Events

January–February

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 ...

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American Revolutionary War The American Revolutionary War (April 19, 1775 – September 3, 1783), also known as the Revolutionary War or American War of Independence, was the armed conflict that comprised the final eight years of the broader American Revolution, in which Am ...

– Burning of Norfolk: The town of

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is destroyed, by the combined actions of the

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and occupying Patriot forces. *

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 th ...

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American Revolution The American Revolution (1765–1783) was a colonial rebellion and war of independence in which the Thirteen Colonies broke from British America, British rule to form the United States of America. The revolution culminated in the American ...

– Thomas Paine publishes his pamphlet '' Common Sense'', arguing for independence from British rule in the

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. *

January 20 Events Pre-1600 * 250 – Pope Fabian is martyred during the Decian persecution. *1156 – Finnish peasant Lalli kills English clergyman Henry (bishop of Finland), Henry, the Bishop of Turku, on the ice of Köyliönjärvi, Lake Köyli� ...

–

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Loyalists led by Robert Cunningham sign a petition from prison, agreeing to all demands for peace by the formed state government of South Carolina. *

January 24 Events Pre-1600 * 41 – Claudius is proclaimed Roman emperor by the Praetorian Guard after they assassinate the previous emperor, his nephew Caligula. * 914 – Start of the First Fatimid invasion of Egypt. * 1438 – The Co ...

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– Henry Knox arrives at

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, with the artillery that he has transported from Fort Ticonderoga. *

February 17 Events Pre-1600 * 1370 – Northern Crusades: Grand Duchy of Lithuania and the Teutonic Knights meet in the Battle of Rudau. * 1411 – Following the successful campaigns during the Ottoman Interregnum, Musa Çelebi, one of the sons ...

–

Edward Gibbon Edward Gibbon (; 8 May 173716 January 1794) was an English essayist, historian, and politician. His most important work, ''The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire'', published in six volumes between 1776 and 1789, is known for ...

publishes the first volume of ''

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''. *

February 27 Events Pre-1600 * 380 – Edict of Thessalonica: Emperor Theodosius I and his co-emperors Gratian and Valentinian II declare their wish that all Roman citizens convert to Nicene Christianity. * 425 – The University of Constantin ...

–

– Battle of Moore's Creek Bridge: Scottish

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Loyalists charge across Moore's Creek Bridge near Wilmington, to attack what they mistakenly believe to be a small force of rebels. Several leaders are killed in the ensuing battle. The patriot victory virtually ends all British authority in the province.

March–April

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– Restrictions on the cereal trade in

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are lifted. *

March 2 Events Pre-1600 * 537 – Siege of Rome: The Ostrogoth army under king Vitiges begins the siege of the capital. Belisarius conducts a delaying action outside the Flaminian Gate; he and a detachment of his '' bucellarii'' are almost ...

– 3 –

: ** Battle of Nassau: The American

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and

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make a successful assault on

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. ** Battle of the Rice Boats: American Patriots resist the Royal Navy on the

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; British control over the Province of Georgia is lost. *

March 4 Events Pre-1600 * AD 51 – Nero, later to become Roman emperor, is given the title '' princeps iuventutis'' (head of the youth). * 306 – Martyrdom of Saint Adrian of Nicomedia. * 581 – Yang Jian declares himself Emperor ...

–

– American Patriots capture

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, dominating the port of

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. *

March 9 Events Pre-1600 *141 BC – Liu Che, Posthumous name, posthumously known as Emperor Wu of Han, assumes the throne over the Han dynasty of China. *1009 – First known mention of Lithuania, in the Annals of Quedlinburg, annals of the mo ...

– Scottish economist

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publishes ''

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'' in London. *

March 17 Events Pre-1600 * 45 BC – In his last victory, Julius Caesar defeats the Pompeian forces of Titus Labienus and Pompey the Younger in the Battle of Munda. * 180 – Commodus becomes sole emperor of the Roman Empire at the age of ...

–

– Threatened by Patriot cannons on

, the British evacuate

, ending the 11‑month Siege of Boston. *

March 25 Until 1752 it was the official date of the beginning of the year in England and its dominions (in the Julian calendar). Events Pre-1600 * 410 – The Southern Yan capital of Guanggu falls to the Jin dynasty general Liu Yu, ending th ...

–

– American Patriots conduct a Raid on Tybee Island, primarily seeking to capture runaway slaves who sought refuge with British forces stationed there. *

March 28 Events Pre-1600 * AD 37 – Roman emperor Caligula accepts the titles of the Principate, bestowed on him by the Senate. * 193 – After assassinating the Roman Emperor Pertinax, his Praetorian Guards auction off the throne to Did ...

** Juan Bautista de Anza finds the site for the Presidio of San Francisco. ** The

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, a world-renowned ballet group, is founded in

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. *

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 Royal Colony of North Carolina produces the Halifax Resolves, making it the first British colony to officially authorize its

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delegates, to vote for independence from the

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. * April 27 – Jeongjo becomes the King of Joseon following the death of his grandfather Yeongjo.

