Death of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Death of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart The composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart died on 5 December 1791 at the age of 35. The circumstances of his death have attracted much research and speculation. Some principal sources of contention are as follows. Mozart scholarship long followed the accounts of early biographers, which proceeded in large part from the recorded memories of his widow Constanze and her sister Sophie Weber as they were recorded in the biographies by Franz Niemetschek and Georg Nikolaus von Nissen. For instance, the important biography by Hermann Abert (1923/2008:1305-9) largely follows this account. The following is a summary of
French ship Redoutable (1791) silenced the British flagship and killed Nelson. As her crew prepared to board "Victory", HMS "Temeraire" raked her with grapeshot, killing or maiming most of her crew. "Redoutable" continued to fight until she was in danger of sinking before striking her colours. She foundered in the storm of 22 October. The ship was laid down at Brest in January 1790, and launched as "Suffren" on 31 May 1791. She was the first ship of the French Navy named in honour of Vice-admiral Suffren de Saint Tropez, who had died a hero of the American War of Independence on 8 December