Luny Thomas Battle Of The Nile August 1st 1798 At 10pm

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* January –

Eli Whitney Eli Whitney Jr. (December 8, 1765January 8, 1825) was an American inventor, widely known for inventing the cotton gin in 1793, one of the key inventions of the Industrial Revolution that shaped the economy of the Antebellum South. Whitney's ...

contracts with the U.S. federal government for 10,000 muskets, which he produces with

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. *

January 4 Events Pre-1600 *46 BC – Julius Caesar fights Titus Labienus in the Battle of Ruspina. * 871 – Battle of Reading (871), Battle of Reading: Æthelred of Wessex and his brother Alfred the Great, Alfred are defeated by a Danish invasi ...

–

Constantine Hangerli Constantine Hangerli (, ''Konstantinos Chatzeris''; c. 1760 – 18 February 1799), also written as Constantin Hangerliu, was a Prince of Wallachia between 1797 and the time of his death. He was the brother of Alexander Hangerli, who served as P ...

enters

Bucharest Bucharest ( , ; ) is the capital and largest city of Romania. The metropolis stands on the River Dâmbovița (river), Dâmbovița in south-eastern Romania. Its population is officially estimated at 1.76 million residents within a greater Buc ...

, as

Prince of Wallachia This is a list of princes of Wallachia, from the first mention of a medieval polity situated between the Southern Carpathians and the Danube until the union with Moldavia in 1859, which unification of Moldavia and Wallachia, led to the creation of ...

. *

January 22 Events Pre-1600 * 613 – Eight-month-old Heraclius Constantine is crowned as co-emperor ('' Caesar'') by his father Heraclius at Constantinople. * 871 – Battle of Basing: The West Saxons led by King Æthelred I are defeated b ...

– A

coup d'état A coup d'état (; ; ), or simply a coup , is typically an illegal and overt attempt by a military organization or other government elites to unseat an incumbent leadership. A self-coup is said to take place when a leader, having come to powe ...

is staged in the Netherlands (

Batavian Republic The Batavian Republic (; ) was the Succession of states, successor state to the Dutch Republic, Republic of the Seven United Netherlands. It was proclaimed on 19 January 1795 after the Batavian Revolution and ended on 5 June 1806, with the acce ...

). Unitarian Democrat Pieter Vreede ends the power of the parliament (with a conservative-moderate majority). *

February 10 Events Pre-1600 * 1258 – The Siege of Baghdad ends with the surrender of the last Abbasid caliph to Hulegu Khan, a prince of the Mongol Empire. * 1306 – In front of the high altar of Greyfriars Church in Dumfries, Robert the Bru ...

– The Pope is taken captive, and the Papacy is removed from power, by French General

Louis-Alexandre Berthier Louis-Alexandre Berthier, prince de Neuchâtel et Valangin, prince de Wagram (; 20 November 1753 – 1 June 1815) was a French military commander who served during the French Revolutionary Wars and the Napoleonic Wars. He was twice Minister of Wa ...

. *

February 15 Events Pre-1600 * 438 – Roman emperor Theodosius II publishes the law codex Codex Theodosianus * 590 – Khosrau II is crowned king of Persia. * 706 – Byzantine emperor Justinian II has his predecessors Leontios and Ti ...

– U.S. Representative

Roger Griswold Roger Griswold (; May 21, 1762 – October 25, 1812) was a lawyer, politician and judge from Connecticut. He served as a member of the United States House of Representatives, judge of the Connecticut Supreme Court and the List of Governors of C ...

(Fed-CT) beats Congressman

Matthew Lyon Matthew Lyon (July 14, 1749 – August 1, 1822) was an Irish-born American printer, farmer, soldier and politician, who served as a United States representative from both Vermont and Kentucky. Lyon represented Vermont in Congress from 1797 to ...

(Dem-Rep-VT) with a cane after the House declines to censure Lyon earlier spitting in Griswold's face; the House declines to discipline either man.''Harper's Encyclopaedia of United States History from 458 A. D. to 1909'', ed. by Benson John Lossing and, Woodrow Wilson (Harper & Brothers, 1910) p171 * March – the

Irish Rebellion of 1798 The Irish Rebellion of 1798 (; Ulster Scots dialect, Ulster-Scots: ''The Turn out'', ''The Hurries'', 1798 Rebellion) was a popular insurrection against the British Crown in what was then the separate, but subordinate, Kingdom of Ireland. The m ...

begins when the Irish

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arrest the leadership of the

Society of United Irishmen The Society of United Irishmen was a sworn association, formed in the wake of the French Revolution, to secure Representative democracy, representative government in Ireland. Despairing of constitutional reform, and in defiance both of British ...

, a group unique amongst

Irish republican Irish republicanism () is the political movement for an Irish republic, void of any British rule. Throughout its centuries of existence, it has encompassed various tactics and identities, simultaneously elective and militant and has been both w ...

and

nationalist Nationalism is an idea or movement that holds that the nation should be congruent with the State (polity), state. As a movement, it presupposes the existence and tends to promote the interests of a particular nation,Anthony D. Smith, Smith, A ...

movements in that it unifies Catholics and Protestants (Anglican, Presbyterian, Methodist, Baptist and others) around republican ideals. This month,

Lord Castlereagh Robert Stewart, 2nd Marquess of Londonderry, (18 June 1769 – 12 August 1822), usually known as Lord Castlereagh, derived from the courtesy title Viscount Castlereagh ( ) by which he was styled from 1796 to 1821, was an Irish-born British st ...

is appointed Acting

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and on

March 30 Events Pre-1600 * 598 – Avar–Byzantine wars: The Avars lift the siege at the Byzantine stronghold of Tomis. Their leader Bayan I retreats north of the Danube River after the Avaro- Slavic army is decimated by the plague. * 1282 ...

martial law Martial law is the replacement of civilian government by military rule and the suspension of civilian legal processes for military powers. Martial law can continue for a specified amount of time, or indefinitely, and standard civil liberties ...

is proclaimed here. The first battles in the rebellion are fought on

May 24 Events Pre-1600 * 919 – The nobles of Franconia and Saxony elect Henry the Fowler at the Imperial Diet in Fritzlar as king of the East Frankish Kingdom. * 1218 – The Fifth Crusade leaves Acre for Egypt. * 1276 – Magnus ...

and it continues through September, but the rebels receive much less than the expected support from France, which sends only 1,100 men. *

March 5 Events Pre-1600 * 363 – Roman emperor Julian leaves Antioch with an army of 90,000 to attack the Sasanian Empire, in a campaign which would bring about his own death. * 1046 – Nasir Khusraw begins the seven-year Middle Easte ...

– French troops enter

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. *

March 7 Events Pre-1600 * 161 – Marcus Aurelius and L. Commodus (who changes his name to Lucius Verus) become joint emperors of Rome on the death of Antoninus Pius. * 1138 – Konrad III von Hohenstaufen was elected king of Germany at Cobl ...

– French forces invade the

Papal States The Papal States ( ; ; ), officially the State of the Church, were a conglomeration of territories on the Italian peninsula under the direct sovereign rule of the pope from 756 to 1870. They were among the major states of Italy from the 8th c ...

and establish the

Roman Republic The Roman Republic ( ) was the era of Ancient Rome, classical Roman civilisation beginning with Overthrow of the Roman monarchy, the overthrow of the Roman Kingdom (traditionally dated to 509 BC) and ending in 27 BC with the establis ...

. *

April 7 Events Pre-1600 * 451 – Attila the Hun captures Metz in France, killing most of its inhabitants and burning the town. * 529 – First '' Corpus Juris Civilis'', a fundamental work in jurisprudence, is issued by Eastern Roman Em ...

– The

Mississippi Territory The Territory of Mississippi was an organized incorporated territory of the United States that was created under an organic act passed by the United States Congress, Congress of the United States. It was approved and signed into law by Presiden ...

is organized by the United States, from territory ceded by

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and

South Carolina South Carolina ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern region of the United States. It borders North Carolina to the north and northeast, the Atlantic Ocean to the southeast, and Georgia (U.S. state), Georg ...

; later it is twice expanded, to include disputed territory claimed by both the U.S. and Spain (which acquired territory in trade with Great Britain). *

April 12 Events Pre-1600 * 240 – Shapur I becomes co-emperor of the Sasanian Empire with his father Ardashir I. * 467 – Anthemius is elevated to Emperor of the Western Roman Empire. * 627 – King Edwin of Northumbria is converted to ...

– The

Helvetic Republic The Helvetic Republic (; ; ) was a sister republic of France that existed between 1798 and 1803, during the French Revolutionary Wars. It was created following the French invasion and the consequent dissolution of the Old Swiss Confederacy, ma ...

, a

French client republic Sister republics (, ) were republics established by the French First Republic or local pro-French revolutionaries during the French Revolutionary Wars. Though nominally independent, sister republics were heavily reliant on French protection, m ...

, is proclaimed following the collapse of the

Old Swiss Confederacy The Old Swiss Confederacy, also known as Switzerland or the Swiss Confederacy, was a loose confederation of independent small states (, German or ), initially within the Holy Roman Empire. It is the precursor of the modern state of Switzerlan ...

after the French invasion;

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becomes the republic's temporary capital. *

April 26 Events Pre-1600 * 1336 – Francesco Petrarca (Petrarch) ascends Mont Ventoux. * 1478 – The Pazzi family attack on Lorenzo de' Medici in order to displace the ruling Medici family kills his brother Giuliano during High Mass in Fl ...

– France annexes

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. *

April 30 Events Pre-1600 * 311 – The Diocletianic Persecution of Christians in the Roman Empire ends. * 1315 – Enguerrand de Marigny is hanged at the instigation of Charles, Count of Valois. *1492 – Spain gives Christopher Columbus ...

– The

United States Department of the Navy The United States Department of the Navy (DON) is one of the three military departments within the United States Department of Defense. It was established by an Act of Congress on 30 April 1798, at the urging of Secretary of War James McHenr ...

is established as a cabinet-level department. Benjamin Stoddert, a civilian businessman, is appointed as the first Navy Secretary by President Adams. *

May 7 Events Pre-1600 * 351 – The Jewish revolt against Constantius Gallus breaks out after his arrival at Antioch. * 558 – In Constantinople, the dome of the Hagia Sophia collapses, twenty years after its construction. Justinian I im ...

–

French Revolutionary Wars The French Revolutionary Wars () were a series of sweeping military conflicts resulting from the French Revolution that lasted from 1792 until 1802. They pitted French First Republic, France against Kingdom of Great Britain, Great Britain, Habsb ...

: A French force attempting to dislodge a small British garrison on the

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is repulsed with heavy losses. *

May 9 Events Pre-1600 * 328 – Athanasius is elected Patriarch of Alexandria. * 1009 – Lombard Revolt: Lombard forces led by Melus revolt in Bari against the Byzantine Catepanate of Italy. * 1386 – England and Portugal formall ...

–

Napoleon Napoleon Bonaparte (born Napoleone di Buonaparte; 15 August 1769 – 5 May 1821), later known by his regnal name Napoleon I, was a French general and statesman who rose to prominence during the French Revolution and led Military career ...

sets off for

Toulon Toulon (, , ; , , ) is a city in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region of southeastern France. Located on the French Riviera and the historical Provence, it is the prefecture of the Var (department), Var department. The Commune of Toulon h ...

, sailing aboard Vice-Admiral Brueys's flagship ''L'Orient''; his squadron is part of a larger fleet of over 300 vessels, carrying almost 37,000 troops. *

May 27 Events Pre-1600 * 1096 – Count Emicho enters Mainz, where his followers massacre Jewish citizens. At least 600 Jews are killed. * 1120 – Richard III of Capua is anointed as Prince two weeks before his untimely death. * 1153 &nda ...

–

Pitt–Tierney duel The Pitt–Tierney Duel took place on 27 May 1798 when the Prime Minister of Great Britain William Pitt the Younger met his political opponent George Tierney in a duel with pistols on Putney Heath outside London. Background Pitt had been Prime ...

takes place on

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British Prime Minister The prime minister of the United Kingdom is the head of government of the United Kingdom. The prime minister advises the sovereign on the exercise of much of the royal prerogative, chairs the Cabinet, and selects its ministers. Modern pri ...