May–June

* May 1 –

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founds the '' Illuminati'' in

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. * May 4 –

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becomes the first American colony to renounce allegiance to King George III of Great Britain. * May 15– 26 –

– Battle of the Cedars: British forces skirmish with the American

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around Les Cèdres, Quebec. *

June 6 Events Pre-1600 * 913 – Constantine VII, the eight-year-old illegitimate son of Leo VI the Wise, becomes nominal ruler of the Byzantine Empire under the regency of a seven-man council headed by Patriarch Nicholas Mystikos, appointe ...

– A fire destroys major parts of the town of Askersund,

. * June 7 –

–

Richard Henry Lee Richard Henry Lee (January 20, 1732June 19, 1794) was an American statesman and Founding Father from Virginia, best known for the June 1776 Lee Resolution, the motion in the Second Continental Congress calling for the colonies' independence fr ...

Virginia Virginia, officially the Commonwealth of Virginia, is a U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern and Mid-Atlantic (United States), Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States between the East Coast of the United States ...

proposes to the

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(meeting in Philadelphia) that "these united colonies are, and of right ought to be, free and independent states." * June 8 –

– Battle of Trois-Rivières: The invading American Continental Army is driven back at Trois-Rivières, Quebec. * June 10 – Death of King Hsinbyushin of the Konbaung dynasty. * June 11 –

– The

appoints a Committee of Five to draft a

Declaration of Independence A declaration of independence is an assertion by a polity in a defined territory that it is independent and constitutes a state. Such places are usually declared from part or all of the territory of another state or failed state, or are breaka ...

. * June 12 –

– The ''

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'' (by George Mason) is adopted by the Virginia Convention of Delegates. * June 15 –

– Delaware Separation Day: The Delaware General Assembly votes to suspend government under the British Crown. *

June 17 Events Pre-1600 * 653 – Pope Martin I is arrested and taken to Constantinople, due to his opposition to monothelitism. *1242 – Following the Disputation of Paris, twenty-four carriage loads of Jewish religious manuscripts were burn ...

– Lt. José Joaquín Moraga leads a band of colonists from Monterey Presidio, landing on

June 29 Events Pre-1600 * 226 – Cao Rui succeeds his father as emperor of Wei. * 1149 – Raymond of Poitiers is defeated and killed at the Battle of Inab by Nur ad-Din Zangi. * 1170 – A major earthquake hits Syria, badly damagi ...

and, with Father Francisco Palóu, constructing the Mission San Francisco de Asís ("Mission Dolores") of the new Presidio of

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, the oldest surviving building in the modern-day city. * June 28 –

– Battle of Sullivan's Island:

militia repel a British attack on Charleston. *

–

– Battle of Turtle Gut Inlet: The American

successfully challenges the British

blockade off

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July–August

* July 2 –

– The final U.S. Declaration of Independence (with minor revisions) is written. The Continental Congress passes the Lee Resolution. * July 4 –

–

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: The Continental Congress ratifies the declaration by the United States of its independence from the

. * July 8 –

– The Liberty Bell rings in Philadelphia, for the first public reading of the Declaration of Independence. * July 9 –

– An angry mob in New York City topples the equestrian statue of George III of Great Britain in Bowling Green. * July 12 – Captain

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sets off from

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, England, in HMS ''Resolution'' on his third voyage, to the Pacific Ocean and

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, which will be fatal. * July 21 –

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's '' Serenade No. 7'' (the "Haffner") is first performed in

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, Austria. * July 29 – Domínguez–Escalante expedition: Francisco Silvestre Vélez de Escalante, Francisco Atanasio Domínguez, and eight other Spaniards set out from Santa Fe, on an eighteen-hundred mile trek through the American Southwest. They are the first Europeans to explore the vast region between the Rockies and the Sierras. *

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 ...

– The Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata is established in southern South America. * August 2 – Most of the American colonies ratify the

. * August 15 –

– The first Hessian troops land on

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, to join British forces. * August 25 – Scottish philosopher and historian

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dies. * August 27 –

– Battle of Long Island: Washington's troops are defeated in

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by the British, under William Howe. * August – The guild organisation '' Marchandes de modes'' is founded in Paris.

September–October

* September 1 – Cherokee–American wars: The invasion of the Cherokee Nation by 6,000 patriot troops from Virginia, North Carolina, and South Carolina begins. The troops destroy 36 Cherokee towns. * September 6 – A hurricane hits

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, killing more than 6,000 people. * September 7 –

– World's first

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attack: The American submersible craft ''

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'' attempts to attach a time bomb to the hull of British Admiral Richard Howe's flagship , in New York Harbor. *

September 9 Events Pre-1600 *337 – Constantine II, Constantius II, and Constans succeed their father Constantine I as co-emperors. The Roman Empire is divided between the three Augusti. * 1000 – Battle of Svolder, Viking Age. * 1141 &ndas ...

– The

officially names its union of states the ''

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'' (previously the United Colonies). * September 11 –

– An abortive peace conference takes place between the British and Americans, on

. * September 15 –

–

Landing at Kip's Bay The Landing at Kip's Bay was a British amphibious landing during the New York campaign in the American Revolutionary War on September 15, 1776. It occurred on the East River shore of Manhattan north of what then constituted New York City. Heavy ...

