Events

January–March

Mustafa III Mustafa III (; ''Muṣṭafā-yi sālis''; 28 January 1717 – 21 January 1774) was the Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1757 to 1774. He was a son of Sultan Ahmed III (1703–30), and his consort Mihrişah Kadın. He was succeeded by his ...

Sultan Sultan (; ar, سلطان ', ) is a position with several historical meanings. Originally, it was an Arabic abstract noun meaning "strength", "authority", "rulership", derived from the verbal noun ', meaning "authority" or "power". Later, it ...

of the Ottoman Empire, dies and is succeeded by his brother Abdul Hamid I. *

January 27 Events Pre-1600 * 98 – Trajan succeeds his adoptive father Nerva as Roman emperor; under his rule the Roman Empire will reach its maximum extent. * 945 – The co-emperors Stephen and Constantine are overthrown and forced to becom ...

** An angry crowd in Boston, Massachusetts seizes, tars, and feathers British customs collector and Loyalist John Malcolm, for striking a boy and a shoemaker, George Hewes, with his cane. ** British industrialist John Wilkinson patents a method for boring cannon from the solid, subsequently utilised for accurate boring of

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cylinders. *

February 3 Events Pre-1600 * 1112 – Ramon Berenguer III, Count of Barcelona, and Douce I, Countess of Provence, marry, uniting the fortunes of those two states. *1451 – Sultan Mehmed II inherits the throne of the Ottoman Empire. *1488 – ...

– The Privy Council of Great Britain, as advisors to King George III, votes for the King's abolition of free land grants of North American lands. Henceforward, land is to be sold at auction to the highest bidder. *

February 6 Events Pre-1600 * 1579 – The Archdiocese of Manila is made a diocese by a papal bull with Domingo de Salazar being its first bishop. 1601–1900 * 1685 – James II of England and VII of Scotland is proclaimed King upon the death of ...

– France's Parliament votes a sentence of civil degradation, depriving Pierre Beaumarchais of all rights and duties of citizenship. * February 7 – The volunteer fire company of Trenton, New Jersey, predecessor to the paid Trenton Fire Department created in 1892, is founded. In 1905, at 131 years, it claims to be the oldest continuously serving department in the U.S. *

February 24 Events Pre-1600 * 484 – King Huneric of the Vandals replaces Nicene bishops with Arian ones, and banishes some to Corsica. * 1303 – The English are defeated at the Battle of Roslin, in the First War of Scottish Independence. * 13 ...

– The Province of Massachusetts Bay House of Representatives votes, 92 to 8, to impeach Superior Court Chief Justice Peter Oliver, but Provincial Governor Thomas Hutchinson refuses to allow the trial to proceed. * March 10 – The ''Boston Journal'' makes the first reference to the " Stars and Stripes" flag to symbolize the American colonies, reporting that "The American ensign now sparkles a door which shall shortly flame from the skies." *

March 31 Events Pre-1600 * 307 – After divorcing his wife Minervina, Constantine the Great, Constantine marries Fausta, daughter of the retired Roman emperor Maximian. *1146 – Bernard of Clairvaux preaches his famous sermon in a field at V� ...

– Intolerable Acts: The British Parliament passes the

Boston Port Act The Boston Port Act, also called the Trade Act 1774, was an Act of the Parliament of Great Britain which became law on March 31, 1774, and took effect on June 1, 1774. It was one of five measures (variously called the ''Intolerable Acts'', the ...

, closing the port of Boston, Massachusetts, as punishment for the Boston Tea Party.Gordon Carruth, ed., ''The Encyclopedia of American Facts and Dates'' 3rd Edition (Thomas Y. Crowell, 1962) pp80-82

April–June

April 17 Events Pre-1600 *1080 – Harald III of Denmark dies and is succeeded by Canute IV, who would later be the first Dane to be canonized. *1349 – The rule of the Bavand dynasty in Mazandaran is brought to an end by the murder of Hasan ...

– The first avowedly Unitarian congregation, Essex Street Chapel, is founded in London by Theophilus Lindsey. * April 19 – The premiere of '' Iphigénie en Aulide'' by

Christoph Willibald Gluck Christoph Willibald (Ritter von) Gluck (; 2 July 1714 – 15 November 1787) was a composer of Italian and French opera in the early classical period. Born in the Upper Palatinate and raised in Bohemia, both part of the Holy Roman Empire, he g ...

sparked a huge controversy, almost a war, such as has not been seen in Paris since the Querelle des Bouffons. *

May 10 Events Pre-1600 * 28 BC – A sunspot is observed by Han dynasty astronomers during the reign of Emperor Cheng of Han, one of the earliest dated sunspot observations in China. *1291 – Scottish nobles recognize the authority of Edw ...

– Louis XVI becomes King of France, following the death of his grandfather, Louis XV. * May 17 – The colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations issues the first call for an "Intercolonial Congress" that eventually is set up as the

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. * May 19 –

Shakers The United Society of Believers in Christ's Second Appearing, more commonly known as the Shakers, are a Millenarianism, millenarian Restorationism, restorationist Christianity, Christian sect founded in England and then organized in the Unit ...

Ann Lee and eight followers sail from Liverpool, England for

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. * June 2 – Intolerable Acts: A new Quartering Act, requiring

American colonists The colonial history of the United States covers the history of European colonization of North America from the early 17th century until the incorporation of the Thirteen Colonies into the United States after the Revolutionary War. In the ...

to provide better housing for British soldiers upon demand, is passed. * June 16– 17 – English explorer

James Cook James Cook (7 November 1728 Old Style date: 27 October – 14 February 1779) was a British explorer, navigator, cartographer, and captain in the British Royal Navy, famous for his three voyages between 1768 and 1779 in the Pacific Ocean an ...

becomes the first European to sight (and name) Palmerston Island in the South Pacific Ocean. *

June 20 Events Pre-1600 * 451 – Battle of Chalons: Flavius Aetius' battles Attila the Hun. After the battle, which was inconclusive, Attila retreats, causing the Romans to interpret it as a victory. * 1180 – First Battle of Uji, starting ...

(June 9 O.S.) –

Russo-Turkish War (1768–1774) The Russo-Turkish War of 1768–1774 was a major armed conflict that saw Russian arms largely victorious against the Ottoman Empire. Russia's victory brought parts of Moldavia, the Yedisan between the rivers Bug and Dnieper, and Crimea into the ...

Battle of Kozludzha The Battle of Kozludzha (also known as the Battle of Kozluca), fought on 20 June (Old Style - June 9) 1774 near the village of Kozludzha (now Suvorovo, Bulgaria), was one of the final and decisive battles of the Russo-Turkish War (1768–1774). ...

– The

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, led by Alexander Suvorov, routs numerically superior Ottoman Empire forces. * June 22 – The Parliament of Great Britain passes the Quebec Act, setting out rules of governance for the colony of Quebec in British North America, enlarging its territory as far south as Ohio and granting freedom of religion for Roman Catholics.

July–September

* July 21 – Russia and the Ottoman Empire sign the Treaty of Küçük Kaynarca with Russian victory, ending six years of war. The treaty gives Russia the right to intervene in Ottoman politics, to protect its Christian subjects. * August 1 – The element oxygen is discovered for the third (and last, so far) time – the second quantitatively, following the somewhat earlier work of Carl Wilhelm Scheele (1771–1772) by Joseph Priestley, who publishes the fact in

1775 Events Summary The American Revolutionary War began this year, with the first military engagement being the April 19 Battles of Lexington and Concord on the day after Paul Revere's now-legendary ride. The Second Continental Congress t ...

, and so names the element (and usually gets all the credit, because his work was published first). *

August 6 Events Pre-1600 *1284 – The Republic of Pisa is defeated in the Battle of Meloria by the Republic of Genoa, thus losing its naval dominance in the Mediterranean. * 1538 – Bogotá, Colombia, is founded by Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada ...

– Ann Lee and the Shakers arrive in America and settle in New York. *

September 1 Events Pre-1600 * 1145 – The main altar of Lund Cathedral, at the time seat of the archiepiscopal see of all the Nordic countries, is consecrated. * 1173 – The widow Stamira sacrifices herself in order to raise the siege of Ancon ...

– Powder Alarm: Thomas Gage, royal governor of the Province of Massachusetts Bay, orders British soldiers to remove gunpowder from a

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, causing Patriots to prepare for war. * September 4 – English explorer

becomes the first European to sight (and name) the island of

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in Melanesia. * September 5 – The

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assembles in Philadelphia. *

September 15 Events Pre-1600 * 994 – Major Fatimid victory over the Byzantine Empire at the Battle of the Orontes. *1440 – Gilles de Rais, one of the earliest known serial killers, is taken into custody upon an accusation brought against him by ...