William Pitt the Younger William Pitt (28 May 1759 – 23 January 1806) was a British statesman who served as the last prime minister of Kingdom of Great Britain, Great Britain from 1783 until the Acts of Union 1800, and then first Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, p ...

fights a duel against opposition politician George Tierney *

June 12 Events Pre-1600 * 910 – Battle of Augsburg: The Hungarians defeat the East Frankish army under King Louis the Child, using the famous feigned retreat tactic of the nomadic warriors. *1206 – The Ghurid general Qutb ud-Din Aib ...

** The French take

Malta Malta, officially the Republic of Malta, is an island country in Southern Europe located in the Mediterranean Sea, between Sicily and North Africa. It consists of an archipelago south of Italy, east of Tunisia, and north of Libya. The two ...

. ** A moderate ''coup d'état'' in the Netherlands (

) deposes Pieter Vreede. *

June 13 Events Pre-1600 * 313 – The decisions of the Edict of Milan, signed by Constantine the Great and co-emperor Valerius Licinius, granting religious freedom throughout the Roman Empire, are published in Nicomedia. * 1325 – Ibn ...

–

Mission San Luis Rey de Francia Mission San Luis Rey de Francia () is a former Spanish mission in San Luis Rey, a neighborhood in Oceanside, California. This Mission lent its name to the Luiseño tribe of Mission Indians. At its prime, Mission San Luis Rey's structures an ...

is founded in California. *

June 18 Events Pre-1600 * 618 – Li Yuan becomes Emperor Gaozu of Tang, initiating three centuries of Tang dynasty rule over China. * 656 – Ali becomes Caliph of the Rashidun Caliphate. * 860 – Siege of Constantinople (860), Byzantine� ...

– The first of the four

Alien and Sedition Acts The Alien and Sedition Acts of 1798 were a set of four United States statutes that sought, on national security grounds, to restrict immigration and limit 1st Amendment protections for freedom of speech. They were endorsed by the Federalist Par ...

, the

Naturalization Act of 1798 The Naturalization Act of 1798 (, enacted June 18, 1798) was a law passed by the United States Congress, to amend the residency and notice periods of the previous Naturalization Act of 1795. It increased the period necessary for aliens to beco ...

, is signed into law by U.S. President Adams, requiring immigrants to wait 14 years rather than five years to become naturalized citizens of the United States. On June 25, another law is signed authorizing the imprisonment and deportation of any non-citizens deemed to be dangerous.

July–December

July 1 Events Pre-1600 * 69 – Tiberius Julius Alexander orders his Roman legions in Alexandria to swear allegiance to Vespasian as Emperor. * 552 – Battle of Taginae: Byzantine forces under Narses defeat the Ostrogoths in Italy, and ...

– Egyptian Campaign: Napoleon disembarks his French army in Marabout Bay. *

July 7 Events Pre-1600 * 1124 – The city of Tyre falls to the Venetian Crusade after a siege of nineteen weeks. * 1456 – A retrial verdict acquits Joan of Arc of heresy 25 years after her execution. * 1520 – Spanish ''conquistad ...

Quasi-War The Quasi-War was an undeclared war from 1798 to 1800 between the United States and the French First Republic. It was fought almost entirely at sea, primarily in the Caribbean and off the East Coast of the United States, with minor actions in ...

: The

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rescinds treaties with France, sparking the war. ** In the action of USS ''Delaware'' vs ''La Croyable'', the newly-formed

United States Navy The United States Navy (USN) is the naval warfare, maritime military branch, service branch of the United States Department of Defense. It is the world's most powerful navy with the largest Displacement (ship), displacement, at 4.5 millio ...

makes its first capture. *

July 11 Events Pre-1600 * 813 – Byzantine emperor Michael I, under threat by conspiracies, abdicates in favor of his general Leo the Armenian, and becomes a monk (under the name Athanasius). * 911 – Signing of the Treaty of Saint-Clair ...

– The

United States Marine Corps The United States Marine Corps (USMC), also referred to as the United States Marines or simply the Marines, is the maritime land force service branch of the United States Department of Defense. It is responsible for conducting expeditionar ...

is re-established under its present name. *

July 12 Events Pre-1600 * 70 – The armies of Titus attack the walls of Jerusalem after a six-month siege. Three days later they breach the walls, which enables the army to destroy the Second Temple. * 927 – King Constantine II o ...

–

Battle of Shubra Khit The Battle of Shubra Khit (also known as the Battle of Chobrakit or the Battle of Chebreïss) was the second major engagement of the French invasion of Egypt and Syria and took place on 13 July 1798. On their march to Cairo, the French army encou ...

: French troops defeat the Mamelukes, during Napoleon's march from Alexandria to take Cairo. *

July 14 Events Pre-1600 * 982 – King Otto II and his Frankish army are defeated by the Muslim army of al-Qasim at Cape Colonna, Southern Italy. *1223 – Louis VIII becomes King of France upon the death of his father, Philip II. * 142 ...

– The fourth of the

, the Sedition Act of 1798 is signed into law, making it a federal crime to write, publish, or utter false or malicious statements about the

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. *

July 16 Events Pre-1600 * 622 – The Hijrah of Muhammad begins, marking the beginning of the Islamic calendar. * 997 – Battle of Spercheios: Bulgarian forces of Tsar Samuel are defeated by a Byzantine army under general Nikephoros Ouran ...

– The Relief of Sick and Disabled Seamen Act is signed into law, creating the

Marine Hospital Service The Marine Hospital Service was an organization of Marine Hospitals dedicated to the care of ill and disabled seamen in the United States Merchant Marine, the U.S. Coast Guard and other federal beneficiaries. The Marine Hospital Service evolved ...

, the forerunner to the current

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. *

July 21 Events Pre-1600 * 356 BC – The Temple of Artemis in Ephesus, one of the Seven Wonders of the World, is destroyed by arson. * 230 – Pope Pontian succeeds Urban I as the eighteenth pope. After being exiled to Sardinia, he became th ...

– Battle of the Pyramids: Napoleon defeats Ottoman forces near the Pyramids. *

July 24 Events Pre-1600 * 1132 – Battle of Nocera between Ranulf II of Alife and Roger II of Sicily. * 1148 – Louis VII of France lays siege to Damascus during the Second Crusade. * 1304 – Wars of Scottish Independence: Fall of S ...

– Napoleon occupies

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. * July 31 – A second round of elections are held in the Netherlands (

); no

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this time. *

August 1 Events Pre-1600 * 30 BC – Octavian (later known as Augustus) enters Alexandria, Egypt, bringing it under the control of the Roman Republic. *AD 69 – Batavian rebellion: The Batavians in Germania Inferior (Netherlands) revolt u ...

–

Battle of the Nile The Battle of the Nile (also known as the Battle of Aboukir Bay; ) was fought between the Royal Navy and the French Navy at Abu Qir Bay, Aboukir Bay in Ottoman Egypt, Egypt between 1–3 August 1798. It was the climax of the Mediterranean ca ...

(near

Abu Qir Abu Qir (, ''Abu Qīr'', or , ), formerly also spelled Abukir or Aboukir, is a town on the Mediterranean coast of Egypt, near the ruins of ancient Canopus and northeast of Alexandria by rail. It is located on Abu Qir Peninsula, with Abu Qir ...

Lord Nelson Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson, 1st Duke of Bronte ( – 21 October 1805) was a Royal Navy officer whose leadership, grasp of strategy and unconventional tactics brought about a number of decisive British naval victories during the French ...

defeats the French navy under Admiral Brueys. 11 of the 13 French battleships are captured or destroyed, including the flagship ''

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'' whose

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explodes; Nelson himself is wounded in the head. * August 22 – French troops land at Kilcummin in

County Mayo County Mayo (; ) is a Counties of Ireland, county in Republic of Ireland, Ireland. In the West Region, Ireland, West of Ireland, in the Provinces of Ireland, province of Connacht, it is named after the village of Mayo, County Mayo, Mayo, now ge ...

to assist the Irish Rebellion. *

September September is the ninth month of the year in the Julian and Gregorian calendars. Its length is 30 days. September in the Northern Hemisphere and March in the Southern Hemisphere are seasonally equivalent. In the Northern hemisphere, the b ...

–

Charles Brockden Brown Charles Brockden Brown (January 17, 1771 – February 22, 1810) was an American novelist, historian, and magazine editor, editor of the Early National period. Brown is regarded by some scholars as the most important American novelist before J ...

publishes the first significant American novel, the

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'' Wieland: or, The Transformation; an American Tale''. * September 5 –

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is made mandatory in France by the Jourdan Law. *

September 10 Events Pre-1600 * 506 – The bishops of Visigothic Gaul meet in the Council of Agde. * 1089 – The first synod of pope Urban II starts in Melfi, with seventy bishops and twelve abbots in attendance. The synod issues several decree ...

** The

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is declared in the territory of Piedmont. **

Battle of St. George's Caye The Battle of St. George's Caye was a military engagement that lasted from 3 to 10 September 1798, off the coast of British Honduras (present-day Belize). However, the name is typically reserved for the final battle that occurred on 10 Septemb ...

: Off the coast of

British Honduras British Honduras was a Crown colony on the east coast of Central America — specifically located on the southern edge of the Yucatan Peninsula from 1783 to 1964, then a self-governing colony — renamed Belize from June 1973

(modern-day

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), a group of European settlers and Africans defeat a Spanish force sent from Mexico to drive them out. *

September 18 Events Pre-1600 * 96 – Emperor Domitian is assassinated as a result of a plot by his wife Domitia and two Praetorian prefects. Nerva is then proclaimed as his successor. * 324 – Constantine the Great decisively defeats Licinius i ...

– ''

Lyrical Ballads ''Lyrical Ballads, with a Few Other Poems'' is a collection of poems by William Wordsworth and Samuel Taylor Coleridge, first published in 1798 and generally considered to have marked the beginning of the English Romantic movement in literature. ...

'' is published anonymously by

Samuel Taylor Coleridge Samuel Taylor Coleridge ( ; 21 October 177225 July 1834) was an English poet, literary critic, philosopher, and theologian who was a founder of the Romantic Movement in England and a member of the Lake Poets with his friend William Wordsworth ...

and

William Wordsworth William Wordsworth (7 April 177023 April 1850) was an English Romantic poetry, Romantic poet who, with Samuel Taylor Coleridge, helped to launch the Romanticism, Romantic Age in English literature with their joint publication ''Lyrical Balla ...

, inaugurating the English

Romantic movement Romanticism (also known as the Romantic movement or Romantic era) was an artistic and intellectual movement that originated in Europe towards the end of the 18th century. The purpose of the movement was to advocate for the importance of subjec ...

in literature. * September 23 – Battle of Killala: in the last land battle of the

, British troops defeat the remaining rebel Irish and French forces at

Killala Killala () is a village in County Mayo in Ireland, north of Ballina. The railway line from Dublin to Ballina once extended to Killala. To the west of Killala is the townland of Townsplots West (known locally as Enagh Beg), which contains a num ...

. *

October 2 Events Pre-1600 * 829 – Theophilos succeeds his father Michael II as Byzantine Emperor. * 939 – Battle of Andernach: Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor, crushes a rebellion against his rule, by a coalition of Eberhard of Franconia an ...

– The

Cherokee nation The Cherokee Nation ( or ) is the largest of three list of federally recognized tribes, federally recognized tribes of Cherokees in the United States. It includes people descended from members of the Cherokee Nation (1794–1907), Old Cheroke ...

signs a

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with the United States allowing free passage through Cherokee lands in Tennessee through the

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through the Appalachian Mountains from Virginia into Kentucky. *

October 7 Events Pre-1600 * 3761 BC – The epoch reference date (start) of the modern Hebrew calendar. * 1403 – Venetian–Genoese wars: The Genoese fleet under a French admiral is defeated by a Venetian fleet at the Battle of Modon. * 1477 ...

– U.S. Representative

of Vermont becomes the first member of Congress to be put on trial for violating the new Sedition Act of 1798. *

October 12 Events Pre-1600 *539 BC – The army of Cyrus the Great of Persia Fall of Babylon, conquer Babylon, ending the Babylonian empire. (Julian calendar) * 633 – Battle of Hatfield Chase: King Edwin of Northumbria is defeated and killed b ...

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: A

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squadron, under Sir John Borlase Warren, prevents

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an ships, commanded by

Jean-Baptiste-François Bompart Jean-Baptiste-François Bompart (; 1757 – 1842) was a French Navy officer and privateer. He was related to the noted Admiral Maximin de Bompart. He took part in the American War of Independence as a young officer. He later captained the ''Em ...