: British troops land on

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at Kips Bay. Nathan Hale hanged by British 1776

* September 16 –

– Battle of Harlem Heights: The Continental Army under Washington is victorious against the British on Manhattan. * September 17 – The Presidio of San Francisco is founded in New Spain. * September 20 – The Great Fire of New York of 1776 starts during the night, ending the following morning. * September 22 –

– Nathan Hale is executed by the British in New York City, for espionage. * September 24 ** The first running of the St Leger Stakes horse race (not yet named) in England, first of the British Classic Races, devised by Anthony St Leger (British Army officer), takes place on Cantley Common at

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. The winner is a filly (later named Allabaculia) owned by the organiser, the 2nd Marquess of Rockingham. ** The

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company hosts its first annual

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season, with the opening of the ''Bolshoi Kamenny Theatre'' in

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, Russia. * October 7 –

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Paul of Russia marries Sophie Dorothea of Württemberg. * October 9 – Father Francisco Palóu founds the Mission San Francisco de Asís, in what is now

. * October 11 –

–

Battle of Valcour Island The Battle of Valcour Island, also known as the Battle of Valcour Bay, was a naval engagement that took place on October 11, 1776, on Lake Champlain. The main action took place in Valcour Bay, a narrow strait between the Province of New York, Ne ...

: On

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near Valcour Island, a British fleet led by Sir Guy Carleton defeats 15 American gunboats, commanded by Brigadier General

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. Although nearly all of Arnold's ships are destroyed, the two-day-long battle will give Patriot forces enough time to prepare the defenses of New York City. *

October 18 Events Pre-1600 * 33 – Heartbroken by the deaths of her sons Nero and Drusus, and banished to the island of Pandateria by Tiberius, Agrippina the Elder dies of self-inflicted starvation. * 320 – Pappus of Alexandria, Greek phil ...

–

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: Troops of the American

resist a British and Hessian force in

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. * October 28 –

– Battle of White Plains: British forces arrive at White Plains, attack and capture Chatterton Hill from the Americans. * October 31 – In his first speech before British Parliament since the Declaration of Independence that summer, King

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acknowledges that all is not going well for Britain, in the war with the United States.

November–December

* November 16 **

– Battle of Fort Washington: Hessian forces under Lieutenant General Wilhelm von Knyphausen capture Fort Washington (Manhattan) from the American

. ** The captain of the American navy ship '' Andrew Doria'' fires a salute to the Dutch flag on Fort Oranje, and Johannes de Graaff answers with 11 gun shots. * November 20 –

– Battle of Fort Lee: The invasion of

, by British and Hessian forces, leads to the subsequent general retreat of the American Continental Army. * December 5 – The

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society is founded at the

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. * December 6 – The General Assembly of

votes to create Kentucky County as the portion of the colony's Fincastle County that is located west of the Cumberland Mountains. In 1792, the county will become the 15th state of the United States as the Commonwealth of Kentucky. The rest of Fincastle County, between the

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and the Appalachians is divided into the first county to be named after George Washington (Washington County, Virginia) in the south along the border with the North Carolina colony, and Montgomery County, Virginia, Montgomery County in the north. The divisions take effect on December 31. * December 7 –

– The Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette, Marquis de Lafayette attempts to enter the American military as a major general. * December 12 – The second Continental Congress ends after a session that began on May 10, 1775, and continued for 582 days.''Harper's Encyclopaedia of United States History from 458 A. D. to 1909'', ed. by Benson John Lossing and, Woodrow Wilson (Harper & Brothers, 1910) p166 * December 19 –

– Thomas Paine, living with Washington's troops, publishes the first in the series of pamphlets on ''The American Crisis'' in ''The Pennsylvania Journal'', opening with the stirring phrase, "These are the times that try men's souls." * December 21 –

– The Royal Colony of North Carolina reorganizes into the North Carolina, State of North Carolina after adopting its own constitution. Richard Caswell becomes the first governor of the newly formed state. The Capture of the Hessians at Trenton December 26 1776

The Capture of the Hessians at Trenton December 26 1776

* December 25 –

– At 6 p.m. Gen. George Washington and his troops, numbering 2,400, march to McConkey's Ferry, George Washington's crossing of the Delaware River, cross the Delaware River, and land on the New Jersey bank by 3 a.m. the following morning. * December 26 –

– Battle of Trenton: Washington's troops surprise the 1,500 Hessian troops under the command of Col. Johann Rall at 8 a.m. outside Trenton and score a victory, taking 948 prisoners while suffering only five wounded.

Date unknown

* Adlan II becomes ruler of the Kingdom of Sennar. * The first commercial examples of the Watt steam engine are sold.