– Yemelyan Pugachev, leader of Pugachev's Rebellion against Russia by the

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, is betrayed by his own men after returning to Yaitsk (now Oral, Kazakhstan). * September 21 – George Mason and

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found the Fairfax County Militia Association, a military unit independent of British control. * September 29 – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's semi-autobiographical epistolary novel '' The Sorrows of Young Werther'' (''Die Leiden des jungen Werthers'') (written January–March) is published anonymously in Leipzig, Germany; it is influential in the '' Sturm und Drang'' movement and Romanticism.

October–December

* October 10 ** Dunmore's War –

Battle of Point Pleasant The Battle of Point Pleasant, also known as the Battle of Kanawha, was the only major action of Dunmore's War. It was fought on October 10, 1774, between the Virginia militia and Shawnee and Mingo warriors. Along the Ohio River near modern-day P ...

: Cornstalk is forced to make peace with Dunmore at the

Treaty of Camp Charlotte Lord Dunmore's War—or Dunmore's War—was a 1774 conflict between the Colony of Virginia and the Shawnee and Mingo American Indian nations. The Governor of Virginia during the conflict was John Murray, 4th Earl of Dunmore—Lord Dunmore. He a ...

, ceding Shawnee land claims south of the Ohio (modern Kentucky) to Virginia. ** English explorer James Cook becomes the first European to sight (and name)

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in the Pacific Ocean, uninhabited at this date. *

October 14 Events Pre-1600 *1066 – The Norman conquest of England begins with the Battle of Hastings. * 1322 – Robert the Bruce of Scotland defeats King Edward II of England at the Battle of Old Byland, forcing Edward to accept Scotland's i ...

– The

in America adopts the Declaration of Rights and Resolves, with 10 principles. * October 20 – The

passed the Continental Association, a colony-wide boycotting of British goods. Theater performances in the American colonies were also halted on the Congresses recommendation that the member colonies "discountenance and discourage all horse racing and all kinds of gaming, cock fighting, exhibitions of shows, plays, and other expensive diversions and entertainments." * October 21 – The word ''Liberty'' is first displayed on a flag raised by colonists in Taunton, Massachusetts, in defiance of British rule in

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. *

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

– The

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takes place in North Carolina, marking the first major gathering of women in support of the American cause. * October 26 – The first

adjourns in Philadelphia. * November 4 – The Maryland Jockey Club follows a recommendation of the Continental Congress and cancels its race schedule. The decision sets a precedent for other jockey clubs in the colonies, and no major races are held until the end of the American Revolution. * November 10 –

1774 British general election The 1774 British general election returned members to serve in the House of Commons of the 14th Parliament of Great Britain to be held, after the merger of the Parliament of England and the Parliament of Scotland in 1707. Lord North's government ...

: Voting for the House of Commons concludes in Great Britain, and Lord North retains the office of Prime Minister as his Tory coalition wins 343 of the 558 seats. Henry Seymour Conway's Whig Party wins the other 215 seats. *

November 15 Events Pre-1600 * 655 – Battle of the Winwaed: Penda of Mercia is defeated by Oswiu of Northumbria. *1315 – Growth of the Old Swiss Confederacy: The Schweizer Eidgenossenschaft ambushes the army of Leopold I in the Battle of Morg ...

– The government of the Republic of Venice allows adventurer and ladies' man Giacomo Casanova to return home after a 17-year absence. *

November 20 Events Pre-1600 * 284 – Diocletian is chosen as Roman emperor. * 762 – During the An Shi Rebellion, the Tang dynasty, with the help of Huihe tribe, recaptures Luoyang from the rebels. *1194 – Palermo is conquered by Henry ...

– Daniel Boone retires from the Virginia colonial militia in order to devote his full time to establishing a settlement in Kentucky. * November 25 –

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, the leader of the Bashkirs rebellion against the Russian government, is captured, bringing an end to the insurrection. *

November 26 Events Pre-1600 * 783 – The Asturian queen Adosinda is held at a monastery to prevent her king from retaking the throne from Mauregatus. *1161 – Battle of Caishi: A Song dynasty fleet fights a naval engagement with Jin dynasty ...

– English chemist Joseph Priestley becomes the first person to discover and identify

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. *

November 27 Events Pre-1600 *AD 25 – Luoyang is declared capital of the Eastern Han dynasty by Emperor Guangwu of Han. * 176 – Emperor Marcus Aurelius grants his son Commodus the rank of " Imperator" and makes him Supreme Commander of the ...

– Spanish Navy Captain

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arrives at Tahiti in the ship ''Aguila'' and tries unsuccessfully to claim it for Spain and to convert the Tahitians to the Roman Catholic faith. *

November 30 Events Pre-1600 * 978 – Franco-German war of 978–980: Holy Roman Emperor Otto II lifts the siege of Paris and withdraws. 1601–1900 * 1707 – Queen Anne's War: The second Siege of Pensacola comes to end with the failure of the Br ...

**Parliament adjourns in Great Britain, but declines to authorize any action against the rebellious American colonies, despite an address the day before by King George III and Prime Minister North. ** Thomas Paine, a native of England, arrives in America at the age 37 and soon becomes an influential advocate for the colonies' independence. * December 1 – A boycott called by the Continental Congress goes into effect, as participating merchants and supporters cease the importation or consumption of products from Great Britain, Ireland or the British West Indies. * December 6 – Archduchess

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, the ruler of Austria, Hungary and Croatia, signs the General School Ordinance providing for education for both males and females and setting compulsory education for children aged six through 12. * December 9 – The two month long Siege of Melilla begins as armies led by the Sultan of Morocco, Mohammed ben Abdallah, attack the North African Spanish colony of

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(which remains a part of Spain into the 21st century). * December 23 – King Louis XVI of France issues a declaration that, for the first time, protects "the free commerce of meat during

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" to support the needs of "the poor whose infirmity requires them to eat meat."

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incorporates Martinsborough as the new seat of

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, 3 years after its founding. * German cobbler Johann Birkenstock creates the first Birkenstock sandals. * A revision of the laws of cricket introduces a leg before wicket rule.

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January

* January 1 ** Lancelot Baugh Allen, Master of Dulwich College (d.

1845 Events January–March * January 10 – Elizabeth Barrett receives a love letter from the younger poet Robert Browning; on May 20, they meet for the first time in London. She begins writing her ''Sonnets from the Portuguese''. * January 23 ...

) **

André Marie Constant Duméril André Marie Constant Duméril (1 January 1774 – 14 August 1860) was a French zoologist. He was professor of anatomy at the Muséum national d'histoire naturelle from 1801 to 1812, when he became professor of herpetology and ichthyology. His ...

, French zoologist (d.

1860 Events January–March * January 2 – The discovery of a hypothetical planet Vulcan is announced at a meeting of the French Academy of Sciences in Paris, France. * January 10 – The Pemberton Mill in Lawrence, Massachusett ...

) ** Pietro Giordani, Italian writer (d.

1848 1848 is historically famous for the wave of revolutions, a series of widespread struggles for more liberal governments, which broke out from Brazil to Hungary; although most failed in their immediate aims, they significantly altered the polit ...

) **

James Johnson James Johnson may refer to: Artists, actors, authors, and musicians *James Austin Johnson (born 1989), American comedian & actor, ''Saturday Night Live'' cast member * James B. Johnson (born 1944), author of science nonfiction novels *James P. Joh ...

, U.S. Representative from Kentucky (d.

1826 Events January–March * January 15 – The French newspaper ''Le Figaro'' begins publication in Paris, initially as a weekly. * January 30 – The Menai Suspension Bridge, built by engineer Thomas Telford, is opened between the island o ...

) **

William Piper William Piper (January 1, 17741852) was an American politician from Pennsylvania who served as a Democratic-Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives for Pennsylvania's 7th congressional district from 1811 to 1813 and for Pennsylvan ...

, American 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 tog ...

) *

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 Empi ...

–

Thomas Lynn Thomas Lynn (1774–1847) was an English naval officer and writer on astronomy. Life He was born 2 January 1774 at Woodbridge, Suffolk, where his father was a medical practitioner. At the age of 11 he entered the naval service of the East India Co ...

, British soldier (d.

1847 Events January–March * January 4 – Samuel Colt sells his first revolver pistol to the U.S. government. * January 13 – The Treaty of Cahuenga ends fighting in the Mexican–American War in California. * January 16 – John C. Frémont ...

) *

January 3 Events Pre-1600 *AD 69, 69 – The Roman legions on the Rhine refuse to declare their allegiance to Galba, instead proclaiming their legate, Aulus Vitellius, as emperor. * 250 – Emperor Decius orders everyone in the Roman Empire (ex ...

– Juan Aldama, Jugador de Beisbole (d.

1811 Events January–March * January 8 – An unsuccessful slave revolt is led by Charles Deslondes, in St. Charles and St. James Parishes, Louisiana. * January 17 – Mexican War of Independence – Battle of Calderón Brid ...