, from landing reinforcements for the

on the

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coast; Irish leader

Wolfe Tone Theobald Wolfe Tone, posthumously known as Wolfe Tone (; 20 June 176319 November 1798), was a revolutionary exponent of Irish independence and is an iconic figure in Irish republicanism. Convinced that, so long as his fellow Protestantism in ...

is captured and later dies of his wounds. This ends the

. ** Peasants War against the French occupiers of the

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begins in Overmere. *

October 22 Events Pre-1600 * 451 – The Chalcedonian Creed, regarding the divine and human nature of Jesus, is adopted by the Council of Chalcedon, an ecumenical council. * 794 – Japanese Emperor Kanmu relocates his empire's capital to H ...

– Capitulation of the French garrison at

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troops under James Kirkpatrick,

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. *

October 23 Events Pre-1600 * 4004 BC – James Ussher's purported creation date of the world according to the Bible. * 42 BC – Liberators' civil war: Mark Antony and Octavian decisively defeat an army under Brutus in the second part of the B ...

– The Ottoman–Albanian forces of Ali Pasha of Janina defeat the French and capture the town of

Preveza Preveza (, ) is a city in the region of Epirus (region), Epirus, northwestern Greece, located on the northern peninsula of the mouth of the Ambracian Gulf. It is the capital of the Preveza (regional unit), regional unit of Preveza, which is the s ...

in the

Battle of Nicopolis The Battle of Nicopolis took place on 25 September 1396 and resulted in the rout of an allied Crusader army (assisted by the Venetian navy) at the hands of an Ottoman force, raising the siege of the Danubian fortress of Nicopolis and le ...

. *

October 25 Events Pre-1600 * 285 or 286 – Execution of Crispin and Crispinian, Saints Crispin and Crispinian during the reign of Diocletian, now the patron saints of leather workers, curriers, and shoemakers. * 473 – Emperor Leo I (emperor), ...

– The Ottoman–Albanian forces of Ali Pasha of Janina capture

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from the French after a week-long siege. *

November 4 Events Pre-1600 * 1354 – War of the Straits: The Genoese fleet under Paganino Doria defeats and captures the entire Venetian fleet under Niccolò Pisani at the Battle of Sapienza. * 1429 – Armagnac–Burgundian Civil War: Jo ...

– The Russo-Ottoman siege of

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, held by the French, begins. *

November 8 Events Pre-1600 * 960 – Battle of Andrassos: Byzantines under Leo Phokas the Younger score a crushing victory over the Hamdanid Emir of Aleppo, Sayf al-Dawla. * 1278 – Trần Thánh Tông, the second emperor of the Trần dyn ...

– British

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John Fearn becomes the first European to land on

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. *

November 28 Events Pre-1600 * 587 – Treaty of Andelot: King Guntram of Burgundy recognizes Childebert II as his heir. * 936 – Shi Jingtang is enthroned as the first emperor of the Later Jin by Emperor Taizong of Liao, following a revolt ...

– Trade between the United States and modern-day Uruguay begins when John Leamy's frigate ''John'' arrives in

Montevideo Montevideo (, ; ) is the capital city, capital and List of cities in Uruguay, largest city of Uruguay. According to the 2023 census, the city proper has a population of 1,302,954 (about 37.2% of the country's total population) in an area of . M ...

. *

December 5 Events Pre-1600 *63 BC – Cicero gives the fourth and final of the Catiline Orations. * 633 – Fourth Council of Toledo opens, presided over by Isidore of Seville. *1033 – The 1033 Jordan Rift Valley earthquake, Jordan Rift Val ...

– Peasants War in the Southern Netherlands: The revolt is crushed in

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; during the uprising it is estimated that 5,000 to 10,000 people have been killed. *

December 6 Events Pre-1600 * 1060 – Béla I is crowned king of Hungary. * 1240 – Mongol invasion of Rus': Kyiv, defended by Voivode Dmytro, falls to the Mongols under Batu Khan. *1492 – After exploring the island of Cuba (which he h ...

– General Joubert of the

occupies the Sardinian capital of Turin.

Date unknown

Edward Jenner Edward Jenner (17 May 1749 – 26 January 1823) was an English physician and scientist who pioneered the concept of vaccines and created the smallpox vaccine, the world's first vaccine. The terms ''vaccine'' and ''vaccination'' are derived f ...

publishes ''An Inquiry into the Causes and Effects of the Variolæ Vaccinæ'', describing the

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, in London. *

Thomas Malthus Thomas Robert Malthus (; 13/14 February 1766 – 29 December 1834) was an English economist, cleric, and scholar influential in the fields of political economy and demography. In his 1798 book ''An Essay on the Principle of Population'', Mal ...

publishes ''

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'' (anonymously) in London. *

Nathan Mayer Rothschild Nathan Mayer Rothschild (16 September 1777 – 28 July 1836), also known as Baron Nathan Mayer Rothschild, was a British-German banker, businessman and finance, financier. Born in Free City of Frankfurt, Frankfurt am Main, he was the third of ...

moves from

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in the

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to England, settling up in business as a textile trader and financier in

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. *

Alois Senefelder Johann Alois Senefelder (6 November 177126 February 1834) was a German actor and playwright who invented the printing technique of lithography in the 1790s.Meggs, Philip B. A History of Graphic Design. John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 1998. p 146 Actor ...

invents

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. * The first census in Brazil counts 2 million blacks in a total population of 3.25 million. * The

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, a

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Regiment, formed by The Earl of Cassillis at

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, Ayrshire in 1794, is adopted onto the British

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. * The

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is first discovered by Europeans.

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January

January 1 January 1 is the first day of the calendar year in the Gregorian Calendar; 364 days remain until the end of the year (365 in leap years). This day is also known as New Year's Day since the day marks the beginning of the year. __TOC__ Events ...

** Ryan Brenan, Australian politician, magistrate and coroner (d.

1868 Events January * January 2 – British Expedition to Abyssinia: Robert Napier, 1st Baron Napier of Magdala, Robert Napier leads an expedition to free captive British officials and missionaries. * January 3 – The 15-year-old Mutsu ...

) ** Benjamin Bull, American lawyer and politician (d.

1879 Events January * January 1 ** The Specie Resumption Act takes effect. The United States Note is valued the same as gold, for the first time since the American Civil War. ** Brahms' Violin Concerto is premiered in Leipzig with Joseph Joachim ...

) **

Utagawa Kuniyoshi Utagawa Kuniyoshi (, ; 1 January 1798 – 14 April 1861) was one of the last great masters of the Japanese ukiyo-e style of woodblock prints and painting.Nussbaum, Louis Frédéric ''et al'' (2005). "Kuniyoshi" in He was a member of the Utaga ...

, Japanese artist (d.

1861 This year saw significant progress in the Unification of Italy, the outbreak of the American Civil War, and the emancipation reform abolishing serfdom in the Russian Empire. Events January * January 1 ** Benito Juárez captures Mexico Ci ...

) ** James Macarthur, pastoralist and politician in New South Wales, Australia (d.

1867 There were only 354 days this year in the newly purchased territory of Alaska. When the territory transferred from the Russian Empire to the United States, the calendric transition from the Julian to the Gregorian Calendar was made with only 1 ...

) ** Ângelo Carlos Muniz, Brazilian politician (d.

1863 Events January * January 1 – Abraham Lincoln signs the Emancipation Proclamation during the third year of the American Civil War, making the abolition of slavery in the Confederate States of America an official war goal. The signing ...

) *

January 2 Events Pre-1600 * 69 – The Roman legions in Germania Superior refuse to swear loyalty to Galba. They rebel and proclaim Vitellius as emperor. * 366 – The Alemanni cross the frozen Rhine in large numbers, invading the Roman Emp ...

– Désiré-Alexandre Batton, French composer (d.

1855 Events January–March * January 1 – Ottawa, Ontario, is incorporated as a city.' * January 5 – Ramón Castilla begins his third term as President of Peru. * January 23 ** The first bridge over the Mississippi River o ...

) *

** Paul-Adrien Bourdaloue, French civil engineer (d.

) ** William C. Dawson, American politician (d.

1856 Events January–March * January 8 – Borax deposits are discovered in large quantities by John Veatch in California. * January 23 – The American sidewheel steamer SS ''Pacific'' leaves Liverpool (England) for a transatl ...

) **

Robley Dunglison Robley Dunglison (4 January 1798 – 1 April 1869) was an English-American physician, medical educator and author who served as the first full-time professor of medicine in the United States at the newly founded University of Virginia from 1824 ...

, physician (d.

1869 Events January * January 3 – Abdur Rahman Khan is defeated at Tinah Khan, and exiled from Afghanistan. * January 5 – Scotland's second oldest professional football team, Kilmarnock F.C., is founded. * January 20 – Elizabe ...

) *

January 5 Events Pre-1600 * 1477 – Battle of Nancy: Charles the Bold is defeated and killed in a conflict with René II, Duke of Lorraine; Burgundy subsequently becomes part of France. 1601–1900 * 1675 – Battle of Colmar: The French ...

** David Macbeth Moir, Scottish physician and writer (d.

1851 Events January–March * January 11 – Hong Xiuquan officially begins the Taiping Rebellion in China, one of the bloodiest revolts that would lead to 20 million deaths. * January 15 – Christian Female College, modern-d ...

) **

James Semple James Semple (January 5, 1798 – December 20, 1866) was an American attorney and politician. He was Speaker of the Illinois House of Representatives, Attorney General of Illinois, an associate justice of the Illinois Supreme Court, Chargé d'A ...

, American politician from Illinois (d.

1866 Events January * January 1 ** Fisk University, a historically black university, is established in Nashville, Tennessee. ** The last issue of the abolitionist magazine '' The Liberator'' is published. * January 6 – Ottoman troops clash ...

) *

January 6 Events Pre-1600 * 1066 – Following the death of Edward the Confessor on the previous day, the Witan meets to confirm Harold Godwinson as the new King of England; Harold is crowned the same day, sparking a succession crisis that will ...

** Melchior von Diepenbrock, Catholic cardinal (d.

1853 Events January–March * January 6 – ** Florida Governor Thomas Brown signs legislation that provides public support for the new East Florida Seminary, leading to the establishment of the University of Florida. **U.S. President-elect ...

) ** Marie Dorval, French actress (d.

1849 Events January–March * January 1 – France begins issue of the Ceres series (France), Ceres series, the nation's first postage stamps. * January 5 – Hungarian Revolution of 1848: The Austrian army, led by Alfred I, Prince of Windisc ...

) ** Frederick Thellusson, 4th Baron Rendlesham, British politician (d.

1852 Events January–March * January 14 – President Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte proclaims a new constitution for the French Second Republic. * January 15 – Nine men representing various Jewish charitable organizations come to ...

) *

January 7 Events Pre-1600 *49 BC – The Senate of the Roman Republic, Senate of Rome says that Caesar will be declared a public enemy unless he disbands his army, prompting the tribunes who support him to flee to where Caesar is waiting in Ravenna ...

** Giovanni Marghinotti, Italian painter (d.

1865 Events January * January 4 – The New York Stock Exchange opens its first permanent headquarters at 10-12 Broad near Wall Street, in New York City. * January 13 – American Civil War: Second Battle of Fort Fisher – Unio ...

) ** Marijan Šunjić, Bosnian Franciscan Catholic bishop, writer, scientific and political worker (d.

1860 Events January * January 2 – The astronomer Urbain Le Verrier announces the discovery of a hypothetical planet Vulcan (hypothetical planet), Vulcan at a meeting of the French Academy of Sciences in Paris, France. * January 10 &ndas ...

) *

January 8 Events Pre-1600 * 307 – Emperor Huai of Jin, Sima Chi becomes emperor of the Jin dynasty (266–420), Jin dynasty in succession to his brother, Emperor Hui of Jin, Sima Zhong, despite a challenge from his other brother, Sima Ying. * 871 ...

** Waddy Thompson Jr., American politician (d.

) ** Giuseppe Rosi, Italian poet and patriot (d. 1891) ** Robert Meadows White, English priest (d.

) * January 9 – Philippe Joseph Henri Lemaire, French sculptor (d. 1880) * January 10 ** Carl Heinrich Hertwig, German veterinarian (d. 1881) ** David P. Mapes, American politician (d. 1890) ** Federico Sclopis, Italian judge and politician (d. 1878) * January 14 ** Isaac da Costa, Dutch writer, Jewish poet (d.

