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, academy member, horticulture
- Arnault, Antoine Vincent (born 1766–died 1834), French — author, playwright
- Booth, David (born 1766–died 1846), Scottish — lexicographer, author
- Bossange, Martin (born 1766–died 1865), French — bookseller, publisher
- 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
- Déterville, Jean François Pierre (born 1766–died 1842), French — bookseller, publisher
- Eden, Sir Frederick Morton, 2nd baronet (born 1766–died 1809), English — author, philanthropist
- Fremantle, Sir William Henry (born 1766–died 1850), English — politician, member of Parliament, courtier
- Godwin, Mary Jane [formerly Clairmont; née Vial] (born 1766–died 1841), English — translator, bookseller, home-maker
- Halford, Sir Henry (born 1766–died 1844), English — physician, academy member
- 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
- 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, academy member
- Russell, John, 6th duke of Bedford (born 1766–died 1839), English — politician, member of Parliament, landowner
- Smith, John Thomas (born 1766–died 1833), English — painter, engraver, antiquarian, 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
Deaths
- Birch, Reverend Doctor Thomas (born 1705–died 1766), English — author, historian, biographer, academy member
- Bronod, Louis (died 1766), French — notary
- Brown, John (born 1715–died 1766), Scottish — author, poet, moralist
- 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
- 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
- Fletcher of Saltoun, Andrew, Lord Milton (born 1692–died 1766), Scottish — judge, civil servant
- 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
- Hellot, Jean (born 1685–died 1766), French — chemist, academy member
- 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
- 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
- Stanwix, John (born c. 1690–died 1766), unknown nationality & occupation
- Stewart, John (died 1766), Scottish — university teacher