) *

January 4 Events Pre-1600 *46 BC – Julius Caesar fights Titus Labienus in the Battle of Ruspina. * 871 – Battle of Reading: Æthelred of Wessex and his brother Alfred are defeated by a Danish invasion army. 1601–1900 *1649 – Engli ...

Volant Vashon Ballard Volant Vashon Ballard CB ( bapt. 4 January 1774 – 12 October 1832) was a Rear-Admiral of the Royal Navy. He served as a midshipman with George Vancouver on his voyage to the north-west coast of America. Early career Christened on 4 January ...

, Royal Navy admiral (d.

1832 Events January–March * January 6 – Abolitionist William Lloyd Garrison founds the New-England Anti-Slavery Society. * January 13 – The Christmas Rebellion of slaves is brought to an end in Jamaica, after the island's white plan ...

) ** Edward Dubois, English wit and man of letters (d.

1850 Events January–June * April ** Pope Pius IX returns from exile to Rome. ** Stephen Foster's parlor ballad "Ah! May the Red Rose Live Alway" is published in the United States. * April 4 – Los Angeles is incorporated as a cit ...

) **

William M. Richardson William Merchant Richardson (January 4, 1774 – March 15, 1838) was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Massachusetts and chief justice of the New Hampshire Supreme Court. Biography He was born in Pelham in the Province of New ...

, American jurist and politician (d.

1838 Events January–March * January 10 – A fire destroys Lloyd's Coffee House and the Royal Exchange in London. * January 11 – At Morristown, New Jersey, Samuel Morse, Alfred Vail and Leonard Gale give the first public demonstration o ...

) * January 5 – George Chinnery, British artist (d.

) *

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 eve ...

Ole Elias Holck Ole Elias Holck (6 January 1774 – 14 July 1842) was a Norwegian military officer who served as a representative at the Norwegian Constitutional Assembly. Ole Elias Holck was born at the village of Hyllestad in Gulen in Sogn og Fjordane, Norwa ...

, officer, father of the Constitution of Norway, member of Stortinget (d.

1842 Events January–March * January ** Michael Alexander takes office, as the first appointee to the Anglican-German Bishopric in Jerusalem. ** American medical student William E. Clarke of Berkshire Medical College becomes the first pe ...

) ** James McCall, American politician (d.

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

) *

January 7 Events Pre-1600 *49 BC – The Senate of Rome says that Caesar will be declared a public enemy unless he disbands his army. This prompts the tribunes who support him to flee to Ravenna, where Caesar is waiting. * 1325 – Alfonso IV ...

** Anna Bunina, Russian poet (d.

1829 Events January–March * January 19 – August Klingemann's adaptation of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's ''Faust'' premieres in Braunschweig. * February 27 – Battle of Tarqui: Troops of Gran Colombia and Peru battle to a draw. * March ...

) **

Samuel D. Purviance Samuel Dinsmore Purviance (January 7, 1774 – 1806) was a Congressional Representative from North Carolina; born on Masonboro Sound at Castle Fin House, near Wilmington, North Carolina; attended a private school; studied law; was admitted to ...

, American politician (d.

1806 Events January–March * January 1 ** The French Republican Calendar is abolished. ** The Kingdom of Bavaria is established by Napoleon. * January 5 – The body of Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson, lies in state in the Painted Hall ...

) *

January 8 Events Pre-1600 * 307 – Emperor Huai of Jin, Jin Huaidi becomes emperor of China in succession to his father, Emperor Hui of Jin, Jin Huidi, despite a challenge from his uncle, Sima Ying. * 871 – Æthelred I, King of Wessex, Æthel ...

–

John Gibbons John Michael Gibbons (born June 8, 1962) is an American former professional baseball player and former manager of the Toronto Blue Jays of Major League Baseball (MLB). Gibbons briefly played in the Major Leagues as a catcher with the New York Me ...

, English amateur cricketer (d.

1844 In the Philippines, it was the only leap year with 365 days, as December 31 was skipped when 1845 began after December 30. Events January–March * January 15 – The University of Notre Dame, based in the city of the same name, receives ...

) *

January 10 Events Pre-1600 *49 BC – Julius Caesar crosses the Rubicon, signalling the start of civil war. * 9 – The Western Han dynasty ends when Wang Mang claims that the divine Mandate of Heaven called for the end of the dynasty and the be ...

Augustin de Macarty Augustin de Macarty (sometimes anglicized, as ''McCarty'' or ''McCarthy'') was a mayor of New Orleans from September 7, 1815, to May 1, 1820. He was a member of an influential Creole family allied by marriage to Esteban Rodríguez ...

, American politician (d.

) **

Jean-Baptiste Muiron Jean-Baptiste Muiron (10 January 1774 – 15 November 1796) was a French Army officer. He rose to fame by allegedly sacrificing himself to save the life of General Bonaparte at the Battle of the Bridge of Arcole. A frigate captured in Venice, the ...

, French Army officer (d.

1796 Events January–March * January 16 – The first Dutch (and general) elections are held for the National Assembly of the Batavian Republic. (The next Dutch general elections are held in 1888.) * February 1 – The capital ...

) ** William Stewart, British military officer (d.

1827 Events January–March * January 5 – The first regatta in Australia is held, taking place on Tasmania (called at the time ''Van Diemen's Land''), on the River Derwent at Hobart. * January 15 – Furman University, founded in 1826, b ...

) * January 11 **

Antoine Drouot General Antoine Drouot, Comte Drouot (11 January 1774 – 24 March 1847) was a French officer who fought in the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars. Drouot is one of a select group who were present at both the Battle of Trafalgar (1805) and ...

, French general (d.

) ** Charles Henry Schwanfelder, British artist (d.

1837 Events January–March * January 1 – The destructive Galilee earthquake causes 6,000–7,000 casualties in Ottoman Syria. * January 26 – Michigan becomes the 26th state admitted to the United States. * February – Charles Dickens's ...

) ** Tryphosa Jane Wallis, English actress (d.

) * January 12 – William Cahoon, American politician (d. 1833) * January 14 – Benjamin Aislabie, cricketer (d.

) * January 16 – Daniel Evans (minister), Daniel Evans, Welsh Independent minister (d. 1835) * January 17 ** Marie-Thérèse Figueur, French writer (d. 1861) ** Maria Theresa Kemble, British actress (d.

) ** Georg Wilhelm Franz Wenderoth, German botanist (d. 1861) * January 18 ** Moses I. Cantine, American politician (d. 1823) ** James Millingen, British archaeologist (d.

) * January 19 – Samuel Campbell Rowley, naval officer and politician (d. 1846) * January 20 – Charles George Beauclerk, British Member of Parliament (d.

) * January 21 – William Kenrick (1774–1829), William Kenrick, English lawyer and politician (d.

) * January 22 – Francesco Fuoco, Italian philologist, economist and Catholic priest (d. 1841) * January 23 – Richard Southgate (politician), Richard Southgate, American politician (d. 1857) * January 24 ** Carl Abraham Arfwedson, Swedish silk merchant (d. 1861) ** Arnold Timothée de Lasaulx, Belgian politician (d. 1863) * January 25 – Jules-Paul Pasquier, French jurist (d. 1858) * January 29 ** Olinthus Gregory, British astronomer (d. 1841) ** Sir Robert Shaw, 1st Baronet, British politician (d. 1849) * January 30 – Samuel Butler (schoolmaster), Samuel Butler, English classical scholar and schoolmaster (d. 1839) * January 31 ** William Blake (economist), William Blake, British economist; (d.

) ** William George Maton, English physician (d. 1835) ** Thomas Veazey, American politician (d.

) ** Phineas Waller, Pennsylvanian farmer and landowner (d. 1859)

February

* February 1 ** John Douglas (died 1838), John Douglas, Tory politician, died 1838 (d.

) ** Ferdinánd Pálffy, Austrian theatre manager (d. 1840) * February 2 – Susan Montagu, Duchess of Manchester, British noble (d. 1828) *

** Edward Cross (zoo proprietor), Edward Cross, British zookeeper (d. 1854) ** Karl Mollweide, German mathematician (d. 1825) * February 4 – Frederick Traugott Pursh, German-American botanist (d. 1820) *

– Henry Bates Grubb, American ironmaster and businessman (d. 1823) * February 7 – Frederik Christian Kielsen, Danish naturalist (d.

) * February 8 ** Karl Friedrich Heinrich, German classical philologist (d.

) ** Samuel Moore (congressman), Samuel Moore, American politician (d. 1861) ** Francisco de Paula Vieira da Silva de Tovar, 1st Viscount of Molelos, Portuguese general (d.

) * February 9 ** William Lattimore, American physician and politician (d. 1843) ** Juan José Viamonte, Argentine general (d. 1843) * February 11 ** Maxim Gauci, Maltese painter and lithographer (d. 1854) ** Hans Järta, Swedish politician, civil servant and administrator (d.

) * February 12 – Valentin Stanič, Austrian teacher (d.