) ** William Duncombe, 2nd Baron Feversham, British politician (d.

) ** John Christian Wiltberger Jr., American silversmith and religious activist (d.

) ** Robert N. Martin, American politician (d. 1870) ** James Swaby, Jamaican man of colour, one of the first non-white commissioned officers in the British Army (d.

) ** Johan Rudolph Thorbecke, Dutch statesman (d. 1872) * January 15 ** Ammon Brown, American politician (d. 1882) ** Thomas Crofton Croker, Irish antiquary and artist (d. 1854) ** Johann Gottlob von Kurr, German pharmacist, botanist and mineralogist (d. 1870) ** Calvary Morris, American politician (d. 1871) ** Samuel Stutchbury, British naturalist (d. 1859) * January 16 ** Chauncey Bulkley, American lawyer (d.

) ** Joshua King (mathematician), Joshua King, British mathematician (d. 1857) * January 17 ** Lea Birch, English cricketer (d.

) ** Sir Theodore Brinckman, 1st Baronet, British politician (d. 1880) ** André Friedrich, French sculptor (d. 1877) ** Jean-Baptiste Masui, Belgian engineer (d.

) * January 18 ** Augustus Seymour Porter, American politician (d. 1872) ** William Bennett Webster, Canadian politician (d.

) ** Christian Whitmer, Book of Mormon witness (d. 1835) * January 19 ** Auguste Comte, French philosopher, pioneer of positivism (d. 1857) ** Samuel Worcester, Christian missionary to Cherokee, civil rights advocate (d. 1859) * January 20 ** Anson Jones, 5th and last List of Presidents of the Republic of Texas, President of the Republic of Texas (d. 1858) ** Charles Varin, French writer (d.

) * January 21 – Jane Williams, Shelley's muse (d. 1884) *

** Charles Davies (professor), Charles Davies, American mathematician (d. 1876) ** Robert Unwin Harwood, Canadian politician (d.

) ** Ciro Menotti, Italian patriot (d. 1831) * January 23 – Joan Cornelis Reynst, Dutch politician (d. 1871) * January 24 ** Henry Addison (mayor), Henry Addison, American mayor (d. 1870) ** Théodore Caruelle d'Aligny, French painter (d. 1871) ** Karl von Holtei, German actor (d. 1880) ** Karl Georg Christian von Staudt, German geometer (d.

) * January 25 – Richard William Jelf, British academic (d. 1871) * January 27 ** George Clarke (judge), George Clarke, New Zealand missionary, teacher, public servant, politician, judge (d. 1875) ** Thekchok Dorje, 14th Karmapa Lama, Tibetan Lama (d.

) ** Darius Mead (Michigan politician), Darius Mead, American politician (d. 1859) * January 28 ** Henry J. Ripley, American baptist clergyman and biblical scholar (d. 1875) ** Marcus Sandys, 3rd Baron Sandys, British politician (d.

) ** Basil Manly Sr., American minister (d.

) * January 29 ** Patrick Bellew, 1st Baron Bellew, British politician (d.

) ** Simeon Borden, American civil engineer (d.

) ** Henry Neele, poet (d. 1828) * January 30 ** Manuel Francisco Pavón Aycinena, conservative Guatemalan politician (d.

) ** Barker Burnell, American politician (d. 1843) ** Daniel Bailey Ryall, American politician (d. 1864) * January 31 ** Hans Ernst Krøyer, Danish composer (d.

) ** Carl Gottlieb Reissiger, German musician (d. 1859) ** John Summerfield, Methodist evangelist, co-founder American Tract Society (d. 1825) ** Ana Gruzinskaya Tolstaya, Georgian princess (d. 1889)

February

* February 1 ** Hannah Bevan, English philanthropist (d. 1874) ** Willard Chase, American treasure hunter (d. 1871) * February 2 ** John Warner Barber, American historian (d. 1885) ** John Brogden (industrialist), John Brogden, British railway contractor and promoter (d.

) ** Stephen Mack Jr., American pioneer (d. 1850) ** Bernard Jullien, linguist (d. 1881) ** Henry Robinson-Montagu, 6th Baron Rokeby, British Army general (d. 1883) * February 3 ** William Hill (Irish architect), William Hill, Irish architect (d. 1844) ** Nathaniel Morren, Church of Scotland minister and church historian (d. 1847) ** Daniel Sandford (scholar), Daniel Sandford, Scottish politician and Greek scholar (d. 1838) ** Christian Julius Wilhelm Schiede, German botanist (d. 1836) * February 4 ** John Cochrane (chess player), John Cochrane, Scottish lawyer and chess player (d. 1878) ** Calvin Fletcher, American judge (d.

) ** Adrian Janes, American businessman (d.

) ** Otani Nobutomo, Japanese martial artist (d. 1864) * February 5 ** Olympe-Philippe Gerbet, French bishop (d. 1864) ** Pierre-Gustave Joly de Lotbinière, French businessman and photographer (d.

) ** George James Turner, English judge and politician (d.

) * February 6 ** Charles Dupeuty, French librettist and playwright (d.

) ** James Saurin (priest), James Saurin, Anglican priest, Archdeacon of Dromore (d.

) * February 7 ** Eugène Goyet, French painter (d. 1857) ** Bolette Puggaard, Danish painter (d. 1847) ** William Tite, British architect and politician (d. 1873) ** Harriet Waylett, English actress and theatre manager (d.

) * February 8 – Grand Duke Michael Pavlovich of Russia, Russian Grand Duke (d.

) * February 9 ** John Farmer (cartographer), John Farmer, American educator and cartographer (d. 1859) ** Christian Friedrich Koch, German writer (d. 1872) ** Abel Stearns, American mayor (d. 1871) *

– Niels Nielsen Vogt, Norwegian politician (d.

) * February 11 ** James Bacon (judge), James Bacon, British judge (d. 1895) ** Johann Schroth, Austrian physician (d.

) ** Alvin Smith (brother of Joseph Smith), Alvin Smith, Later Day Saints Smith family member (d. 1823) ** Joseph Vann, Cherokee leader and businessman (d. 1844) * February 12 – Edward John Carlos, English writer on architecture (d.

) * February 13 ** Heinrich Alexander von Arnim, Prussian statesman (d.

) ** Samuel Dunn (minister), Samuel Dunn, British minister (d. 1882) ** Jules Renouard, French publisher and private banker (d. 1854) * February 14 ** Benjamin Tett, politician (d. 1878) ** Prosper Wetmore, author (d. 1876) ** Searles Valentine Wood, English palaeontologist (d. 1880) *

** Heinrich Beitzke, German historian (d.

) ** Marie-Guillaume-Alphonse Devergie, French dermatologist (d.

) ** Jean Étienne Duby, Swiss clergyman and botanist (d. 1885) * February 16 – Richard Mills (cricketer), Richard Mills, English cricketer (d. 1882) * February 17 ** Friedrich Eduard Beneke, German psychologist & scholar (d. 1854) ** Charles Macalester, American businessman, banker and philanthropist (d. 1873) ** Josef Matěj Navrátil, Czech painter (d.

) ** Ann Agnes Trail, Roman Catholic nun and artist (d. 1872) * February 18 ** Adalbert von Ladenberg, Prussian politician (d.

) ** José Hilario López, President of Colombia (d.

) * February 19 ** William Best, 2nd Baron Wynford, British Baron and politician (d.

) ** Allan MacNab, Canadian politician (d. 1862) * February 20 ** Adolf Ferdinand Wenceslaus Brix, German mathematician (d. 1870) ** Richard M. Young, American politician (d.

) * February 21 ** John William Bowden, British minister (d. 1844) ** Wilhelm Esser, German philosopher, classical philologist, university teacher (d. 1854) ** Lubize, French playwright (d.

) * February 22 ** Samuel Price Carson, American politician and farmer (d. 1838) ** Gustave Drouineau, French playwright (d. 1878) ** Charles Émile Seurre, French artist (d. 1858) ** Charles Mynn Thruston, Union Army general (d. 1873) * February 23 – Ichabod Spencer, American minister (d. 1854) * February 24 – Daniel Massey (manufacturer), Daniel Massey, blacksmith, businessman (d.

) * February 25 ** William Claiborne Dunlap, American politician (d. 1872) ** Thomas Napier Thomson, Scottish minister and writer (d.

) * February 26 – Amy and Isaac Post, Hicksite Quakers from New York (d. 1872) * February 27 ** Marshall Chapin, American mayor (d. 1836) ** Daniel Wakefield (judge), Daniel Wakefield, judge in New Zealand (d. 1858) * February 28 ** Étienne Rouchouze, Missionary and bishop (d. 1843) ** Johann Jakob Ulrich, painter from Switzerland (d. 1877)

March

* March 1 ** Princess Louise of Anhalt-Dessau (1798–1858), Princess Louise of Anhalt-Dessau (d. 1858) ** Archduchess Clementina of Austria (d. 1881) ** Gregory VI of Constantinople, patriarch of Constantinople (d. 1881) * March 2 ** Robert Fox (antiquarian), Robert Fox, British antiquarian (d. 1843) ** William Ketchum (mayor), William Ketchum, 14th mayor of Buffalo, NY (d. 1876) * March 3 – Daniel Eliott, British translator (d. 1872) * March 4 ** John Joseph Abercrombie, Union Army general (d. 1877) ** Sigurður Breiðfjörð, Icelandic poet (d. 1846) ** John Nicholson Campbell, Chaplain of the US House of Representatives (d. 1864) ** Charles Dezobry, French writer and historian (d. 1871) ** Giovanni Inchindi, opera singer (d. 1876) *

** Richard Bond (architect), Richard Bond, American architect (d.

) ** Samuel Atkins Eliot (politician), Samuel Atkins Eliot, US politician (d. 1862) ** William Greenway, English cricketer (d.

) * March 6 ** Gottlieb Göttlich, German intersex man (d. 1832) ** Jacques Jasmin, Occitan poet (d. 1864) ** George R. Noyes, American scholar (d.

) * March 8 ** Mathew Caldwell, Texan settler (d. 1842) ** Heinrich Wilhelm Ferdinand Wackenroder, German chemist (d. 1854) * March 9 ** Mathilda Berwald, Finnish and Swedish concert singer (d. 1877) ** Udagawa Yōan, Japanese scientist (d. 1846) * March 10 ** John Holladay, American Mormon pioneer (d. 1862) ** Pierre Frédéric Sarrus, French mathematician (d.

) * March 11 ** Thomas Fremantle, 1st Baron Cottesloe, British politician (d. 1890) ** Jan Gaykema Jacobsz., Dutch painter and draughtsman of plants (d. 1875) * March 12 ** Charles Abbot, 2nd Baron Colchester, British Royal Navy admiral (d.

) ** Elizabeth Goodridge, American artist (d. 1882) ** Ivan Sherwood Verny, Russian Imperial Army officer of English descent (d.

) * March 13 ** Abigail Fillmore, wife of US President Millard Fillmore (d.

) ** Walter Hook, English cleric, Dean of Chichester (d. 1875) ** Robert Clark Morgan, British missionary (d. 1864) ** Charles des Moulins, French botanist and malacologist (d. 1875) ** Friedrich Christian Gregor Wernekinck, German anatomist (d. 1835) * March 15 ** Michael Pease Calvert, British painter (d. 1875) ** William Pickering (governor), William Pickering, Governor of Washington territory (d. 1873) * March 17 ** John Samuel Blunt, American painter (d. 1835) ** John Bennett Dawson, American politician (d. 1845) ** Jacob Ettlinger, German rabbi (d. 1871) ** John Lofland (poet), John Lofland, American writer (d.

) * March 18 ** Henry B. Cowles, American politician (d. 1873) ** Robert Milner Echols, American politician, soldier (d. 1847) ** Daniel Frederik Eschricht, Danish physician and zoologist (d.

) ** Francis Lieber, German-American jurist, gymnast and political philosopher (d. 1872) ** Mubarez-ud-Daulah, member of the Asaf Jahi dynasty of Hyderabad State (d. 1854) ** Gustav Rose, German mineralogist and university teacher (d. 1873) ** William Wheelwright, American businessman (d. 1873) * March 20 ** Anna Bondra, Austrian soprano (d. 1836) ** Thomas Crimble (cricketer), Thomas Crimble, English cricketer (d. 1873) ** Sophia Fowler Gallaudet, deaf educator and wife of Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet (d. 1877) ** James De La Montanya, American politician (d.