Births

– James M. Broom, American politician (d. 1850) * January 2 – Jeremiah Chaplin, American Reformed Baptist theologian (d. 1841) * January 3 – Thomas Morris (Ohio politician), Thomas Morris, American politician (d. 1844) * January 4 ** Bernardino Drovetti, Italian diplomat (d. 1852) ** Jean-Baptiste Prosper Jollois, French Egyptologist (d. 1842) * January 6 ** Ferdinand von Schill, German noble (d. 1809) ** Auguste Jean Ameil, French soldier (d. 1822) * January 8 – Thomas Langlois Lefroy, Irish politician (d. 1869) * January 9 – Ludwig Rhesa, Prussian scholar (d. 1840) *

– George Birkbeck, English doctor, academic and philanthropist (d. 1841) * January 15 – Prince William Frederick, Duke of Gloucester and Edinburgh, Roman-born British prince (d. 1834) * January 16 ** Matthew Brown (college president), Matthew Brown, American college president (d. 1853) ** João Soares de Albergaria de Sousa, Portuguese politician (d. 1875) ** Richard Onslow (priest), Richard Onslow, English archdeacon (d. 1849) * January 17 ''(bapt.)'' – Jane Porter, English novelist (d. 1850) * January 21 ** Poul Christian Holst, Norwegian politician (d. 1863) ** Elisha Haley, American politician (d. 1860) * January 23 – Howard Douglas, British Army general (d. 1861) *

** Jean-Guillaume, baron Hyde de Neuville, French aristocrat (d. 1857) ** E. T. A. Hoffmann, German writer, composer and painter (d. 1822) ** Peter A. Jay, American politician (d. 1843) * January 25 – Joseph Görres, German writer and journalist (d. 1848) * January 29 – William Bowie (agrarian), William Bowie, American agrarian (d. 1826) * February 4 ** Gottfried Reinhold Treviranus, German biologist (d. 1837) ** Jan Gerard Kemmerling, Dutch mayor (d. 1818) Kapodistrias2

* February 11 – Ioannis Kapodistrias, Governor of Greece (d. 1831) * February 12 ** Richard Mant, Irish bishop (d. 1848) ** Mary Young Pickersgill, American maker of the Star Spangled Banner flag (d. 1857) * February 14 – Christian Gottfried Daniel Nees von Esenbeck, prolific German botanist (d. 1858) * February 15 – Jean-Pierre Boyer, President of Haiti (d. 1850) * February 16 – Abraham Raimbach, British engraver (d. 1843) *

** Ross Cuthbert (politician), Ross Cuthbert, Canadian politician (d. 1861) ** Georg zu Münster, German paleontologist (d. 1844) * February 18 – Karl August Ferdinand von Borcke, German general (d. 1830) * February 20 – Mariano Ricafort Palacín y Abarca, Spanish colonial governor of Cuba (d. 1846) * February 21 – Joseph Barss, Canadian privateer, sea captain (d. 1824) * February 23 ** John Walter (editor, born 1776), John Walter, English newspaper editor (d. 1847) ** Heneage Horsley, Scottish priest (d. 1847) * February 25 – George William Tighe, English expatriate (d. 1837) * February 26 ** Innis Green, American congressman for Pennsylvania (d. 1839) ** John Paterson (missionary), John Paterson, Scottish missionary to Northern Europe (d. 1855) * February 28 – François Quirouet, Canadian politician (d. 1844) * March 1 ** John Collins (governor), John Collins, American manufacturer, politician (d. 1822) ** Elias Moore (d. 1847) * March 3 – James Parker (New Jersey politician), James Parker, American politician (d. 1868) *

– Guillaume Emmanuel Guignard, vicomte de Saint-Priest, Russian army commander (d. 1814) * March 5 – Gerard Troost, American mineralogist (d. 1850) * March 6 – Luigi Lambruschini, Italian Catholic cardinal (d. 1854) * March 7 – Timothy Ruggles (Nova Scotia politician), Timothy Ruggles, Canadian politician (d. 1831) * March 8 ** David Rogerson Williams, American politician (d. 1830) ** Samuel Tweedy, American politician (d. 1868) *

** Thomas Evans (British Army officer), Thomas Evans, British Army general (d. 1863) ** Archduke Joseph, Palatine of Hungary, Archduke of Austria (d. 1847) * March 10 ** Louise of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Queen of Prussia (d. 1810) ** Étienne Ranvoyzé, Canadian politician (d. 1826) * March 12 – Lady Hester Stanhope, English archaeologist (d. 1839) * March 15 – Aimé Picquet du Boisguy, French chouan general during the French Revolution (d. 1839) *

– Joel Abbot (politician), Joel Abbot, American politician (d. 1826) * March 19 – Philemon Beecher, American politician (d. 1839) * March 20 ** Joshua Bates (educator), Joshua Bates, American educator (d. 1854) ** Richard Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville, 1st Duke of Buckingham and Chandos, English politician (d. 1839) * March 21 – John Frederick Frelinghuysen, United States general (d. 1833) * March 23 ** Robert Eden Duncombe Shafto, English politician (d. 1848) ** Vicente Salias, Venezuelan doctor (d. 1814) * March 24 – Zusho Hirosato, Japanese samurai (d. 1849) * March 27 – Charles-François Brisseau de Mirbel, French botanist, politician (d. 1854) * March 30 – Vasily Tropinin, Russian artist (d. 1857) * March 31 – Joseph Küffner, German musician, composer (d. 1856) * April 1 ** Pierre François Bellot, Swiss jurist (d. 1836) ** Sophie Germain, French mathematician (d. 1831) * April 3 ** François Blanchet (physician), François Blanchet, Canadian physician, politician (d. 1830) ** Mary Anne Clarke, English mistress of Prince Frederick (d. 1852) * April 6 – Jesse Bledsoe, American politician (d. 1836) * April 11 ** Macvey Napier, Scottish legal scholar, one of the editors of the ''Encyclopædia Britannica'' (d. 1847) ** Jerome Inglott, Maltese philosopher (d. 1835) *