) * February 13 ** Robert Curzon (MP), Robert Curzon, British Member of Parliament (d. 1863) ** Thomas Myers, British mathematician (d. 1834) * February 15 – Prince Frederick of Orange-Nassau, Dutch prince (d. 1799) * February 16 ** Étienne Guy, Canadian politician, surveyor and militia officer (d. 1820) ** Pierre Rode, French violinist and composer (d. 1830) * February 17 ** Mykhailo Levytsky, Metropolitan of Lviv (d. 1858) ** Raphaelle Peale, painter from the United States (d. 1825) * February 18 – William Clark (congressman), William Clark, farmer, jurist, and politician from Dauphin, Pennsylvania (d. 1851) *

** Prince Adolphus, Duke of Cambridge, British and Hanoverian Royal (d.

) ** Archibald Constable, Scottish printer and publisher (d.

) ** Perley Keyes, American politician (d. 1834) ** Robert S. Rose, American politician (d. 1835) ** Alexander Wilmot Schomberg, British Royal Navy admiral (d.

) ** Roswell Weston, American lawyer and politician (d. 1861) * February 25 – George Gore (priest), George Gore, Anglican priest in Ireland (d.

) * February 26 ** Joseph Bédard (Lower Canada politician), Joseph Bédard, Canadian politician (d.

) ** William Farquhar, first British Resident and Commandant of colonial Singapore (d. 1839) ** Richard Rouse (Australian colonial settler), Richard Rouse, public servant and settler (d.

) * February 27 – Thomas Vasse, sea explorer (d. 1801) * February 28 ** Chamaraja Wodeyar IX, King of Mysore (d.

) ** Thomas Tooke, British economist (d. 1858)

March

* March 1 ** Magdalene of Canossa, Italian Religious Sister and foundress (d. 1835) ** Matthias B. Tallmadge, United States federal judge (d. 1819) * March 2 ** Jean-Siméon Domon, French soldier (d. 1830) ** Armand Charles Guilleminot, French general during the Napoleonic wars (d. 1840) * March 4 – Joseph Hamilton Daveiss, American politician (d.

) * March 5 – Christoph Ernst Friedrich Weyse, Danish composer (d.

) * March 7 – Daniel Arnoldi, German Canadian physician (d. 1849) * March 9 ** Mayhew Folger, American whaler, captain of ''Topaz (ship), Topaz'', rediscovered Pitcairn Islands in 1808 (d. 1828) ** Louis Auguste Say, French economist (d. 1840) * March 10 – David Semyonovich Abamelik, principal (d. 1833) * March 12 ** Johann Caspar Horner, Swiss mathematician (d. 1834) ** John Scott (engraver), John Scott, English engraver (d.

) ** Eva Unander, Swedish librarian (d. 1836) * March 13 ** Rose Fortune, Canadian businesswoman (d. 1864) ** Pierre-Narcisse Guérin, French painter (d. 1833) * March 14 ** Helena Margaretha Van Dielen, Dutch painter (d. 1841) ** Jedediah Morgan, American politician (d.

) * March 15 ** John Conrad Otto, American physician (d.

) ** Salomon Soldin, Jewish-Danish bookseller (d.

) ** Isaac Weld, Irish writer, explorer and artist (d.

) * March 16 ** Captain Matthew Flinders, English navigator and cartographer (d. 1814) ** Jethro Wood, inventor of a cast-iron moldboard plow with replaceable parts (d. 1834) * March 19 – Franz von Gruithuisen, Bavarian physician and astronomer (d.

) * March 20 – Alexandra Petrovna Golitsyna, maid of honour and historian (d.

) * March 21 – George Scovell, British Army general (d. 1861) * March 24 – Jean-Louis-Auguste Loiseleur-Deslongchamps, French botanist (d. 1849) * March 25 ** Thomas Brand, 20th Baron Dacre, British politician (d. 1851) ** Thomas Spalding, American politician (d. 1851) * March 30 – Nathaniel Peabody (Boston), Nathaniel Peabody, Boston (d. 1855) *

** Enos Bronson, American writer (d. 1823) ** Karl Gottfried Erdmann, German author and botanist (d. 1835)

April

* April 1 ** Gottfried Daniel Krummacher, German clergyman (d.

) ** Gustav von Rauch, Prussian general (d. 1841) ** Therese Rosenbaum, Austrian opera singer (d.

) * April 5 – Thomas Potter (mayor), Thomas Potter, British politician (d.

) * April 6 ** José de Córdoba y Rojas, Spanish admiral (d. 1810) ** Marmaduke Williams, American politician (d.

) * April 7 ** Joseph Bailly, fur trader and pioneer from Canada (d. 1835) ** Robert William Elliston, British actor (d. 1831) ** Abner Kneeland, United States theologian (d.

) * April 8 ** Kaspar Anton Karl van Beethoven, brother of Ludwig van Beethoven (d. 1815) ** Jean-Pierre Dellard, French general (d.

) ** James William Freshfield, English lawyer and founder of the law firm Freshfields (d. 1864) * April 9 – John Stanly (politician), John Stanly, American politician (d. 1834) * April 11 ** Michele Carrascosa, Italian politician (d. 1853) ** Conrad Hinrich Donner, German banker and art collector (d. 1854) ** Lawrence Augustine Washington, Nephew of George Washington (d. 1824) * April 12 ** Johann Baptist Krebs, German writer and director (d. 1851) ** Leffert Lefferts, the first President of the Long Island Bank, the first bank in Brooklyn, New York (d.

) * April 13 – John W. Mulligan, attorney, U.S. Consul in Athens, Greece (d. 1862) * April 15 – Sophie Thalbitzer, Danish writer (d. 1851) * April 16 ** George Bennet (missionary), George Bennet, English missionary (d. 1841) ** Franz Hegi, Swiss artist (d.

) *

** Friedrich Koenig, German printer (d. 1833) ** Robert Spankie, British politician, barrister (d.

) ** Václav Tomášek, Czech music educator and composer (d.

) * April 18 ** Antonio Basoli, Italian painter (d.

) ** Madhavrao II, 12th Peshwa of Maratha Empire (d. 1795) ** Georg von Langsdorff, Russian-German scientist (d.

) * April 19 – Friedrich Wilhelm Riemer, German writer (d.

) * April 21 ** Jean-Louis Aumer, French ballet dancer and choreographer (d. 1833) ** Jean-Baptiste Biot, French physicist, astronomer and mathematician (d. 1862) ** Philibert Jean-Baptiste Curial, French general (d.

) * April 23 – Francis Austen, British Royal Navy officer (d. 1865) * April 24 – Jean Marc Gaspard Itard, French physician (d.

) * April 25 – Friedrich Wilhelm von Lepel, Prussian major general and adjutant to Prince Henry of Prussia (d. 1840) * April 26 ** Christian Leopold von Buch, German geologist (d. 1853) ** Anne Jean Marie René Savary, French general (d. 1833) * April 28 ** Francis Baily, British astronomer (d.

) ** Henrietta Bentinck, Duchess of Portland, British noble (d.

) ** James Deacon Hume, British economist (d.

) ** Owen Biddle Jr., American architect (d.

) ** Manuel Piar, Venezuelan general (d. 1817) * April 29 ** Louis Pierre Aimé Chastel, French officer (d.

) ** Anna Gottlieb, Austrian singer (d.

) ** David Hoadley (architect), David Hoadley, American architect (d. 1839) ** Richard Sass, British artist (d. 1849) * April 30 – John Yelloly, English doctor (d.

)

May

* May 1 ** John Reeves (naturalist), John Reeves, English naturalist (d.

) ** Robert Watt (bibliographer), Robert Watt, Scottish physician and bibliographer (d. 1819) * May 2 ** George Lewis (Royal Marines officer), George Lewis, Royal Marines officer (d. 1854) ** Ichijō Tadayoshi, Japanese kugyō (court noble) of the Edo period (d.

) * May 4 ** Samuel W. Bridgham, Rhode Island politician (d. 1840) ** Rufus Easton, American politician (d. 1834) * May 5 ** Robert Barrie, British naval officer (d. 1841) ** Nicolas Hyacinthe Gautier, French officer (d. 1809) * May 6 ** Pierce Butler (Kilkenny MP, born 1774), Pierce Butler, British politician (d. 1846) ** John Elias, Welsh writer and preacher (d. 1841) ** Christoph von Lieven, Russian general and prince (d. 1839) * May 7 ** William Bainbridge, United States Navy officer (d. 1833) ** Jonathan Makepeace, U.S. politician (d.

) * May 11 – James Townley (Methodist), James Townley, English Wesleyan minister and author (d. 1833) * May 12 ** Ellis Cunliffe Lister, British politician (d. 1853) ** Samuel Owen (engineer), Samuel Owen, British-Swedish engineer (d. 1854) ** Friederike von Reden, German noblewoman, philanthropist and salon-holder (d. 1854) * May 14 ** Joseph Bouchette, Canadian surveyor (d. 1841) ** Thomas Pakenham, 2nd Earl of Longford, Anglo-Irish peer (d. 1835) * May 15 – Johann Nepomuk von Fuchs, German chemist and mineralogist (d.