) * March 21 – Chester P. Butler, American politician (d. 1850) * March 22 ** Richard McDonald Caunter, British soldier and Church of England clergyman (d.

) ** Joachim Otto Voigt, German-Danish botanist and surgeon (d. 1843) * March 23 – Christiane Bøcher, Norwegian actress (d. 1874) * March 24 ** Epaphroditus Ransom, American politician (d. 1859) ** Richard F. Simpson, American politician (d. 1882) * March 25 ** Corvo Attano, fictional character, Royal Protector, assassin (d. unknown) ** Christoph Gudermann, German mathematician (d.

) * March 26 – Robert Handyside, Lord Handyside, Scottish lawyer, judge, Solicitor General for Scotland (d. 1858) * March 27 ** Charles Joseph, comte Bresson, French diplomat (d. 1847) ** Juana María de los Dolores de León Smith, Spanish noble (d. 1872) * March 28 ** Joseph Franz, Prince of Dietrichstein, German prince (d. 1858) ** John Townshend, 4th Marquess Townshend, British Royal Navy admiral (d.

) * March 29 ** Jane Spencer-Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough (1798–1844), Jane Spencer-Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough, 1st wife of George Spencer, 6th Duke (d. 1897) ** Isaac J. Ullman, American politician (d.

) *

** Luise Hensel, German writer (d. 1876) ** Torsten Rudenschöld, Swedish educator and social reformer (d. 1859) * March 31 ** Charles Anthony (politician), Charles Anthony, legislative leader and politician in Ohio (d. 1862) ** Ernesto Capocci, Italian mathematician, astronomer and politician (d. 1864) ** Lewis Cary, American silversmith (d. 1834) ** François-Romain Lhérisson, Haitian poet and educator (d. 1859) ** Carl Gottlieb Peschel, German painter (d.

) ** Jakub Tatarkiewicz, Polish sculptor (d. 1854) ** John Westenra, politician (d. 1874)

April

* April 1 ** Jean-Baptiste Glaire, French academic (d.

) ** George Gilliam Steele, American architect (d.

) * April 2 ** John Green Chambers, American physician, pharmacist, politician (d. 1884) ** August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben, German scholar and poet (d. 1874) ** Alexander De Witt, American politician (d.

) * April 3 ** John Banim, Irish writer (d. 1842) ** Louis Lacoste, Canadian politician (d. 1878) ** Charles Wilkes, US naval officer and explorer (d. 1877) * April 4 – Charles Symmes, Canadian politician (d.

) * April 5 ** Jonas Chickering, US piano manufacturer (d.

) ** Marie Amélie Cogniet, French painter (d.

) ** Jean-Jacques-Joseph Leroy d'Etiolles, French surgeon (d.

) ** John Harfield Tredgold, British pharmacist (d. 1842) ** Louis-Désiré Véron, French politician and opera director (d.

) * April 6 ** James Beckwourth, American mountain man (d.

) ** Jonas Wallström, Swedish decorative painter (d. 1862) *

– Félix Chadenet, French politician (d. 1874) * April 8 ** Joel Hayden, American lieutenant governor of Massachusetts (d. 1873) ** Levin M. Powell, American military officer (d. 1885) ** Ramón de la Sagra, Spanish economist, sociologist, botanist, political writer (d. 1871) ** Dionysios Solomos, Greek poet (d. 1857) * April 9 ** Arphaxed Loomis, American politician (d. 1885) ** Frederik Thorkildsen Wexschall, Classical violinist (d. 1845) * April 10 ** Walter Frederick Campbell, British politician (d.

) ** William Greenwood (cricketer), William Greenwood, cricketer (d. 1872) ** Amasa Sprague, American businessman and politician (d. 1843) ** John Lewis Wolfe, architect (d. 1881) * April 11 ** Pierce Mason Butler, American politician (d. 1846) ** Joseph N. Chambers, American politician and Army officer (d. 1874) ** Macedonio Melloni, English army officer and politician (d. 1847) ** Alfred V. du Pont, American chemist and industrialist (d.

) *

** Elijah Fordham, American missionary (d.

) ** Ambrogio Frangiolli, Italian painter (d. 1870) ** Caleb S. Layton, American politician (d. 1882) ** Baron du Potet, French writer (d. 1881) * April 13 – Cornelius Gilliam, American politician (d. 1848) * April 14 ** William Clark Jr. (1798–1871), William Clark Jr., American politician (d. 1871) ** Frederick Spencer, 4th Earl Spencer, British Royal Navy admiral (d. 1857) * April 15 – Jacques Bernard Hombron, French naval surgeon and naturalist (d.

) * April 16 ** Fanny Gulick, American missionary (d. 1883) ** Oswald Houston, American pioneer (d.

) ** Georg Klindworth, Diplomat and intelligence agent (d. 1882) * April 17 ** Étienne Bobillier, French mathematician (d. 1840) ** Harriet Byron McAllister, American philanthropist (d. 1888) * April 18 – Antonio Rolla, Italian musician (d. 1837) * April 19 ** Darius Clark, musician (d. 1871) ** Franz Joseph Glæser, Czech conductor and composer (d.

) ** Heinrich Maria von Hess, German painter (d.

) ** Andrea Maffei, Italian poet, translator and librettist (d. 1885) * April 20 ** Frederick Crowder (cricketer, born 1798), Frederick Crowder, English cricketer (d. 1894) ** Dermide Leclerc, French nobility (d. 1804) ** William Edmond Logan, British-Canadian geologist (d. 1875) ** Chauncy Hare Townshend, English poet (d.

) * April 22 ** Date Nariyoshi, Daimyo (d. 1828) ** Adolf von Rauch (born 1798), Adolf von Rauch, German paper manufacturer (d. 1882) * April 23 ** Édouard Alletz, French diplomat (d. 1850) ** Richard M. Blatchford (attorney), Richard M. Blatchford, banking and trust lawyer, politician (d. 1875) * April 24 ** Paul Duport, French playwright (d.

) ** William Edward Petty Hartnell, California pioneer (d. 1854) *

** Charles-François Baillargeon, Catholic archbishop (d. 1870) ** Eugène Delacroix, French painter (d.

) * April 27 ** Claire Clairmont, British writer, mother of Lord Byron's daughter (d.

) ** Peder Christian Holst, Norwegian politician (d. 1873) ** Pieter Barbiers IV, painter from the Northern Netherlands (d. 1848) ** Lars Bastian Ridder Stabell, Norwegian politician (d.

) ** François Thomas Tréhouart, French admiral (d. 1873) * April 28 ** Duncan Forbes (linguist), Duncan Forbes, Scottish linguist (d.

) ** William Russell (educator), William Russell, educator and elocutionist (d. 1873) * April 29 – Carlo Yvon, Italian oboist and composer (d. 1854) *

** Albert, Prince of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt (d.

) ** Charles-Auguste van den Berghe, painter from France (d.

)

May

* May 1 ** Edward Joshua Cooper, Landowner, politician and astronomer (d.

) ** William Ewart (British politician), William Ewart, British politician 1798–1869 (d.

) ** Prince Clemens of Saxony, prince of Saxony (d. 1822) ** Henri de Tully, French playwright, writer and librettist (d. 1846) * May 2 ** William Mercer Green, American bishop, first Bishop of Mississippi (d. 1887) ** Atanasio de Urioste, Bolivian merchant and magnate (d. 1864) ** Claude Verpilleux, French engineer (d. 1875) * May 3 ** Thomas Dickens Arnold, American politician (d. 1870) ** Célestin Guynemer de la Hailandière, French-born bishop in the US (d. 1882) ** Frederik van Rappard, Dutch politician (d. 1862) ** Rufus P. Spalding, American politician (d. 1886) * May 4 – Charles Kanaʻina, Hawaiian noble, father of King Lunalilo (d. 1877) * May 5 – Jonathan Edwards Ryland, British writer (d.

) * May 6 ** Louis La Caze, French physician and art collector (d.

) ** Adolphus Goldsmith, Australian politician (d. 1876) ** Eyre Massey, 3rd Baron Clarina, Anglo-Irish peer (d. 1872) ** Joseph Welland (architect), Joseph Welland, architect (d.

) ** Aleksander Zawadzki (naturalist), Aleksander Zawadzki, naturalist (d.

) *

– Emil Wilhelm Krummacher, German clergyman (d. 1886) * May 8 ** Sir William Hanham, 8th Baronet, British Royal Navy officer (d. 1877) ** Joanna Belfrage Picken, Scottish poet and teacher (d. 1859) * May 10 ** Patrick Gaines Goode, American politician (d. 1862) ** Christodoulos Hatzipetros, Greek military leader (d.

) ** John Forbes Royle, British botanist (d. 1858) ** Asher Tyler, American politician (d. 1875) * May 11 – Trinidad Guevara, Uruguayan actor (d. 1873) * May 12 ** John Kearsley Mitchell, American writer and physician (d. 1858) ** Alphonse Périn, French painter (d. 1874) * May 13 ** John Broadwood (song collector), John Broadwood, English folk song collector (d. 1864) ** John Payne Elwes, British politician (d.

) * May 14 – Julius Christopher Hammer, Norwegian politician (d. 1877) * May 15 ** Delino Dexter Calvin, Canadian politician (d. 1884) ** Ivan Pushchin, Russian writer and judge (d. 1859) * May 16 – Ellis Lewis, American judge (d. 1871) * May 17 – George Don, Scottish botanist (d.

) * May 18 ** Ethan A. Hitchcock (general), Ethan A. Hitchcock, Union Army general (d. 1870) ** James Lowe (inventor), James Lowe, English inventor of a screw propeller (d.

) ** Firmin Marbeau, French philanthropist (d. 1875) ** Anthelme Trimolet, French painter (d.

) * May 19 – Dudley Ryder, 2nd Earl of Harrowby, British politician (d. 1882) * May 20 ** Jean-Baptiste Chollet, French singer (d. 1892) ** Theodor Amadeus Müller, German musician (d. 1846) * May 21 ** Prosper Barbot, French painter (d. 1878) ** Francis D'Arcy-Osborne, 7th Duke of Leeds, British politician (d. 1859) ** Moses H. Kirby, American politician in Ohio (d. 1889) ** Rufus Parks, American politician (d. 1878) * May 22 ** Thomas Crook, American politician (d.

) ** Alexander McDonnell (chess player), Alexander McDonnell, Irish chess master (d. 1835) *

– Walker King (priest), Walker King, priest (d. 1859) * May 25 – Antoine-Olivier Berthelet, businessman, philanthropist, politician in Lower Canada (d. 1872) *

** Édouard Monnais, French journalist, theater director, playwright, librettist (d.

) ** John Walbanke-Childers, politician (d. 1886) * May 28 ** Roland Bauchery, French playwright and chansonnier (d.

) ** John Campbell (1798–1830), John Campbell, Scottish advocate and politician (d. 1830) ** Josef Dessauer, Czech composer (d. 1876) ** Edward Hughes Ball Hughes, English dandy (d.

) ** Alexander Workman, Canadian politician (d. 1891) * May 29 ** Walter Forbes, 18th Lord Forbes, British noble (d.

) ** Edward Nevil Macready, British Army officer (d. 1848) * May 31 – Robert Nugent Dunbar, British poet (d.

)

June

* June 1 – John Hollins (artist), John Hollins, British artist (d.

) * June 2 ** William Branwhite Clarke, British geologist, clergyman (d. 1878) ** Nakayama Miki, founder of Tenrikyo (d. 1887) ** Heinrich Gustav Mühlenbeck, Alsatian bryologist (d. 1845) * June 3 – William Soden Hastings, American politician (d. 1842) * June 4 ** Filippo Bigioli, Italian painter (d. 1878) ** William Henry Chase, Florida militia colonel (d. 1870) ** Alexander Gorchakov, Russian diplomat, minister, chancellor (d. 1883) ** Niels Laurits Høyen, Danish art historian and critic (d. 1870) * June 5 – Alexei Lvov, Russian composer (d. 1870) * June 6 – James White McClung, American lawyer and politician (d. 1848) * June 7 ** Barnabas Kelet Henagan, Governor of South Carolina (d.

) ** John D. McCarty, Episcopal Missionary Priest (d. 1881) *June 8 ** Johann Friedrich Riedel, German missionary (d.

