Deaths
- 5 March - Thomas Augustine Arne, composer (b. 1710)
- 22 April - James Hargreaves, weaver, carpenter, and inventor (b. 1720)
- 11 May - William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1708)
- 16 May - Robert Darcy, 4th Earl of Holderness, diplomat and politician (b. 1718)
- 12 August - Peregrine Bertie, 3rd Duke of Ancaster and Kesteven, general and politician (b. 1714)
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