) * May 16 – Johann Baptist von Keller, Roman Catholic bishop (d.

) * May 18 – Gaetano Rossi, Italian librettist (d. 1855) * May 21 ** Claude Antoine Compère, French general (d. 1812) ** Jean-Henry-Louis Greffulhe, French private banker and politician (d. 1820) * May 22 ** James Bennett (minister), James Bennett, British minister (d. 1862) ** Levi Cutter, American businessman politician (d.

) * May 24 ** Sir Charles Burrell, 3rd Baronet, English Conservative politician (d. 1862) ** Stuart Corbett, Archdeacon of York (d.

) ** Francis Magan, United Irishman, barrister and informer (d. 1843) * May 25 ** Isaach Isaachsen, Norwegian politician (d. 1828) ** John Pye-Smith, English theologian (d. 1851) * May 26 – Jean-Nicolas Curély, French cavalry officer (d.

) * May 27 – Francis Beaufort, Irish hydrographer and naval officer (d. 1857) * May 28 – Edward Charles Howard, British chemist (d. 1816)

June

* June 1 ** Pryse Pryse, British Whig politician (d. 1849) ** Ferdinand Weerth, German theologian (d. 1836) * June 2 – William Lawson (explorer), William Lawson, English-born Australian explorer and politician (d.

) * June 3 ** John Roblin, Canadian politician (d. 1813) ** Robert Tannahill, Scottish poet (d. 1810) * June 5 ** Louis Victorin Cassagne, French officer (d. 1841) ** Charles Bulkeley Egerton, British Army general (d. 1857) * June 6 ** Sir John D'Oyly, 1st Baronet, of Kandy, British colonial administrator (d. 1824) ** János Nepomuk Farkas, Hungarian politician (d.

) ** Étienne Soulange-Bodin, French agronomist (d. 1846) * June 8 – Henry Philip Hope, Anglo-Dutch art and gem collector (d. 1839) * June 9 ** Pierre-Athanase Chauvin, French painter (d.

) ** Joseph von Hammer-Purgstall, Austrian orientalist (d.

) ** Edward King (Royal Navy officer), Edward King, Royal Navy officer (d. 1807) ** Nathaniel Upham, American politician (d.

) ** Christopher Wordsworth (divine), Christopher Wordsworth, English divine and scholar (d. 1846) * June 10 ** George Dollond, British astronomer (d.

) ** Carl Haller von Hallerstein, German architect (d. 1817) * June 11 ** Christian Conrad Danneskiold-Samsøe, Danish aristocrat, magistrate and businessman (d. 1823) ** George Suttor, farmer and pioneer settler in New South Wales, Australia (d. 1859) * June 13 – Jacob Lindley, Founder of Ohio University (d. 1857) * June 14 ** David Low Dodge, American theologian (d.

) ** Johann Karl Freiesleben, German miner and geologist (d. 1846) * June 17 – Asahel Stearns, American politician (d. 1839) * June 18 ** Charles Elphinstone Fleeming, British politician and Royal Navy admiral (d. 1840) ** Pavel Alexandrovich Stroganov, Russian military commander and statesman (d. 1817) * June 19 ** Aloys von Kaunitz-Rietberg, German nobleman and a diplomat of the Austrian Empire (d.

) ** Egerton Smith, British magazine publisher, editor (d. 1841) ** Leonard Woods (theologian), Leonard Woods, American theologian (d. 1854) * June 21 ** James Patton Preston, American politician (d. 1843) ** Daniel D. Tompkins, List of Vice Presidents of the United States, 6th Vice President of the United States (d. 1825) * June 23 ** François Antoine Lallemand, French general (d. 1839) ** Matthijs Siegenbeek, Dutch academic (d. 1854) * June 24 ** Antonio González de Balcarce, Argentine general (d. 1819) ** John Cole (music publisher), John Cole, American music publisher (d. 1855) ** Princess Caroline of Gloucester, British princess (d.

) ** François-Nicolas-Benoît Haxo, French general (d.

) ** Claude Charles Marie du Campe de Rosamel, French naval minister (d.

) ** Azariah Shadrach, Welsh minister (d.

) ** Edward Taylor (MP for Canterbury), Edward Taylor, British politician (d. 1843) * June 25 – James Gage, Canadian businessman (d. 1854) * June 29 – Princess Amalie of Hesse-Homburg, Consort of Frederick, Hereditary Prince of Anhalt-Dessau (d. 1846)

July

* July 5 ** George Butler (headmaster), George Butler, English schoolmaster and divine (d. 1853) ** Charles Herbert (Royal Navy officer, born 1774), Charles Herbert, British politician (d. 1808) * July 7 – Louis Auguste Marchand Plauzonne, French general (d. 1812) * July 9 – Marcia Arbuthnot, lady-in-waiting (d.

) * July 10 – Isaac Bullard (Massachusetts politician), Isaac Bullard, American politician (d. 1808) * July 11 ** Robert Jameson, British scientist; (d. 1854) ** Somerset Lowry-Corry, 2nd Earl Belmore, Irish nobleman and politician (d. 1841) ** Axel Otto Mörner, Swedish count, general, politician and artist (d.

) * July 12 ** Jean-Francois Coindet, physiologist (d. 1834) ** James Stuart (1774–1833), James Stuart, politician (d. 1833) * July 14 ** Hans Graf von Bülow, German noble (d. 1825) ** Ferdinand Hartmann, German painter (d.

) ** Francis Lathom, British writer (d.

) * July 17 – John Wilbur (Quaker minister), John Wilbur, American Quaker minister (d.

) * July 20 ** Edward Pelham Brenton, British Royal Navy officer & historian (d. 1839) ** Auguste de Marmont, French General, nobleman and Marshal of France (d.

) * July 24 – Franz von Klebelsberg zu Thumburg, Czech nobleman (d. 1857) * July 26 – Ernst Ludwig von Tippelskirch, Prussian army officer (d. 1840) * July 28 ** Elias Walker Durnford, British Army general (d.

) ** John West (Royal Navy officer), John West, British Royal Navy officer (d. 1862) * July 29 – Edward Wakefield (statistician), Edward Wakefield, English statistician (d. 1854) * July 30 – Charles de Graimberg, French art collector and painter (d. 1864) * July 31 ** Jonathan Richmond, American politician (d. 1853) ** Diodata Saluzzo Roero, Italian writer and poet (d. 1840)

August

* August 1 ** John Adam (silversmith), John Adam, silversmith (d.

) ** Jérôme Demers, Québécois priest and teacher of philosophy (d. 1853) ** Friedrich Guimpel, German illustrator, engraver and botanical artist (d. 1839) * August 2 – Ole Clausen Mørch, Norwegian politician (d.

) * August 5 ** Karl Wilhelm Bardou, German portraitist, active 1797–1842 (d.

) ** John C. Devereux, American politician (d.

) *

– Asa Wells, pioneer farmer and surveyor from Pompey (d. 1859) * August 7 ** François Benjamin Levrault, French politician (d. 1855) ** William Morgan (anti-Mason), William Morgan, resident of Batavia, New York (d.

) * August 9 ** George Frederick Beltz, British genealogist (d. 1841) ** Solomon Van Rensselaer, American politician and soldier (d.

) * August 11 ** Eugène François d'Arnauld, French public official (d. 1854) ** Joseph Franque, French painter (d. 1833) ** Manuel de Sarratea, Argentine politician (d. 1849) ** François Tassé, Canadian politician (d.

) * August 12 ** Jean François Boissonade de Fontarabie, historian from France (d. 1857) ** Hannah Kilham, Methodist missionary (d.

) ** Stephen Peter Rigaud, English mathematical historian and astronomer (d. 1839) ** Robert Southey, English romantic poet (d. 1843) * August 13 ** Hipólito da Costa, Brazilian journalist and diplomat (d. 1823) ** John Wilson (painter, born 1774), John Wilson, Scottish landscape and marine painter (d. 1855) * August 15 – François-Joseph-Marie Fayolle, French musicologist, man of letters and mathematician (d.

) * August 17 ** George E. Blake, American music publisher (d. 1871) ** Stephan von Breuning (librettist), Stephan von Breuning, German librettist and author (d.

) * August 18 ** Gaspard Laurent Bayle, French physician (d. 1816) ** Meriwether Lewis, American explorer, soldier and public administrator (d. 1809) * August 19 – Denis-Benjamin Viger, Lower Canadian politician (d. 1861) * August 20 ** Ludvig Frederik Brock, Norwegian military officer (d. 1853) ** Bernardo Gutiérrez de Lara, Governor of Tamaulipas (d. 1841) * August 22 ** François Aregnaudeau, French privateer captain (d. 1812) ** Bartholomäus Herder, German publisher (d. 1839) * August 23 ** Pierre David de Colbert-Chabanais, French general (d. 1853) ** Jacob Crocheron, American politician (d. 1849) ** Mary Moody Emerson, American writer (d. 1863) ** William Plunkett Maclay, American politician (d.