) * June 9 ** Eber D. Howe, American newspaper founder (d. 1884) ** Adrien Recurt, French politician (d. 1872) ** Eugène Joseph Verboeckhoven, Belgian romantic painter (d. 1881) * June 10 ** Francis L. Hawks, American politician (d.

) ** Frederick Richard Lee, British artist (d.

) *

** William Abbot (actor), William Abbot, English actor (d. 1843) ** Samuel Cooper (general), Samuel Cooper, Adjutant and Inspector General of the armies of the Confederate States (d. 1876) *

** Johann Christian Felix Baehr, German classical philologist and librarian (d. 1872) ** John Edgar (minister), John Edgar, Irish activist (d.

) ** David Hodgson (artist), David Hodgson, English painter (d. 1864) * June 14 – František Palacký, Czech philosopher, historian, publicist and writer (d. 1876) * June 16 ** Nabeshima Naotomo, daimyo (d. 1864) ** Johan Henrik Thomander, Swedish translator, priest and theologian (d.

) *

** McDonald Clarke, American writer (d. 1842) ** Mary Martha Pearson, English portrait painter (d. 1871) * June 19 ** Jan Valerián Jirsík, Czech member of Czech council (d. 1883) ** Aimé Paris, French music educator, inventor of writing system (d.

) ** Ammi B. Young, American architect (d. 1874) * June 20 ** John Griesbach, English musician and composer (d. 1875) ** Daniel McCook, Union Army officer (d.

) * June 21 ** Walter Hilliard Bidwell, American Congregationalist minister, magazine editor (d. 1881) ** Eduard Daniel Leopold van Ingen, Dutch colonial administrator on the Gold Coast (d. 1833) ** Anthony Raymond, American architect (d.

) * June 22 – Ditlev Blunck, Danish artist (d.

) * June 23 – Thomas Church (colonial administrator), Thomas Church, colonial Administrator (d.

) * June 24 ** Harriet Bradford Tiffany Stewart, missionary, writer (d. 1830) ** Edward Turner (chemist), Edward Turner, British chemist (d. 1837) * June 25 ** Alexander Baxter, barrister (d. 1836) ** Sophia Dallas, wife of US vice president George Mifflin Dallas (d.

) * June 26 ** Wolfgang Menzel, German poet (d. 1873) ** Josiah Warren, American social reformer, philosopher, inventor, musician, author (d. 1874) * June 29 ** Willibald Alexis, German historical novelist (d. 1871) ** Giacomo Leopardi, Italian poet, philosopher and writer (d. 1837) * June 30 ** Alexander Dyce, Scottish literary editor and historian (d.

) ** Ernst March, German manufacturer (d. 1847)

July

** Daniel Avery (Latter Day Saints), Daniel Avery, American Mormon leader (d.

) ** Shah Fazle Rasool Badayuni, former Grand Mufti of India (d. 1872) ** Edward Curr, English-born pastoralist and politician in Australia (d. 1850) ** Thomas Nicoll (cricketer, born 1798), Thomas Nicoll, British cricketer (d. 1883) * July 2 ** Angelina Eberly, Texan hero (d.

) ** John Forman (Nova Scotia politician), John Forman, Canadian politician (d. 1832) ** Frederick Polhill, politician (d. 1848) * July 4 – Ely Moore, American congressman for New York (d.

) * July 5 ** John G. Chapman, American politician (d.

) ** John Gardiner (Australia), John Gardiner, Australian settler (d. 1878) ** Hannah Mary Rathbone, novelist and poet (d. 1878) ** Alphonse Salin, French playwright (d. 1878) * July 6 – Joseph Bowles (cricketer), Joseph Bowles, British cricketer (d.

) *

** John Southerden Burn, English solicitor and antiquary (d. 1870) ** Robert Gilfillan, British poet and songwriter (d. 1850) * July 8 ** Abner M. Bradbury, American politician (d. 1885) ** William Brodrick, 7th Viscount Midleton, Irish Visount (d. 1870) ** Henry Dundas Campbell, British Governor of Sierra Leone (d. 1872) ** Ralph Ingersoll Lockwood, American novelist (d. 1858) ** Thomas Burr Osborne (politician), Thomas Burr Osborne, American politician (d.

) ** Carl Heinrich "Schultzenstein" Schultz, German botanist (d. 1871) * July 9 ** John Bancker Aycrigg, Member of the US House of Representatives (d.

) ** Gustav Adolf Michaelis, German obstetrician (d. 1848) * July 10 ** Rudolph Friedrich Hohenacker, Swiss-German missionary, botanist (d. 1874) ** John Jones (Ojibwa chief), John Jones, Ojibwa priest (d. 1847) ** Henry G. Lamar, American politician (d.

) ** X. B. Saintine, French dramatist and novelist (d.

) *

– Paolo Savi, Italian geologist and ornithologist (d. 1871) *

** Cyrus Bryant, American educator (d.

) ** William L. Sharkey, American politician (d. 1873) * July 13 ** Warder Cresson, American diplomat (d.

) ** Alexandra Feodorovna (Charlotte of Prussia), Alexandra Feodorovna, wife of Nicholas I of Russia (d.

) *

** Alessandro Antonelli, Italian architect (d. 1888) ** François Mêlier, academic, member of the Accademia delle Scienze di Torino (d.

) * July 15 ** Alexander Gorchakov, Russian politician (d. 1883) ** James Kennedy (British politician), James Kennedy, British politician, barrister, judge, writer (d. 1859) ** Thomas Stinson, Canadian businessman (d. 1864) *

** Georges Oberhaeuser, German physicist (d.

) ** Eduard Friedrich Poeppig, German naturalist (d.

) ** Abbondio Sangiorgio, Italian sculptor (d.

) * July 17 – Aslak Reiersson Midhassel, Norwegian politician (d. 1882) * July 19 ** Guillaume Louis DeBuys, American politician (d.

) ** Christian August II, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg (d.

) ** René de Thorigny, French lawyer and politician (d.

) * July 20 – Andrew Cowie, Canadian politician (d. 1890) *

– William Wilberforce (1798–1879), William Wilberforce, English politician (d.

) * July 22 ** Côme-Séraphin Cherrier (Lower Canada politician), Côme-Séraphin Cherrier, Canadian politician (d. 1885) ** Josef Anton Henne, Swiss historian (d. 1870) ** Léon Rousseau, Canadian politician (d.

) ** Gabriele Smargiassi, Italian painter (d. 1882) * July 23 ** James Hyslop (poet), James Hyslop, Scottish poet (d. 1827) ** Jane Herbert Wilkinson Long, "Mother of Texas" (d. 1880) *

** Antonio Bresciani (writer), Antonio Bresciani, Italian writer (d. 1862) ** John Adams Dix, Union Army General (d.

) ** James Gallier, Irish-American architect (d.

) ** Mark Napier (historian), Mark Napier, Scottish lawyer, biographer and historical author (d.

) * July 25 – Albert Knapp, German poet (d. 1864) * July 26 ** John Campbell-Wyndham, politician (d.

) ** George W. Lay, American politician (d.

) * July 28 ** William James Hope-Johnstone, British Royal Navy admiral (d. 1878) ** Asahel Huntington, American politician (d. 1870) ** Hezekiah Williams, American politician (d.

) * July 29 ** Carl Blechen, German painter (d. 1840) ** Thomas Clap Perkins, American lawyer and politician (d. 1870) * July 30 – Thomas Chilton, American politician (d. 1854)

August

* August 2 ** Gabrio Casati, Italian politician (d. 1873) ** Luis Fernández de Córdova, Spanish general and diplomat (d. 1840) * August 3 ** Wilhelm Ludwig Deichmann, German banker (d. 1876) ** Prosper Duvergier de Hauranne, French journalist and politician (d. 1881) ** Llewelyn Lewellin, British priest (d. 1878) ** Walker Lewis, African American abolitionist, Freemason, Mormon elder (d.

) * August 4 ** John Gregg (bishop of Cork), John Gregg, Church of Ireland bishop of Cork (d. 1878) ** Louis Schwabe, manufacturer of silk and artificial silk fabrics in Manchester (d. 1845) ** Matsudaira Yorihiro (Takamatsu), Matsudaira Yorihiro, Japanese daimyo, 9th lord of Takamatsu (d. 1842) * August 5 ** Salvador María del Carril, Argentine politician (d. 1883) ** Benjamin Thompson (politician), Benjamin Thompson, US Representative from Massachusetts (d.

) ** John Wrottesley, 2nd Baron Wrottesley, British astronomer (d.

) * August 6 ** William Alcott, American physician and author (d. 1859) ** Anton Delvig, Russian journalist and poet (d. 1831) ** Pavel Nikolaievich Demidov, Russian nobleman (d. 1840) ** Pierre Letuaire, French painter (d. 1885) * August 8 ** Nathan Goodell, American mayor (d. 1883) ** John Johnson Jr., Chancellor of Maryland (d.

) * August 9 ** Louis-Florentin Calmeil, French psychiatrist (d. 1895) ** Justus Friedrich Kritz, German classical philologist and high school teacher (d.

) * August 10 – George Vivian (artist), George Vivian, English painter and draughtsman (d. 1873) * August 11 ** John Marshall Clemens, father of Mark Twain (d. 1847) ** Dominick Daly, Governor of Prince Edward Island & South Australia (d.

) * August 12 – Abraham Rencher, American politician (d. 1883) * August 15 ** Charles H. Bell (naval officer), Charles H. Bell, United States admiral (d. 1875) ** Henry Labouchere, 1st Baron Taunton, English politician (d.

) ** Joaquín María López y López, Spanish politician, writer, journalist (d.

) * August 16 ** Mirabeau B. Lamar, American politician and poet (d. 1859) ** Alfred Ollivant (bishop), Alfred Ollivant, British bishop (d. 1882) * August 17 ** Lydia Neal Dennett, abolitionist and suffragist from Portland (d. 1881) ** Thomas Hodgkin, British physician, pathologist (d.

) ** Richard Laming, British chemist (d.

) * August 19 ** Charles Beck, German-born American classical scholar (d.

) ** Asa Lansford Foster, Pennsylvanian geologist, merchant, coal mine owner (d.

) ** Bryan Owsley, American politician (d.

) ** James Shipton, British politician, Merchant (d.

) * August 20 – Jacques Leroy de Saint-Arnaud, French general, Marshal of France, Ministry of War (France), Minister of War (d. 1854) * August 21 ** François-Antoine Bossuet, Belgian artist (d. 1889) ** Jules Michelet, French historian, popularized the concept of the Renaissance (d. 1874) * August 22 ** Richard Robert Madden, Irish doctor, writer, abolitionist and historian (d. 1886) ** John Peel (priest), John Peel, British priest (d. 1875) ** Ignatius A. Reynolds, Catholic bishop (d.

) ** William Gottlieb Schauffler, German missionary (d. 1883) * August 23 ** Antonio Novasconi, Catholic bishop (d.

) ** William Patton (preacher), William Patton, American pastor and abolitionist (d.

) * August 24 – José María Imbert, Dominican politician (d. 1847) * August 25 – Joseph von Auffenberg, German dramatist (d. 1857) * August 26 – John McClintock, 1st Baron Rathdonnell, British politician (d.

) * August 27 ** Ernst Heinrich Kneschke, German writer (d.

) ** Charles Clay Trabue, American banker and Whig politician (d.

) * August 28 ** Gershom Jacques Van Brunt, US Naval Officer during the American Civil War (d. 1818) ** Harro Harring, German-Danish revolutionary and writer (d. 1870) ** John W. A. Sanford, American politician and farmer (d. 1870) * August 29 ** Edward Eliot, 3rd Earl of St Germans, British politician and diplomat (d. 1877) ** Sardar Singh of Udaipur, Maharaja of Udaipur (d. 1842) * August 30 ** Archduchess Maria Luisa of Austria (1798–1857), Archduchess Maria Luisa of Austria, Austro-Tuscan nobility (d. 1857) ** Virginie Déjazet, French actress (d. 1875) * August 31 ** William C. Crain, American politician (d.

