (born 1766–died 1817), French salon hostess, author
- Turner, Sir Tomkyns Hilgrove (born c. 1766–died 1843), English army officer, courtier
- Vansittart, Nicholas, 1st Baron Bexley (born 1766–died 1851), English politician, member of Parliament
- Wiggin, Mary Wingate (born 1766–died 1840), American [unknown occupation]
- Williamson, Maria [née Apthorpe] (born c. 1766–died 1790), American home-maker
Deaths
- Birch, Reverend Doctor Thomas (born 1705–died 1766), English author, historian, biographer, academician
- Bower, Archibald (born 1686–died 1766), Scottish pamphleteer, author
- Bronod, Louis (died 1766), French notary
- Brown, John (born 1715–died 1766), Scottish author, poet, moralist
- Burnet, Alexander (died 1766), Scottish university teacher, university administrator
- Calogerà, Angelo (born 1699–died 1766), Italian churchman, monk, Camaldolese, scholar, journalist, academic
- Capperonnier de Gauffecourt, Jean Vincent (born 1692–died 1766), Swiss politician, bookbinder, tradesman
- Carre, George, Lord Nisbet (born 1708–died 1766), Scottish magistrate
- Chazel, Jacques de (died 1766), French lawyer
- chevalier de La Barre (born 1745–died 1766), French aristocrat, legal victim
- Cibber, Susannah Maria [née Arne] (born 1714–died 1766), English actor, singer
- Constant de Rebecque, Françoise Charlotte [née Pictet] (born 1734–died 1766), Swiss home-maker
- Drummond, George (born 1687–died 1766), Scottish politician, civil servant, tax-official
- Du Monchaux, Pierre Jean (born 1733–died 1766), French physician, army officer, medical author, author
- Fletcher of Saltoun, Andrew, Lord Milton (born 1692–died 1766), Scottish judge, civil servant
- Freind, Reverend William (born 1715–died 1766), English churchman
- Froullay, Louis Gabriel de, bailli de Froullay (born 1694–died 1766), French army officer, diplomat
- Gordon, Alexander (born 1719–died 1766), Scottish churchman, Presbyterian
- Gottsched, Johann Christof (born 1700–died 1766), German literary critic, author
- Grivet, Jacques (born 1693–died 1766), Swiss [unknown occupation]
- Hellot, Jean (born 1685–died 1766), French chemist, academician
- Hoey, Abraham van (born 1684–died 1766), Dutch diplomat
- Jardine, Reverend Doctor John (born 1716–died 1766), Scottish churchman, Presbyterian
- La Tour, père Simon de (born 1697–died 1766), French churchman, Jesuit, university administrator, tutor
- Lavaysse, Jeanne Marie [née Bruguière] (born 1743–died 1766), French gentlewoman
- Levasseur, Marie [née Renoux] (born c. 1680–died 1766), French home-maker
- Macaulay, Alexander (died 1766), Irish agriculturalist
- Macdonald, Sir James, 8th Baronet Macdonald of Sleat (born c. 1742–died 1766), Scottish laird, mathematician
- Méhégan, Guillaume Alexandre de, chevalier de Méhégan (born 1721–died 1766), French author, historian, satirist, novelist
- Menoux, Joseph de (born 1695–died 1766), French churchman, Jesuit, scholar, academic
- Micheli Du Crest, Jacques Barthélemy (born 1690–died 1766), Swiss politician
- Münchow, Gustav Bogislav von (born 1686–died 1766), Polish soldier, diplomat, reformer, army officer, courtier
- Niblett, Reverend Doctor Stephen (born 1697–died 1766), English academic, academic administrator
- Noailles, Adrien Maurice de, duc de Noailles (born 1678–died 1766), French army officer
- Paris de Montmartel, Jean (born 1690–died 1766), French financier
- Peuch, Étienne Élie (died 1766), French journalist
- Plesse, père Pierre Joseph (born 1704–died 1766), French churchman, Jesuit, university teacher, journalist
- Reynolds, Charles (born 1702–died 1766), English churchman
- Robinson, John (born 1704–died 1766), American politician, civil servant
- Rosset de Rochefort, Jean Alphonse (born 1709–died 1766), Swiss churchman, Protestant, theologian
- Stanislas I, king of Poland (born 1677–died 1766), Polish monarch, author, philanthropist
- Stanwix, Lieutenant-general John (born c. 1690–died 1766), English army officer, politician, member of Parliament
- Stewart, John (died 1766), Scottish university teacher
- Whytt, Robert (born 1714–died 1766), Scottish physician