) * August 24 – Anton Ludwig Ernst Horn, German physician (d.

) * August 25 – Samuel William Manthey, Norwegian politician (d. 1815) * August 26 – Sir John Lubbock, 2nd Baronet, English banker, politician (d. 1840) * August 28 – Elizabeth Ann Seton, co-founder of Mount St. Mary's University in the United States, founder of the Sisters of Charity (d. 1821) * August 30 – Henri Van Assche, painter (d. 1841) * August 31 – Charles Turner (engraver), Charles Turner, English engraver (d. 1857)

September

** George Platt (politician), George Platt, Canadian politician (d. 1816) ** Jane Stewart, Countess of Galloway, British noble (d.

) * September 5 ** Enos Collins, Canadian businessman (d. 1871) ** Caspar David Friedrich, German painter (d. 1840) * September 7 ** Johann Jakob Bernhardi, German physician and botanist (d.

) ** Colin Halkett, British Army general (d.

) * September 8 ** Richard Ashley (musician), Richard Ashley, English viola player (d. 1836) ** Anne Catherine Emmerich, German Augustinian Canoness, mystic, Marian visionary, ecstatic and stigmatist (d. 1824) * September 9 – Salomon Mayer von Rothschild, Austrian banker and businessman (d. 1855) * September 14 ** Lord William Bentinck, First Governor General of India British soldier and statesman (d. 1839) ** Georges Boisot, Minister of Interior of the Helvetic Republic (d. 1853) ** Henry Ridgely Warfield, American politician (d. 1839) *

** Robert Hastings Hunkins, American politician (d. 1853) ** María Nicolasa de Iturbide, princess of Iturbide (d. 1840) * September 17 ** William Fitzwilliam Owen, British Royal Navy admiral (d. 1857) ** Patrick Syme, Scottish painter (d.

) * September 19 ** Giuseppe Caspar Mezzofanti, Italian cardinal and hyperpolyglot (d. 1849) ** Coulson Wallop, English politician (d. 1807) * September 21 – John Peter Grant (MP), John Peter Grant, Scottish politician (d.

) * September 24 ** Robert Gilmor Jr., shipowner and art collector (d.

) ** Michael Linning, Writer to the Signet; Scottish solicitor (d.

) ** Mariano Sánchez de Loria, Argentine politician (d.

) * September 25 ** Judith Lomax, American poet and religious writer (d. 1828) ** Nikolaus von Maillot de la Treille, German general (d. 1834) * September 26 – Johnny Appleseed, (John Chapman), American nurseryman and Swedenborgian missionary, plants apple tree nurseries in Ohio, Indiana and Illinois (d.

) * September 27 ** John Griscom, American chemist (d.

) ** Bredo Henrik von Munthe af Morgenstierne Sr., Norwegian jurist (d. 1835) * September 28 ** Sir James Colquhoun, 3rd Baronet, of Luss, politician (d. 1836) ** Sebastian von Schrenck, German politician (d.

) * September 30 ** Charles-Étienne Chaussegros de Léry, Canadian politician (d.

) ** George Mathews (judge), George Mathews, American judge (d. 1836)

October

* October 2 – Johannes Spitler, American painter of furniture (d.

) * October 4 ** Francis Ommanney, British MP (d. 1840) ** Henry Siddons, British actor (d. 1815) * October 7 ** Ferdinando Orlandi, Italian composer (d.

) ** Jean Thienpont, Belgian politician and lawyer (d. 1863) * October 8 ** Henry Duncan (minister), Henry Duncan, British geologist, priest and social reformer (d. 1846) ** John Ely (representative), John Ely, American politician (d. 1849) ** Teis Lundegaard, Norwegian politician (d.

) * October 10 – Peter Nourse, American clergyman (d. 1840) * October 12 ** George J. F. Clarke, prominent citizen of East Florida (d. 1836) ** Karoline von Feuchtersleben, German noblewoman (d.

) ** Luis Eduardo Pérez, President of Uruguay (d. 1841) * October 13 ** William Astell, English banker and politician (d.

) ** Samuel McKee (politician, born 1774), Samuel McKee, American politician and lawyer (d.

) * October 15 – John Boit, one of the first Americans involved in the maritime fur trade (d.

) * October 18 ** Adolf Müllner, German writer (d.

) ** Sarah Thompson, Countess Rumford, philanthropist (d.

) * October 19 – Charles Cornwallis, 2nd Marquess Cornwallis, British noble (d. 1823) * October 21 – Archibald Campbell (British Army officer, born 1774), Archibald Campbell, British Army officer (d.

) * October 23 ** Adam Otto von Bistram, Baltic German military personnel in Imperial Russian service (d. 1828) ** René de Chazet, French writer (d.

) * October 26 – Albert Gregorius, Belgian painter (d. 1853) * October 27 – Alexander Baring, 1st Baron Ashburton, British politician (d.

) * October 28 ** John Boyle (congressman), John Boyle, United States federal judge and member of the U.S. House of Representatives (d. 1835) ** Konstanty Adam Czartoryski, Polish noble and art collector (d.

) * October 29 – Augustin Joseph Caron, French military officer (d. 1822) * October 30 ** Pierre Barrois, French soldier and officer (d.

) ** Clarkson Crolius, American politician (d. 1843)

November

* November 1 ** Alexander Caldwell (Virginia judge), Alexander Caldwell, American judge (d. 1839) ** René Perin, French playwright (d. 1858) * November 2 – Georges-Simon Serullas, French pharmacist (d.

) * November 3 – Jakov Jakšić, Serbian postmaster (d.

) * November 4 ** Robert Allan (poet), Robert Allan, poet (d. 1841) ** Johannes P. Bøe, Norwegian politician (d. 1859) ** Carlos María de Bustamante, Mexican politician (d.

) ** John Warrock, American publisher (d. 1858) ** Ignaz Heinrich von Wessenberg, German historian (d.

) * November 5 ** William Berry (genealogist), William Berry, English genealogist (d. 1851) ** Johann Christian August Clarus, German surgeon (d. 1854) * November 6 ** David Bevan (banker), David Bevan, banker (d. 1846) ** Joseph Récamier, French gynaecologist (d.

) * November 7 ** Richard Noel-Hill, 4th Baron Berwick, peer (d.

) ** Ebenezer F. Norton, American politician (d. 1851) * November 8 ** Lord Frederick Montagu, British politician (d.

) ** Robert Reid (architect), Robert Reid, British architect (d.

) * November 9 ** Thomas Fortescue Kennedy, Royal Navy officer during the French Revolutionary Wars and Napoleonic Wars (d. 1846) ** Louis Hayes Petit, English barrister and politician (d. 1849) * November 10 – John Miller (New York politician), John Miller, New York politician (d. 1862) * November 11 – Marcin Dunin, Roman catholic archbishop of Gnesen and Posen (d.

) * November 12 ** Charles Bell, British surgeon and artist (d.

) ** Joachim Zachris Duncker, Swedish soldier (d. 1809) * November 14 – Gaspare Spontini, Italian composer and conductor (d. 1851) * November 17 – Pierre-Alexandre Le Camus, French politician (d. 1824) * November 18 ** William Horsley, English musician (d. 1858) ** Wilhelmine of Prussia, Queen of the Netherlands, Dutch queen consort (from 1815 to 1837); second daughter and fourth child of Frederick William II of Prussia and Frederica Louisa of Hesse-Darmstadt (d.

) * November 19 – Vasile Moga, romanian orthodox bishop of Sibiu (d.

) *

** Archibald Cregeen, Manx lexicographer (bap. 1774, d. 1841) (d. 1841) ** Henrik Steenbuch, Norwegian lawyer (d. 1839) * November 21 ** Domingo French, Argentine revolutionary (d. 1825) ** Elisabeth Canori Mora, Italian Roman Catholic mystic (d. 1825) * November 24 – Thomas Dick (scientist), Thomas Dick, British astronomer (d. 1857) * November 25 – Francisco de Paula Marín, A Spaniard influential in the early Kingdom of Hawaii; confidant of Hawaiian King Kamehameha I (d.

) *

** Georg Ludwig Cancrin, Economist, politician (d.

) ** William Hunter (senator), William Hunter, American politician and diplomat (d. 1849) ** Peter Frederik Wulff, Danish naval officer (d.

) *

– John Howard Kyan, British inventor (d.

) * November 28 ** Frederick IV, Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg (d. 1825) ** Sir Richard King, 2nd Baronet, Royal Navy admiral (d. 1834) ** Princess Maria Antonia of Parma, Italian princess (d. 1841) * November 29 ** Carl Johan Fahlcrantz, painter (d. 1861) ** Johann Gottfried Gruber, German literary critic (d. 1851)

December

* December 1 – Alexander Leith (British Army officer), Alexander Leith, British Army officer, died 1859 (d. 1859) * December 2 ** François-André Baudin, French naval officer (d.