) ** Johann Mannhardt, German clockmaker (d. 1878) ** Michael Neher, German artist (d. 1876) ** Georg Friedrich Puchta, German jurist (d. 1846) ** Peter Grayson Washington, American Assistant Secretary of the Treasury (d. 1872)

September

* September 1 ** Richard Delafield, Union Army general (d. 1873) ** Jean-Augustin Franquelin, French painter (d. 1839) ** John Horatio Lloyd, English barrister and politician (d. 1884) ** John A. Quitman, American politician (d. 1858) * September 2 ** Friedrich Wilhelm Heidenreich, German physician (d. 1857) ** Thomas Holliday Hicks, American politician (d.

) ** James Scott Howard, first postmaster in Toronto (d.

) * September 3 ** Hartman Bache, American engineer (d. 1872) ** August Kavel, Australian settler (d.

) * September 4 ** Albert Clinton Horton, American politician (d.

) ** Raynold Kaufgetz, Swiss academic (d.

) ** Francis Julius LeMoyne, American physician (d.

) ** Costantino Patrizi Naro, Catholic cardinal (d. 1876) * September 5 ** Christian Peder Bianco Boeck, Norwegian medical doctor, zoologist, mountain climber (d. 1877) ** William Thomas Buckland, British auctioneer (d. 1870) ** Sophie Esterházy, Austrian courtier (d.

) ** Kujō Hisatada, kuge (d. 1871) * September 6 – Nathalie Elma d'Esménard, French artist and botanical illustrator (d. 1872) * September 7 – Karl Schnaase, German art historian (d. 1875) * September 8 ** George Edmondson (educationalist), George Edmondson, British educator (d.

) ** James D. Green, American politician (d. 1882) ** Perley B. Johnson, American politician (d. 1870) ** Robert Hall Morrison, American academic (d. 1889) * September 9 ** Zechariah Buck, British musician (d.

) ** Joseph Anselm Feuerbach, German archaeologist (d.

) ** Samuel Friedrich Hassel, German actor and singer (d. 1876) ** Cosmo Innes, British academic (d. 1874) ** John Pennefather, British Army general (d. 1872) *

– Adam Johan Frederik Poulsen Trampe, Norwegian jurist (d. 1876) * September 11 ** Paschal Dumais, Canadian politician (d. 1873) ** Sarah D. Fish, American suffragist, abolitionist (d.

) ** Franz Ernst Neumann, German mineralogist, physicist, mathematician (d. 1895) * September 12 – Janez Vesel, Slovenian writer and lawyer (d. 1884) * September 13 – Robert Hodgson (judge), Robert Hodgson, Canadian lawyer, politician, judge (d. 1880) * September 14 ** Alexandre Barbié du Bocage, French geographer (d. 1834) ** Charlotte-Adélaïde Dard, French author (d. 1862) ** Andreas Nicolai Hansen, Danish merchant (d. 1873) ** Henry Melvill, British Anglican priest (d. 1871) * September 16 ** William Goode (politician), William Goode, American politician and lawyer (d. 1859) ** Robert Schuyler, American railroad magnate (d.

) *

** Rufus Babcock, American college president (d. 1875) ** Edvard Bergenheim, Finnish archbishop (d. 1884) ** Seymour Brunson, American Mormon leader (d. 1840) * September 19 – Caesar Hawkins, British surgeon (d. 1884) * September 20 ** Samuel Henry Dickson, American poet, physician, writer, educator (d. 1872) ** Micajah W. Kirby, American politician (d. 1882) ** Philipp Schey von Koromla, Austro-Hungarian merchant & philanthropist (d. 1881) * September 22 ** Antonio Paulino Limpo de Abreu, Viscount of Abaeté, Brazilian politician & judge (d. 1883) ** Cornelius P. Lott, American Mormon leader (d. 1850) ** Joseph C. Noyes, American politician (d.

) ** Marshall Pinckney Wilder (politician), Marshall Pinckney Wilder, American politician (d. 1886) * September 23 ** John Collicott, Australian settler and auctioneer (d. 1840) ** Henry Riddell (poet), Henry Riddell, Scottish poet and songwriter (d. 1870) * September 24 – Takashima Shūhan, samurai and military engineer (d.

) * September 25 ** Jean-Baptiste Élie de Beaumont, French geologist (d. 1874) ** Louis Alphonse de Brébisson, French photographer and botanist (d. 1872) ** Hendrik Scheffer, Dutch painter (d. 1862) * September 26 ** Tomás Cipriano de Mosquera, Colombian general and political figure (d. 1878) ** Heinrich Wilhelm von Pabst, German agronomist and secretary (d.

) ** Etelka Szapáry, Hungarian noblewoman (d. 1876) ** Mira Sharpless Townsend, Quaker activist and reformer (d. 1859) * September 27 ** William Blades (politician), William Blades, American politician and preacher (d. 1877) ** Jonathan Edwards (New York politician), Jonathan Edwards, American lawyer and politician from New York (d. 1875) * September 28 ** Bonaventura Genelli, German artist (d.

) ** Charles-Philippe Larivière, French painter (d. 1876) ** Johann Friedrich Laurer, German botanist, anatomist, pharmacologist (d. 1873) ** Johann Heinrich Schilbach, German painter (d.

) ** James G. Taliaferro, American judge (d. 1876) * September 29 ** Dwight Baldwin (missionary), Dwight Baldwin, American Christian missionary on Maui during the Kingdom of Hawaii (d. 1886) ** Edwyn Burnaby (courtier), Edwyn Burnaby, English landowner (d.

) ** Toma Jederlinić, Croatian prelate, Catholic bishop of Dubrovnik, apostolic administrator of Trebinje-Mrkan (d.

) ** Michele Viale-Prelà, aristocratic Catholic priest from Corsica, France (d.

) ** Charles Henry Warren, American politician (d. 1874) * September 30 – John Wilkinson (Syracuse pioneer), John Wilkinson, lawyer and Postmaster (d. 1862)

October

* October 1 – James Wentworth Buller, British politician (d.

) *

** Michael James Robert Dillon, 12th Earl of Roscommon, Irish Earl (d. 1850) ** Théodore Guérin, Catholic saint and nun from France (d.

) ** Gazaway Bugg Lamar, steamboat pioneer, banker, Confederate supporter (d. 1874) ** King Charles Albert of Sardinia, King of Sardinia (d.

) ** James Beaty Sr., Canadian politician (d. 1892) ** Emmanuel Vincent, English cricketer (d.

) * October 3 ** John Parker (cleric), John Parker, English cleric and architect (d.

) ** Morris Jacob Raphall, British-born American rabbi (d.

) ** Louis Vasquez, Spanish mountain man (d.

) * October 4 ** Lewis Caleb Beck, United States naturalist (d.

) ** Phineas W. Leland, American politician (d. 1870) ** Ange Paulin Terver, French malacologist (d. 1875) ** Constantin Wesmael, Belgian entomologist (d. 1872) * October 5 ** Michael Zittle Jr., novelist (d. 1877) ** Joseph Power (librarian), Joseph Power, librarian of the University of Cambridge (d.

) * October 6 ** Robert Baird (clergyman), Robert Baird, American clergyman and writer (d.

) ** Charles B. Penrose, American politician (d. 1857) *

** William Robertson (Australian settler), William Robertson, Australian pastoralist (d. 1874) ** Jean-Baptiste Vuillaume, French luthier (d. 1875) * October 8 ** John Byington, American Seventh-day Adventist minister (d. 1887) ** Philarète Chasles, French critic and man of letters (d. 1873) ** Hans Holmboe, Norwegian educator and politician (d.

) ** Felix Neff, Swiss minister (d. 1829) * October 9 ** Samuel Dana Bell, American judge (d.

) ** Isaac Ferris, American University president (d. 1873) ** William Thorold (engineer), William Thorold, British businessman (d. 1878) * October 10 – Bateman Paul, Church of England clergyman and writer (d. 1877) * October 11 ** Ida Arenhold, German social reformer (d.

) ** John Duncan Bligh, British diplomat (d. 1872) ** Samuel Gardner Drake, United States historian and antiquarian (d. 1875) ** Bache McEvers, American commission merchant, shipper and insurer (d.

) ** Thomas Overskou, Theatre historian, playwright, actor (d. 1873) ** Ole Ingebrigtsen Soelberg, Norwegian politician (d. 1874) *

** Pedro I of Brazil, Emperor of Brazil, and King of Portugal (d. 1834) ** Jesse Olney, American geographer (d. 1872) * October 13 ** Herman Wilhelm Bissen, Danish sculptor (d.

) ** Jean Henri De Coene, Belgian painter (d.

) ** Solomon Quetsch, Austrian rabbi (d.

) ** Robert Crichton Wyllie, Scottish-born Hawaiian politician (d.

) * October 14 ** Jean-Charles-Alphonse Avinain, French serial killer (d.

) ** Łukasz Baraniecki, Catholic archbishop of Lviv (d. 1858) ** Mayhew Beckwith, Canadian politician (d. 1871) ** Sir Charles Maclean, 9th Baronet, 25th Chief of Clan Maclean (d. 1883) * October 15 – Patrick Raymond Griffith, Irish Dominican priest (d. 1862) * October 16 ** Martiniano Chilavert, Argentine military officer (d.

) ** John Carnac Morris, British lexicographer (d. 1858) * October 17 – Peter Harvey (writer), Peter Harvey, biographer (d. 1877) * October 18 – Karl Ludwig von Bruck, Austrian politician (d.

) * October 19 ** George Coles (Cambridge University cricketer), George Coles, English cricketer (d.

) ** Charles A. Ingersoll, United States federal judge (d.

) ** Robert Pollok (poet), Robert Pollok, Scottish poet (d. 1827) * October 20 – William A. Moseley, American politician (d. 1873) * October 21 ** Karl Heinrich Baumgärtner, German physician (d. 1886) ** Massimo d'Azeglio, Italian statesman, novelist and painter (d.

) *

** Lovisa Charlotta Borgman, Swedish musician (d. 1884) ** Mariano Eduardo de Rivero y Ustariz, Peruvian geologist, mineralogist, chemist, archaeologist, politician (d. 1857) *

** Henry Nelson Coleridge, British writer (d. 1843) ** James Everard Home, British Royal Navy officer (d.

) ** Ernst Hermann Joseph Münch, German librarian and historian (d. 1841) * October 26 – Beda Weber, Austrian writer (d. 1858) * October 27 ** John Meeson Parsons, British art collector (d. 1870) ** Gustav Parthey, German classical philologist, art historian (d. 1872) ** Heinrich Scherk, German mathematician (d. 1885) * October 28 ** Henri Bertini, French composer (d. 1876) ** Clément-Charles Sabrevois de Bleury, Canadian politician (d. 1862) ** Levi Coffin, American educator and abolitionist (d. 1877) ** Hippolyte François Jaubert, French botanist and politician (d. 1874) * October 29 – William Lascelles, British politician (d.

) * October 30 – Maurice Schlesinger, German music publisher (d. 1871) * October 31 ** Antonio Cabral Bejarano, Spanish painter (d.

) ** William Stuart (1798–1874), William Stuart, British politician (d. 1874)

November

* November 1 ** Henry Dupont, French entomologist, natural history specimen trader (d. 1873) ** Benjamin Guinness, British politician (d.

) ** James Morris (Canada West politician), James Morris, Canadian politician (d.

) ** Armand Joseph Overnay, French playwright (d.

) * November 2 – Jules Coignet, French painter (d.

) * November 3 ** James M. Mason, American politician (d. 1871) ** Henry Wilder (cricketer), Henry Wilder, English cricketer (d. 1836) *

** Buenaventura Carlos Aribau, Spanish writer, politician, economist (d. 1862) ** John Heritage Bryan, American politician (d. 1870) ** John Dilloway, English cricketer (d.

) ** Karl Kreil, Austrian meteorologist and astronomer (d. 1862) ** John Laporte (politician), John Laporte, American politician (d. 1862) ** Henriette Méric-Lalande, singer (d.

) * November 5 ** William Gamble (cricketer), William Gamble, English cricketer (d.

) ** Charles Gibbs, American pirate (d. 1831) ** Pascoe St Leger Grenfell, British copper smelter (d.

) ** Marie-Caroline of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, Duchess of Berry, Italian princess (d. 1870) * November 6 ** Iulian Liublinskii, Slav nationalist and Decembrist (d. 1873) ** George Agnew Reay, British organist (d.