** Henry Hezekiah Cogswell, Canadian politician (d. 1854) ** Henry Hobhouse (archivist), Henry Hobhouse, English archivist (d. 1854) * April 13 – Wilhelm von Schütz, German author, playwright (d. 1847) * April 15 – John Anstruther-Thomson, Scottish nobleman, Colonel of the Royal Fifeshire Yeomanry Cavalry (d. 1833) * April 17 – Jean-François Roger, French poet, politician (d. 1842) * April 20 ** Augustin-Marie d'Aboville, French artillerist during the Revolution (d. 1843) ** William Weston Young, English Quaker businessman (d. 1847) * April 25 ** James Miller (general), James Miller, American politician (d. 1851) ** Edward Solly, English merchant, art collector (d. 1844) ** Princess Mary, Duchess of Gloucester and Edinburgh, member of the British Royal Family (d. 1857) * April 27 ** Hyacinthe Jadin, French composer (d. 1800) ** John Cunningham (Nova Scotia politician), John Cunningham, Canadian politician (d. 1847) * April 28 ** Charles Bennet, 5th Earl of Tankerville, English politician (d. 1859) ** Manuel Vieira de Albuquerque Touvar, Portuguese nobleman (d. 1833) * May 4 – Johann Friedrich Herbart, German philosopher, psychologist (d. 1841) * May 5 – Valentine Efner, American politician (d. 1865) * May 6 ** Stephen Rumbold Lushington, English politician, administrator in Madras (d. 1868) ** Pyotr Mikhailovich Volkonsky, Russian field marshal (d. 1852) ** Rensselaer Westerlo, American politician (d. 1851) * May 8 ** Edward Leveson-Gower, British Royal Navy admiral (d. 1853) ** Prince Bagrat of Georgia (d. 1841) * May 9 – Thomas Maguire (priest), Thomas Maguire, Canadian Catholic priest (d. 1854) * May 10 – George Thomas Smart, English musician (d. 1867) * May 12 – José de La Mar, military leader, President of Peru (d. 1830) * May 13 – Jett Thomas, American militia general (d. 1817) * May 17 – Amos Eaton, American botanist (d. 1842) * May 18 – Dennis Pennington, American politician (d. 1854) * May 20 ** Simon Fraser (explorer), Simon Fraser, Canadian explorer (d. 1862) ** Víctor Rosales, Mexican rebel (d. 1817) * May 29 – Peter Erasmus Müller, Danish historian, linguist and theologian (d. 1834) * May 31 – José Antonio de la Garza, American mayor (d. 1851) * June 1 ** George Schetky, American conductor (d. 1831) ** Giuseppe Zamboni, Italian Catholic priest, physicist (d. 1846) * June 4 – Isaac B. Van Houten, American politician (d. 1850) *

– William Reed (politician), William Reed, American politician (d. 1837) * June 8 – Thomas Rickman, English architect, architectural antiquary (d. 1841) * June 11 – John Constable, English landscape painter (d. 1837) * June 12 ** Karl Friedrich Burdach, German physiologist (d. 1847) ** José Manuel de Goyeneche, 1st Count of Guaqui, Spanish soldier, diplomat (d. 1846) ** Pierre Révoil, French painter (d. 1842) * June 19 – Francis Johnson (congressman), Francis Johnson, American politician (d. 1842) * June 21 ** Landgravine Josepha of Fürstenberg-Weitra, Princess of Liechtenstein (d. 1848) ** Charles Horsfall, English merchant, politician (d. 1846) ** William Wadd, English surgeon, medical author (d. 1829) * June 23 – Stephen Longfellow, American politician (d. 1849) * June 28 – Charles Mathews, English actor (d. 1835) *

– George Okill Stuart (priest), George Okill Stuart, Canadian clergyman (d. 1862) * July 1 ** Samuel Thatcher, American politician (d. 1872) ** Sophie Gay, French author (d. 1852) * July 3 – Henry Parnell, 1st Baron Congleton, Anglo-Irish politician (d. 1842) * July 4 ** Pär Aron Borg, Swedish sign language creator (d. 1839) ** Ethan Allen Brown, American politician (d. 1852) * July 5 ** Daniel Dobbins, captain in the United States Revenue Cutter Service (d. 1856) ** Bernard Smith (New Jersey politician), Bernard Smith, American politician (d. 1835) * July 10 – Samuel Powell (Tennessee politician), Samuel Powell, American politician (d. 1841) * July 11 – William Bradbery, English entrepreneur (d. 1860) * July 12 – John Christian (Deemster), John Christian, Manx judge (d. 1852) * July 13 – Caroline of Baden, Queen of Bavaria (d. 1841) * July 14 – Pierre Yrieix Daumesnil, French soldier (d. 1832) * July 16 ** Ludwig Heinrich Bojanus, German physician, naturalist (d. 1827) ** Johann Georg von Soldner, German physicist (d. 1833) * July 17 – John Neilson (Canadian politician), John Neilson, Canadian politician (d. 1848) * July 18 – John Struthers (poet), John Struthers, Scottish poet (d. 1853) * July 20 – Ignaz Schuppanzigh, Austrian musician (d. 1830) * July 22 ** Etheldred Benett, English geologist (d. 1845) ** Friedrich Hermann Otto, Prince of Hohenzollern-Hechingen (d. 1838) * July 26 – Pierre Fouquier, French physician, professor of medicine (d. 1850) * July 29 – James McSherry (Pennsylvania politician), James McSherry, American politician (d. 1849) * July 30 – Sir Edward Kerrison, 1st Baronet, British general (d. 1853) *