) ** François-René Boussen, Belgian priest (d.

) * December 3 – Giuseppe Federico Palombini, military general (d.

) * December 4 – John Weyland, British writer and politician; (d. 1854) * December 5 – Johann Wilhelm Andreas Pfaff, German mathematician (d. 1835) * December 10 – Nicolas Morice, French navy officer (d.

) * December 11 – David Bowen, Felinfoel, Welsh Baptist minister from Felinfoel (d. 1853) * December 12 – William Henry (chemist), William Henry, English chemist (d. 1836) * December 13 ** Eline Heger, Danish actress (d.

) ** Nathan F. Dixon I, American politician (d.

) * December 15 – Michel Ange Lancret, Engineer with the French Corps of Bridges and Roads (d. 1807) * December 16 – Caroline Campbell, Duchess of Argyll, British noble (d. 1835) * December 17 ** Andrew Jukes (surgeon), Andrew Jukes, British surgeon (d. 1821) ** Littleton Waller Tazewell, American politician (d.

) * December 20 ** John Pasco, English admiral (d. 1853) ** Charles Richard Vaughan, British diplomat (d. 1849) * December 21 ** John Thomas Barber Beaumont, British artist (d. 1841) ** James Ingram (academic), James Ingram, English academic (d.

) * December 23 – Ludwig von Vincke, politician, writer and jurist (d.

) * December 26 – Ferdinand Oechsle, German inventor (d.

) * December 27 ** Brenton Halliburton, Canadian judge (d.

) ** Ephraim Hart (New York politician), Ephraim Hart, American politician (d. 1839) ** Johann Philipp Neumann, Austrian physicist, librarian and poet (d. 1849) * December 28 ** Mary Birkett Card, poet, abolitionist and feminist (d. 1817) ** Thomas Moore Musgrave, English postmaster and translator (d. 1854) * December 29 – Maurice FitzGerald, 18th Knight of Kerry, British politician (d. 1849) * December 31 – John Pringle (British Army officer), John Pringle, British Army officer (d. 1861) * ''date unknown'' – Sergey Glinka, Russian author, brother of Fyodor Glinka (d.

)

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January

* January 1 ** Thomas Hollis (1720–1774), Thomas Hollis, English political philosopher and author (b. 1720) ** Jan Jerzy Plersch, Polish sculptor (b. 1704) *

** Antoine Clériadus de Choiseul-Beaupré, French archbishop (b. 1707) ** Józef Andrzej Załuski, Polish bishop (b. 1702) * January 9 – Jacques-François Blondel, French architect (b. 1705) * January 13 ** Shem Drowne, American coppersmith (b. 1683) ** John Pugh Pryse, British Member of Parliament (b. 1739) * January 18 – Louis de Brienne de Conflans d'Armentières, French general (b. 1711) * January 19 – Thomas Gillespie (minister), Thomas Gillespie, Scottish church leader (b. 1708) * January 21 ** Florian Leopold Gassmann, Austrian composer (b. 1729) **

, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1757 to 1774 (b. 1717) ** James Lacy (actor), James Lacy, actor and theatre manager (b. 1696) ** Hans Jacob Scheel, Norwegian general (b. 1714) * January 22 – Dudley Cosby, 1st Baron Sydney, Irish politician (b. 1730) * January 29 – Franciszek Ferdynant Lubomirski, Franciszek Ferdynand Lubomirski was a Polish nobleman (b. 1710) * January 30 ** Jean-Pierre Guignon, French composer (b. 1702) ** František Tůma, Czech composer (b. 1704) * January 31 – Consort Yu (Borjigin), Consort Yu, Concubine of Chinese Emperor Qianlong (b. 1730)

February

* February 1 – Johann Heinrich Zopf, German historian (b. 1691) * February 4 – Charles Marie de La Condamine, French explorer, geographer, and mathematician (b. 1701) * February 8 – Thomas Belasyse, 1st Earl Fauconberg (second creation), Thomas Belasyse, 1st Earl Fauconberg, British peer (b. 1699) * February 17 – Robert Jones (died 1774), Robert Jones, English politician (b. 1704) * February 18 – Karl Michael von Attems, Austrian Catholic archbishop and prince of the Holy Roman Empire (b. 1711) * February 25 – Johann Georg, Chevalier de Saxe, German general (b. 1704) * February 27 – Knud Leem, Norwegian priest and linguist (b. 1697) * February 28 – Anthony Askew, English physician and book collector (b. 1722)

March

* March 1 – Pierre-Antoine Gourgaud, French actor (b. 1706) * March 2 – William Talbot (1717–1774), William Talbot, English evangelical clergyman (b. 1717) * March 3 – Andrew Oliver, American merchant and public official (b. 1706) * March 4 – William Boys (Royal Navy officer), William Boys, Royal Navy officer (b. 1700) * March 5 – Georg Joachim Mark, German theologian (b. 1726) * March 7 – Carlo Alberto Guidoboni Cavalchini, Catholic cardinal (b. 1683) * March 10 – William Browne (physician), William Browne, English physician (b. 1692) * March 18 – Matthew Fetherstonhaugh, British politician (b. 1714) * March 19 – Lucas Ramírez Galán, Roman Catholic archbishop (b. 1715) * March 21 – Diego Bernardo de Peredo y Navarrete, Mexican Roman Catholic clergyman, bishop of Yucatán (b. 1696) * March 25 ** Spencer Cowper (priest), Spencer Cowper, Dean of Durham Cathedral (b. 1713) ** Countess Caroline of Nassau-Saarbrücken, German noble (b. 1704) ** Zeynep Sultan, ottoman princess, Daughter of Ottoman Sultan Ahmed III (b. 1720) * March 30 – Countess Palatine Caroline of Zweibrücken, German noble (b. 1721)

April

* April 1 – Claudius Amyand (MP), Claudius Amyand, English politician (b. 1718) * April 4 – Oliver Goldsmith, Anglo-Irish writer, poet, and physician (b. 1728) * April 5 – Situ Panchen, Tibetan lama and painter (b. 1700) * April 11 – Elias Gottlob Haussmann, German artist (b. 1695) * April 15 ** Somerset Butler, 1st Earl of Carrick, Irish peer (b. 1718) ** Jean Ignace de La Ville, French diplomat (b. 1690) *

– John Winslow (British Army officer), John Winslow, British Army general (b. 1703) * April 18 ** Michael Ranft, German historian, writer and hofmeister (b. 1700) ** Rodolfo Emilio Brignole Sale, politician (b. 1708) * April 20 ** Aleksandr Bibikov, Russian statesman and military officer (b. 1729) ** Jean Saas, French lexicographer (b. 1703) * April 23 ** Hafiz Rahmat Khan Barech, Afghan highlander (b. 1723) ** Christian Wilhelm Ernst Dietrich, German artist (b. 1712) * April 24 – Sara Banzet, French educator, diarist (b. 1745) * April 25 – John Fane, 9th Earl of Westmorland, English Earl (b. 1728) * April 26 – Maria Machteld van Sypesteyn, Dutch painter (b. 1724) * April 28 – Gottfried Lengnich, historian and politician (b. 1689) * April 29 – Eland Mossom, lawyer, recorder of the City of Kilkenny and representative in the Parliament of Ireland (b. 1709)

May

* May 1 – William Hewson (surgeon), William Hewson, British physiologist (b. 1739) * May 3 – Heinrich August de la Motte Fouqué, German general (b. 1698) * May 4 ** Duke Anthony Ulrich of Brunswick, Russian general (b. 1714) ** Adam Sherrill, First European to cross the Catawba River (b. 1697) ** Richard Alchorne Worge, British Member of Parliament (b. 1707) * May 6 – John Ward, 1st Viscount Dudley and Ward, British politician (b. 1704) * May 8 – Réginald Outhier, French astronomer and priest (b. 1694) *

** King Louis XV of France (b. 1710) ** Timothy Woodbridge, Superintendent of Indian Affairs (b. 1709) ** Louis XV, Bourbon monarch who ruled as King of France and of Navarre (b. 1710) * May 12 – Giuseppe Antonio Luchi, Italian painter (b. 1709) * May 17 – Jeremiah Theus, American artist (b. 1716) * May 18 – William FitzRoy, 3rd Duke of Cleveland, English noble (b. 1698) * May 23 – Tatiana Mikhailovna Troepolskaya, actor (b. 1744) * May 26 – Wilhelm Reinhard von Neipperg, Austrian field marshal (b. 1684)