) * November 7 ** Silas H. Stringham, American Navy admiral (d. 1876) ** Lord John Thynne, English aristocrat, Deputy Dean of Westminster (d. 1881) *

** John Janney, American politician (d. 1872) ** Samuel Morgan, American businessman (d. 1880) * November 9 ** Arthur Hill-Trevor, 3rd Viscount Dungannon, English Conservative Party politician (d. 1862) ** William Russell (Durham MP), William Russell, British Whig politician (d. 1850) * November 10 ** Charles Philip Brown, British official of the East India Company (d. 1884) ** Eliza, Lady Darling, wife of Major-General Ralph Darling and artist (d.

) * November 11 ** Ivane Andronikashvili, Georgian noble, general in the Imperial Russian service (d.

) ** Edward Cross (politician), Edward Cross, American politician (d. 1887) ** John Amory Lowell, American businessman & anthropologist (d. 1881) ** Montagu Stopford (Royal Navy officer), Montagu Stopford, British Royal Navy admiral (d. 1864) * November 13 – Anne Nasmyth, Scottish artist (d. 1874) * November 14 ** Alexandre Louis Lefèbvre de Cérisy, French entomologist (d.

) ** Peder Carl Lasson, Norwegian politician (d. 1873) * November 15 ** Thomas Barker (cricketer, born 1798), Thomas Barker, English county cricketer (d. 1877) ** Rice Richard Clayton, politician (d.

) ** Abel Hugo, Writer (one of Victor Hugo's brothers) (d.

) ** William Mattice, Canadian politician (d. 1881) ** Gabriel Monsen, Norwegian politician (d. 1882) * November 16 ** Jacques Antoine Bonebakker, Dutch jeweller, goldsmith, silversmith (d.

) ** Joseph Chinn, American politician (d. 1840) ** Marie-Joseph Farcot, French engineer (d. 1875) ** Therese Grob, Austrian singer (d. 1875) ** Persifor Frazer Smith, American politician (d. 1858) * November 18 – Eugène Renduel, French publisher (d. 1874) * November 19 – José María Alviso, American mayor (d.

) * November 20 – Johann Georg August Wirth, German journalist and author (d. 1848) * November 21 ** Jérôme-Adolphe Blanqui, French economist (d. 1854) ** Léon Lacabane, French historian, librarian, palaeographer (d. 1884) ** Ferdinand Langlé, French playwright (d.

) ** John Clements Wickham, Explorer of Australia (d. 1864) * November 22 – Angeliki Palli, Italian poet, translator, editor (d. 1875) * November 23 ** Hannah Simpson Grant, mother of Ulysses S. Grant (d. 1883) ** Klementyna Hoffmanowa, Polish writer, translator, editor, writer for children (d. 1845) ** Franz Horny, German painter (d. 1824) ** Alonzo Morphy, American judge (d.

) ** Francis Ruddle, British carpenter (d. 1882) * November 26 ** Count Ludwig Joseph von Boos-Waldeck, German nobleman, promoted emigration to Texas (d. 1880) ** John Strong Sr., American politician (d. 1881) * November 27 ** Étienne-Ossian Henry, French chemist (d. 1873) ** Andries Pretorius, South African politician (d.

) ** Friedrich Ludwig von Rönne, German diplomat (d.

) ** Menucha Rochel Slonim, matriarch of the Hebron community (d. 1888) ** Rafael Tegeo, Spanish painter (d.

) *

– Cora Millet-Robinet, French writer (d. 1890) * November 29 ** Alexander Brullov, Russian artist (d. 1877) ** Hamilton Rowan Gamble, American jurist and politician (d. 1864) * November 30 – Friedrich Heinrich Ranke, German theologian (d. 1876)

December

* December 1 ** Albert Barnes (theologian), Albert Barnes, American theologian (d. 1870) ** Frederic Carpenter Skey, English surgeon (d. 1872) * December 2 ** Asa Child, American attorney (d. 1858) ** António Luís de Seabra, 1st Viscount of Seabra, Portuguese judge, lawyer and politician (d. 1895) * December 3 ** David L. Beatty, American politician (d. 1881) ** Philippe-Frédéric Blandin, French surgeon (d.

) ** William Henry Cogswell, American politician (d. 1876) ** Gilbert Knapp, American politician (d. 1887) ** Alfred Iverson Sr., American politician (d. 1873) * December 4 ** Félix-Sébastien Feuillet de Conches, art collector (d. 1887) ** Jules Armand Dufaure, thrice prime minister of France (d. 1881) ** William Evans (watercolourist), William Evans, English watercolor painter (d. 1877) *

** Alexandre-Marie Colin, French painter (d. 1875) ** Ferdinand Pettrich, German sculptor (d. 1872) *

** James Hosken, English naval officer and mariner (d. 1885) ** Niccolò Matas, Italian architect (d. 1872) * December 8 ** Antoine Laurent Dantan, French sculptor (d. 1878) ** Joseph Romain-Desfossés, French admiral (d. 1864) ** Thomas T. Whittlesey, American politician (d.

) * December 9 ** Friedrich Gottlieb Bartling, German botanist (d. 1875) ** James Sevier Conway, 1st governor of Arkansas (d.

) ** John Walsh, 1st Baron Ormathwaite, British politician (d. 1881) * December 10 ** Andrew Buchanan (surgeon), Andrew Buchanan, Scottish surgeon and professor of Physiology (d. 1882) ** George Fletcher Moore, politician, public servant, diarist (d. 1886) * December 11 ** Thomas Aspinwall Davis, American mayor and silversmith (d. 1845) ** Maria Hartmann, German-born Moravian missionary (d.

) ** John S.C. Knowlton, American politician (d. 1871) * December 12 ** Daniel S. Bacon, American politician and judge (d.

) ** Friedrich August Grotefend, German classical philologist (d. 1836) * December 13 ** Edward Thomas Bainbridge, United Kingdom Member of Parliament (d. 1872) ** Otto Philipp Braun, Bolivian military leader (d.

) ** James Henry (poet), James Henry, Irish poet (d. 1876) ** Shadrack F. Slatter, American slave trader and capitalist (d.

) ** Joseph R. Walker, American explorer (d. 1876) * December 14 – Alexis Bailly, American politician and fur trader (d.

) * December 15 – Edward Burleson, American politician (d.

) * December 16 ** John Berdan, American politician (d. 1841) ** Chester W. Chapin, American politician, railroad executive (d. 1883) ** Joachim Pollak, Czech rabbi (d.

) * December 17 ** Charles Broadbridge, English cricketer (d. 1841) ** Julius Converse, American politician (d. 1885) ** William Forster (British Army officer), William Forster, British Army officer (d.

) ** John Pope (naval officer), John Pope, United States Navy officer (d. 1876) * December 18 ** Henry Black (Quebec judge), Henry Black, Canadian lawyer, judge and politician (d. 1873) ** Emil Normann, painter and naval officer (d. 1881) ** Heinrich Smidt, German writer (d.

) ** Christopher Harris Williams, American politician (d. 1857) * December 19 ** Lady Mary Fox, noblewoman, British aristocrat and writer (d. 1864) ** James Seaton Reid, Irish church historian (d.

) * December 20 ** Laurens Perseus Hickok, American philosopher (d. 1888) ** John Wood (governor), John Wood, Governor of Illinois (d. 1880) * December 21 – Paul (dancer), Paul, French dancer (d. 1871) * December 22 ** George W. Crawford, American politician (d. 1872) ** José Antonio Vidaurre, Chilean Army officer (d. 1837) * December 23 ** Arthur Ingram Aston, English diplomat (d. 1859) ** James Carter (engraver), James Carter, British engraver (d.

) ** Alpheus Spring Packard Sr., American classical philologist (d. 1884) * December 24 ** William Clarke (cricketer, born 1798), William Clarke, English cricketer (d.

) ** Valerian Engelhardt, Russian lieutenant general (d.

) ** Adam Mickiewicz, Polish writer (d.

) ** John Stockton (Michigan soldier), John Stockton, American politician (d. 1878) * December 25 ** Catherine Grace Godwin, Scottish novelist, amateur painter, poet (d. 1845) ** Richard Green Parker, United States educator, textbook writer (d.

) ** Noel Le Vasseur, Illinois fur trader (d.

) ** Hugh White (New York politician), Hugh White, American politician (d. 1870) * December 26 ** Ferdinand Freiherr von Beschwitz, German noble (d. 1874) ** Amariah Brigham, American psychiatrist (d.

) ** Étienne Chartier, Canadian priest (d.

) ** Joseph Wigram, Bishop of Rochester (d.

) * December 27 ** Alexander Colquhoun-Stirling-Murray-Dunlop, church lawyer & politician (d. 1870) ** William Wilson Corcoran, American banker (d. 1888) ** Nikolay Protasov, Russian general (d.

) * December 28 ** Heinrich Philipp August Damerow, German physician and psychiatrist (d.

) ** John Ffolliott, Irish landowner and MP (d.

) ** Thomas Henderson (astronomer), Thomas Henderson, Scottish lawyer, astronomer & mathematician (d. 1844) ** John Ward (painter), John Ward, English painter (d.

) * December 29 ** Algernon Greville, soldier and cricketer (d. 1864) ** Barzillai Quaife, Australian minister and writer (d. 1873) ** Nathaniel Treat, politician (d. 1894) * December 30 ** Charles Clerke (priest), Charles Clerke, English Anglican priest (d. 1877) ** Johann Jakob Meyer, Swiss pharmacist (d. 1826) * December 31 – Friedrich Robert Faehlmann, Estonian writer (d. 1850) * Date unknown: ** Mary Faber (slave trader), Mary Faber, West African slave trader and local potentate (d. after 1857) ** Eduard von Feuchtersleben, Polish-born mining engineer and writer (d. 1857)

Deaths

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* January 3 – Carlo Aurelio Widmann, Venetian nobleman and admiral (b. 1750) *

– Lewis Morris, American landowner and developer, signer of the United States Declaration of Independence (b. 1726) * February 12 – Stanisław August Poniatowski, deposed last King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania (b. 1732) * February 25 – Louis Jules Mancini Mazarini, French diplomat, writer (b. 1716) * March 22 – Justin Morgan, American horse breeder and composer (b. 1747) * March 25 – General Michel Joachim Marie Raymond, French leader of the army of the Nizam of Hyderabad (poisoned) (b. 1755) * April – Gideon Morris, trans-Appalachian pioneer (b. 1756) * April 11 – Karl Wilhelm Ramler, German poet (b. 1725) *

– Madeleine de Puisieux, French writer, active feminist (b. 1720) * April 14 – Henry Mowat, Scottish-born British

officer (b. 1734) * April 29 – Nikolaus Poda von Neuhaus, German entomologist (b. 1723) * May 10 – George Vancouver, British Royal Navy officer, explorer (Vancouver, Canada is named after him) (b. 1757) * May 19 – William Byron, 5th Baron Byron, English dueler (b. 1722) * June – Betsy Gray, Irish rebel heroine * June 4 – Giacomo Casanova, Italian adventurer, writer (b. 1725) * June 21 – John Kelly of Killanne, Irish republican * June 25 – Thomas Sandby, English cartographer, architect (b. 1721) * June 29 – Catharina Mulder, Dutch orangist (b. 1723) * July 17 – Henry Joy McCracken, Irish republican *

– François Sébastien Charles Joseph de Croix, Count of Clerfayt, Austrian field marshal (b. 1733) *

– François-Paul Brueys d'Aigalliers, French admiral (killed in battle) (b. 1753) * August 11 – Joshua Clayton, American politician (b. 1744) * August 18 – John Lewis Gervais, American revolutionary and politician (b. 1741) * August 21 – James Wilson (Founding Father), James Wilson, American politician (b. 1742) * August 24 – Thomas Alcock (priest), Thomas Alcock, English clergyman (b. 1709) * August 25 – Mikiel'Ang Grima, Maltese people, Maltese surgeon (b. 1731) * September 21 – George Read (U.S. statesman), George Read, American lawyer, signer of the United States Declaration of Independence, Declaration of Independence (b. 1733) * November 5 – John Zephaniah Holwell, British surgeon (b. 1711) * November 15 – Angelo Maria Amorevoli, Italian operatic tenor (b. 1716) * November 19 –

, Irish republican (b. 1737) * November 21 – Gabriel Lenkiewicz, Belarusian Temporary Vicar General of the Society of Jesus (b. 1722) * December 4 – Luigi Galvani, Italian physicist (b. 1737) * December 16 – Thomas Pennant, Welsh naturalist (b. 1726)

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