Year (''' MDCCLXII ''') was a Common Year Starting On Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Year Starting On Tuesday of the 11-day slower Julian Calendar ).
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- January 5 - Elizabeth Of Russia (b. 1709 )
- January 11 - Louis-François Roubiliac , French sculptor (b. 1695 )
- February 11 - Johann Tobias Krebs , German composer (b. 1690 )
- February 12 - Laurent Belissen , French composer (b. 1693 )
- February 20 - Tobias Mayer , German astronomer (b. 1723 )
- March 21 - Nicolas Louis De Lacaille , French astronomer (b. 1713 )
- May 26 - Alexander Gottlieb Baumgarten , German philosopher (b. 1714 )
- June 17 - Prosper Jolyot De Crébillon , French writer (b. 1674 )
- June 19 - Johann Ernst Eberlin , German composer (b. 1702 )
- July 13 - James Bradley , English Astronomer Royal (b. 1693 )
- July 28 - George Dodington, 1st Baron Melcombe , English politician (b. 1691 )
- August 21 - Lady Mary Wortley Montagu , English writer (b. 1689 )
- August 31 - Emperor Momozono Of Japan (b. 1741 )
- September 17 - Francesco Geminiani , Italian composer (b. 1687 )
- October 6 - Francesco Manfredini , Italian composer (b. 1684 )
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