June

* June 3 – Joseph Gerrish, Canadian politician (b. 1709) * June 7 ** Ignatius van der Beken, Flemish painter (b. 1689) ** Charles Townley (officer of arms), Charles Townley, Officer of Arms (b. 1713) * June 11 – Emmerich Joseph von Breidbach zu Bürresheim, Roman Catholic archbishop (b. 1707) * June 15 – Karl Heinrich von Bogatzky, German hymnwriter (b. 1690) * June 18 – Francis Andrews, Irish politician (b. 1718) *

– Joshua Kirby, British artist (b. 1716) * June 24 – Thomas Amory (tutor), Thomas Amory, English tutor/minister/poet (b. 1701) * June 27 – Nicolas Tindal, British historian (b. 1688) * June 29 – Zachary Pearce, English bishop (b. 1690)

July

* July 1 – Henry Fox, 1st Baron Holland, British politician (b. 1705) * July 4 – William Price (High Sheriff), William Price, Welsh High Sheriff and antiquarian (b. 1690) * July 8 – Brooke Forester, British politician (b. 1717) * July 9 – Anna Morandi Manzolini, internationally known Italian anatomist and anatomical wax modeller (b. 1714) * July 11 – Sir William Johnson, 1st Baronet, Anglo-Irish official of the British Empire (b. 1715) * July 13 – Otto von Münchhausen, German botanist (b. 1716) * July 14 ** Matthew Blakiston, British politician (b. 1702) ** James O'Hara, 2nd Baron Tyrawley, Irish officer in the British Army (b. 1682) * July 17 – Miguel Anselmo Álvarez de Abreu y Valdéz, Bishop of Antequera, Oaxaca, México ; Bishop (b. 1711) * July 18 ** Sir Thomas Alston, 5th Baronet, English Baronet and MP (b. 1724) ** Thomas Fitch (governor), Thomas Fitch, Governor of the Connecticut Colony (b. 1700) * July 21 – Percy Wyndham-O'Brien, 1st Earl of Thomond, Irish earl (b. 1723) * July 24 ** Caroline Fox, 1st Baroness Holland, British baroness; eldest of the Lennox sisters (b. 1723) ** Johann George Schmidt, architect from Germany (b. 1707) * July 25 – John Drummond (1723–1774), John Drummond, British private banker and politician (b. 1723) * July 27 – Samuel Gottlieb Gmelin, German physician, botanist, and explorer (b. 1744)

August

* August 10 ** William Rawlinson Earle, British Member of Parliament (b. 1702) ** Jean Charles Joseph, Count of Merode, Marquis of Deynze, noble of the Austrian Netherlands (b. 1719) * August 11 ** Frederik Nannestad, Norwegian bishop (b. 1693) ** Charles-François Tiphaigne de la Roche, French writer (b. 1722) * August 13 – Peter Applebye, British-Danish industrialist (b. 1709) * August 14 – Johann Jakob Reiske, German scholar, physician (b. 1716) * August 20 – Ann Wager, American educator (b. 1716) * August 21 – Imperial Noble Consort Qinggong, Qing Dynasty imperial noble consort (b. 1724) * August 25 – Niccolò Jommelli, Italian composer (b. 1714) * August 26 – Philipp Jakob Straub, Austrian sculptor (b. 1706)

September

* September 5 – Sir Charles Herbert Sheffield, 1st Baronet, British estate owner and baronet (b. 1706) * September 10 – Pierre-Jean Mariette, French art historian (b. 1694) * September 16 – Christophe Le Menu de Saint-Philbert, composer (b. 1720) * September 18 – Johann Friedrich Meckel, the Elder, German anatomist (b. 1724) * September 22 ** Filippo Farsetti, Italian patron (b. 1703) ** Charles Louis, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck (b. 1690) ** Pope Clement XIV, pope and bishop of Rome from 1769 to 1774 (b. 1705) * September 24 – Greta Donner, Swedish businesswoman (b. 1726) * September 25 ** John Bradstreet, Canadian-born soldier (b. 1714) ** Sir Richard Corbet, 4th Baronet, British Member of Parliament (b. 1696) ** Sholto Douglas, 15th Earl of Morton, British earl (b. 1732)

October

* October 2 – Alfonso Clemente de Aróstegui, Scholar and Roman catholic bishop (b. 1698) * October 8 – Philippe Caffieri (1714–1774), Philippe Caffieri, French sculptor (b. 1714) * October 11 – Jean-Claude Chambellan Duplessis, French designer (b. 1699) * October 12 – Tokugawa Haruaki, Japanese samurai (b. 1753) * October 13 – Willem Bentinck van Rhoon, Dutch politician (b. 1704) * October 15 – Dmitry Ukhtomsky, Russian architect (b. 1719) * October 16 – Robert Fergusson, Scottish poet and writer (b. 1750) * October 22 – William Molineux, Colonial American merchant (b. 1718) * October 23 – Michel Benoist, French Jesuit missionary, scientist (b. 1715) * October 27 – Gerolamo Mengozzi Colonna, Italian painter (b. 1686) * October 28 – Jean Löfblad, Swedish actor (b. 1728) * October 29 – Ferdinand Augustin Hallerstein, Jesuit missionary (b. 1703) * October 31 ** Thomas Hunt (Arabic scholar), Thomas Hunt, English academic, Oxford Laudian Professor of Arabic (b. 1696) ** Edward Noel, 1st Viscount Wentworth, British peer (b. 1715)

November

* November 1 – Johan Peter Falk, Swedish botanist (b. 1732) * November 3 – Glocester Ridley, English writer (b. 1702) * November 5 ** Urbain Boiret, Canadian priest (b. 1731) ** Peter Spendelowe Lamborn, English engraver and miniature painter (b. 1722) ** John Murray, 3rd Duke of Atholl, British peer (b. 1729) * November 6 – Thomas Bradshaw (MP), Thomas Bradshaw, British Member of Parliament (b. 1733) * November 13 – Robert Rochfort, 1st Earl of Belvedere, Anglo-Irish politician and peer (b. 1708) *

– Anne Howard, Countess of Effingham, British countess (b. 1695) * November 16 – Francis Owen (politician), Francis Owen, British Member of Parliament (b. 1745) * November 17 – Jean Althen, Armenian agronomist (b. 1709) *

– Abraham Tucker, English philosopher (b. 1705) * November 21 – Johann Siegmund Popowitsch, Austrian botanist (b. 1705) * November 22 ** Robert Clive, British military officer and East India Company official (b. 1725) ** Edward Rooker, English engraver, draughtsman and actor (b. 1712) * November 23 – Gottfried Bernhard Göz, German artist (b. 1708) * November 25 – Henry Baker (naturalist), Henry Baker, English naturalist (b. 1698) * November 28 – Pierre de l'Estache, French sculptor (b. 1688) * November 29 – Gabriel de Clieu, Guadeloupean politician (b. 1687) *

** John Rann, English criminal and highwayman (b. 1750) ** Nicolas-François Dupré de Saint-Maur, French academic (b. 1695)

December

* December 2 – Johann Friedrich Agricola, German composer (b. 1720) * December 5 – Karunai Prakasar, Spiritual writer and philosopher (b. 1756) * December 13 – Guillaume du Tillot, French politician (b. 1711) * December 16 ** Susanne von Klettenberg, German abbess and writer (b. 1723) ** François Quesnay, French economist (b. 1694) ** Francis Willoughby, 3rd Baron Middleton, British baron (b. 1726) * December 17 – Friedrich Wilhelm, Graf von Wylich und Lottum, Prussian army officer (b. 1716) * December 19 – Deborah Read, spouse of Benjamin Franklin (b. 1708) * December 20 – Paul Whitehead (satirist), Paul Whitehead, British satirist (b. 1710) * December 21 – Thomas Broughton (writer), Thomas Broughton, English clergyman, biographer and miscellaneous writer (b. 1704) * December 23 – Francesco Maria Preti, architect (b. 1701) * December 24 – Peter Fenger (1719–1774), Peter Fenger, Danish merchant (b. 1719) * December 26 ** Godfrey Bagnall Clarke, British politician (b. 1742) ** Stephen Fox, 2nd Baron Holland, British politician and peer (b. 1745) * December 27 ** Louis Groston de Saint-Ange de Bellerive, Canadian explorer (b. 1700) ** Francis Wollaston (scientist), Francis Wollaston, English scientist (b. 1694) * December 29 ** Toussaint-Gaspard Taconet, French actor (b. 1730) ** Maria Weenix, painter from the Northern Netherlands (b. 1697) * December 30 – Antoniotto Botta Adorno, high officer (b. 1688) * December 31 – Johann Christoph Handke, Czech painter (b. 1694) * ''date unknown'' ** Martinez de Pasqually, French freemason ** Margaret Calderwood, British people, British diarist (b. 1715) ** Catherine Michelle de Maisonneuve, French writer and publisher

Events

January–March

April–June

July–September

October–December

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Births

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February

March

April

May

June

July

August

September

October

November

December

Deaths

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February

March

April

May

June

July

August

September

October

November

December

References

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