** Archibald Acheson, 2nd Earl of Gosford, Governor General of British North America (1835-1837) (d. 1849) ** Jean Corbineau, French cavalry general (d. 1848) * August 2 ** Thomas Assheton Smith II, English cricketer (d. 1858) ** Friedrich Stromeyer, German chemist (d. 1835) * August 4 – Pierre-Simon Ballanche, French writer and counterrevolutionary philosopher (d. 1847) * August 5 ** Sophie d'Artois, French princess (d. 1783) ** John Willson, Canadian judge (d. 1860) * August 6 – William Crooks (Canadian politician), William Crooks, Canadian politician (d. 1836) * August 9 ** Jacob Munch, Norwegian painter, military officer (d. 1839) Avogadro Amedeo

** Amedeo Avogadro, Italian chemist (d. 1856) * August 12 ** Thomas Millidge, Jr., New Brunswick businessman, political figure (d. 1838) ** David Erskine, 2nd Baron Erskine, British politician (d. 1855) * August 13 – Abraham Shepherd, American politician (d. 1847) * August 14 ** Prince Christian of Hesse (d. 1814) ** Christian Friedrich Tieck, German sculptor (d. 1851) * August 15 ** Ignaz von Seyfried, Austrian musician (d. 1841) ** Gottlieb Schick, German artist (d. 1812) * August 16 ** Amalia von Helvig, German and Swedish artist (d. 1831) ** Philipp Jakob Riotte, German composer (d. 1856) ** Monaldo Leopardi, Italian philosopher (d. 1847) ** Jean-Roch Coignet, French soldier (d. 1865) * August 18 ** Agustín Argüelles, Spanish liberal politician (d. 1844) ** Thomas Howard, 16th Earl of Suffolk, England (d. 1851) ** Sir Robert Newman, 1st Baronet, English politician (d. 1848) * August 21 ** Joseph Healy, American politician (d. 1861) ** Elizabeth Parke Custis Law, American matriarch (d. 1832) * August 22 – Carlo Amati, Italian architect (d. 1852) * August 23 ** Jens Peter Debes, Norwegian politician (d. 1832) ** Józef Maria Hoene-Wroński, Polish philosopher (d. 1853) * August 25 – Thomas Bladen Capel, British admiral (d. 1853) * August 26 ** Ferdynand Stokowski, Polish general (d. 1827) ** Henry A. Livingston, American politician (d. 1849) * August 27 – Barthold Georg Niebuhr, Danish-German statesman, historian (d. 1831) * August 29 – Georg Friedrich Treitschke, German librettist (d. 1842) * September 1 ** Jacques Gervais, baron Subervie, French general, politician (d. 1856) ** Ezekiel Bacon, American politician (d. 1870) * September 3 – Étienne Mayrand, Canadian politician (d. 1872) * September 4 – Stephen Whitney, American merchant (d. 1860) * September 5 – Augustus Simon Frazer, French-born British Army officer (d. 1835) * September 8 ** Amelia of Nassau-Weilburg, German noblewoman (d. 1841) ** Heinrich Meldahl, Norwegian builder (d. 1840) *

** Parmenio Adams, American politician (d. 1832) ** Calvin Pease, Ohio jurist, legislator (d. 1839) ** Philip Broke, British Royal Navy admiral (d. 1841) * September 11 – Thomas Arbuthnot, British Army general (d. 1849) * September 15 ** William Baylies, American politician (d. 1865) ** Calvin Willey, American politician (d. 1858) * September 17 – Langdon Cheves, American politician (d. 1857) * September 18 – Thomas Gleadowe-Newcomen, 2nd Viscount Newcomen, English politician (d. 1825) * September 21 ** Karl Gustav Bonuvier, Swedish actor, theatre director (d. 1858) ** John Fitchett (poet), John Fitchett, English poet (d. 1838) * September 27 ** Peter Shaver, Canadian politician (d. 1866) ** Maria Versfelt, Dutch writer, actor (d. 1845) * October 1 – Augustus Warren Baldwin, Upper Canada naval officer, political figure (d. 1866) * October 3 – Thomas Walsh (Vicar Apostolic of the London District), Thomas Walsh, Vicar Apostolic of England and Wales (d. 1849) * October 4 ** Giovanni Battista Bellé, Italian Bishop of Mantova (d. 1844) ** Antonio Tosti, Italian cardinal-priest (d. 1866) ** Mariano Lagasca, Spanish botanist (d. 1839) * October 6 ** Hirata Atsutane, Japanese theologian of the Shintō religion (d. 1843) ** James Duff, 4th Earl Fife, Scottish-born Spanish general (d. 1857) ** James Stuart-Wortley, 1st Baron Wharncliffe, English politician (d. 1845) * October 8 – Pieter van Os, Dutch painter, engraver (d. 1839) * October 12 – Jean-Michel Mahé, French Navy officer, captain (d. 1833) * October 13 ** Peter Barlow (mathematician), Peter Barlow, English mathematician (d. 1862) ** John Gibb (engineer), John Gibb, Scottish civil engineering contractor (d. 1850) * October 14 ** Samuel Rexford, New York politician (d. 1857) ** Robert Townsend Farquhar, British colonial administrator (d. 1830) *

– Cowles Mead, American politician (d. 1844) * October 20 – John Rolls of The Hendre, British judge (d. 1837) * October 21 – George Izard, United States general (d. 1828) * October 22 – Edward Draper, British military officer, civil servant in Mauritius (d. 1841) * October 25 – Patrick Neill (naturalist), Patrick Neill, Scottish printer, horticulturalist (d. 1851) * October 28 – Joachim Haspinger, Catholic priest, leader of the Tyrolese revolt against Napoleon (d. 1858) * October 30 ** George M. Bibb, American politician (d. 1859) ** John Hahn (politician), John Hahn, American politician (d. 1823) * October 31 – Francis Locke Jr., American politician (d. 1823) * November 1 – Abraham McClellan (Missouri politician), Abraham McClellan, American politician (d. 1851) * November 5 – Abraham Teerlink, Dutch painter (d. 1857) * November 7 ** Bartow White, American politician (d. 1862) ** James Abercromby, 1st Baron Dunfermline, British politician (d. 1858) * November 10 ** Samuel Gross (politician), Samuel Gross, American politician (d. 1839) ** Henry Seymour (Knoyle), British politician (d. 1849) ** General Washington Johnston, American politician (d. 1833) * November 11 – Philip E. Thomas, American banker, railroad executive (d. 1861) * November 14 – Henri Dutrochet, French physician (d. 1847) * November 15 ** Aaron Manby (ironmaster), Aaron Manby, English civil engineer, founder of the Horseley Ironworks (d. 1850) ** Pehr Henrik Ling, Swedish physical therapist (d. 1839) * November 17 ** Friedrich Christoph Schlosser, German historian (d. 1861) ** Robert Trimble, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States (d. 1828) * November 20 ** William Blackwood, Scottish publisher (d. 1834) ** Maximilian Seyssel d'Aix, German general (d. 1855) * November 24 ** Jean-Joseph Marcel, French printer and engineer (d. 1854) ** Matthew John Tierney, Irish surgeon (d. 1845) * November 29 – Harcourt Lees, Irish clergyman, political pamphleteer (d. 1852) * November 30 ** Philippe André de Vilmorin, French horticulturist (d. 1862) ** Bartholomew Frere, English diplomat (d. 1851) * December 1 ** Elijah H. Mills, American politician (d. 1829) ** Isaac Lacey, American politician (d. 1844) * December 2 – Louis Alexis Baudoin, French naval officer (d. 1805) * December 3 ** Yashwantrao Holkar, Ruler of Holkar State (d. 1811) ** Nicolas Charles Seringe, French physician, botanist (d. 1858) * December 5 – Konrad Johann Martin Langenbeck, German surgeon (d. 1851) * December 6 – Theodorick Bland (judge), Theodorick Bland, United States federal judge (d. 1846) * December 7 – Reuben Whallon, American politician (d. 1843) * December 8 ** Theodore Dehon, second Episcopal Bishop of South Carolina (d. 1817) ** William Logan (Kentuckian), William Logan, American politician (d. 1822) * December 10 ** Archduchess Maria Leopoldine of Austria-Este, second wife of Charles Theodore (d. 1848) ** David Marchand, American politician (d. 1832) ** Abraham Mendelssohn Bartholdy, German banker, father of classical composer Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy (d. 1835) * December 12 – Nicholas Conyngham Tindal, English lawyer, politician (d. 1846) * December 13 – James Hawkes (congressman), James Hawkes, American politician (d. 1865) * December 14 – Ingelbrecht Knudssøn, Norwegian politician (d. 1826) * December 16 ** Narciso Durán, Spanish Franciscan missionary to Mexico (d. 1846) Ritter-Johann-Wilhelm-1804

** Johann Wilhelm Ritter, German chemist (d. 1810) * December 19 ** Lord Edward Somerset, British Army general (d. 1842) ** Lars Roverud, Norwegian musician (d. 1850) ** Eusebio Bardají y Azara, Prime Minister of Spain (d. 1842) * December 20 – José María del Castillo y Rada, President of Colombia (d. 1833) * December 25 – John Slater (industrialist), John Slater, American businessman (d. 1843) * December 26 – Charles Hamilton Smith, British artist (d. 1859) * December 27 – Nikolay Kamensky, Russian general (d. 1811) * December 29 – Gustaf af Wetterstedt, Swedish politician (d. 1837) * December 30 – William Drayton, American politician (d. 1846) * December 31 – Johann Spurzheim, German physician (d. 1832)

Deaths

* January 6 – James Gabriel Montresor, British military engineer (b. 1704) * January 8 – James Frye, colonial soldier (b. 1709) * January 12 – Johann Philipp Murray, German historian interested in early Nordic studies and relations between England and Scandinavia (b. 1726) * January 14 – Edward Cornwallis, British military officer, first Governor of Nova Scotia (b. 1713) * January 21 – Jacques de Romas, French physicist (b. 1713) * February 13 – Élisabeth Catherine Ballard (b. 1704) * February 18 – Lady Anne Monson, English botanist (b. 1726) *

– Johann Georg Ziesenis, German – Danish portrait painter (b. 1716) * March 5 – Pierre-Robert Le Cornier de Cideville, French magistrate and scholar (b. 1693) * March 7 – John Bowes, 9th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne (b. 1737) * March 10 ** Élie Catherine Fréron, French critic (b. 1719) ** Niclas Sahlgren, Swedish merchant, philanthropist (b. 1701) * March 24 – John Harrison, English clockmaker (b. 1693) * March 26 – Samuel Ward (Rhode Island politician), Samuel Ward, American politician (b. 1725) * March 29 – Johann Gotthelf Lindner, German university teacher and writer (b. 1729) * March 30 – Jonathan Belcher (jurist), Jonathan Belcher, British-American lawyer (b. 1710) * March 31 – Jane Randolph Jefferson, wife of Peter Jefferson and the mother of US president Thomas Jefferson (b. 1720) * April 7 – Charles-Pierre Colardeau, French poet (b. 1732) * April 19 – Jacob Emden, leading German rabbi and talmudist who championed Orthodox Judaism (b. 1697) * April 20 – Olivier de Vézin (b. 1707) * April 29 – Edward Wortley Montagu (traveller), Edward Wortley Montagu, English traveller and writer (b. 1713) * May 4 – Jacques Saly, French sculptor (b. 1717) * May 6 – James Kent (composer), James Kent, English organist and composer (b. 1700) * May 7 – Duchess Maria Anna Josepha of Bavaria, Duchess of Bavaria by birth and Margravine of Baden-Baden by marriage (b. 1734) * May 23 – Jeanne Julie Éléonore de Lespinasse, French salon holder (b. 1732) * May 25 – Richard FitzWilliam, 6th Viscount FitzWilliam (b. 1711) * May 30 – Albert Frick (theologian), Albert Frick, German theologian (b. 1714) * June 2 – Continental Army General John Thomas (American general), John Thomas, from smallpox (b. 1724) * June 10 ** Hsinbyushin (b. 1736) ** Leopold Widhalm, Austrian luthier (b. 1722) * June 13 – Elizabeth Scott (hymnwriter), Elizabeth Scott, British-American poet and Christian hymnwriter (b. 1708) * June 20 – Benjamin Huntsman, English inventor, manufacturer (b. 1704) * July 7 – Jeremiah Markland, English classical scholar (b. 1693) * July 10 – Richard Peters (priest), Richard Peters, English-born American clergyman (b. 1704) * July 15 – Richard Bampfylde, British politician (b. 1722) * July 16 – Countess Palatine Francisca Christina of Sulzbach, Princess-abbess of Essen Abbey and Thorn Abbey (b. 1696) * July 21 – Benedicta Margareta von Löwendal, German industrialist (b. 1683) *

** Edward Bentham, Oxford based theologian who in 1763 (b. 1707) ** Francis Salvador, American patriot (b. 1747) * August 2 – Louis François, Prince of Conti, French military leader (b. 1717) * August 14 – Charles Cathcart, 9th Lord Cathcart (b. 1721) * August 25 –

, Scottish philosopher (b. 1711) * August 27 – William Stark (loyalist), William Stark, Revolutionary War era officer (b. 1724) * August 29 – Joseph Arnold (Rhode Island farmer), Joseph Arnold, pre-revolutionary resident of North Kingstown and Exeter (b. 1710) * September 1 – Angelica Le Gru Perotti, Italian woman painter of the Rococo (b. 1719) * September 6 – Chamaraja Wodeyar VIII, twentieth maharaja of the Kingdom of Mysore from 1770 to 1776 (b. 1759) * September 22 – Nathan Hale, American Revolutionary War captain, writer and patriot (executed) (b. 1755) * September 24 – Charles Cadogan, 2nd Baron Cadogan, Anglo-Irish peer (b. 1685) * September 28 – Cadwallader Colden, physician (b. 1688) * October 3 – Ayşe Sultan (daughter of Ahmed III), Ayşe Sultan, Ottoman princess (b. 1713) * October 10 – Karl Gotthelf von Hund, German Freemason (b. 1722) * October 15 – John Ellis (naturalist), John Ellis, naturalist (b. 1710) * October 17 – Pierre François le Courayer, French theologian (b. 1681) * October 28 – Princess Sophie of Saxe-Hildburghausen, Princess of Saxe-Hildburghausen by birth (b. 1760) * October 30 – Simón de Anda y Salazar, Spanish Basque governor of the Philippines from July (b. 1709) * November 15 – Fernando de Silva, 12th Duke of Alba, Spanish duke (b. 1714) * November 17 – James Ferguson (Scottish astronomer), James Ferguson, Scottish astronomer (b. 1710) * November 23 – Théophile de Bordeu, French physician (b. 1722) * December 5 – Elizabeth Percy, Duchess of Northumberland (1716–1776), Elizabeth Percy, Duchess of Northumberland, British duchess; Lady of the Bedchamber (b. 1716) * December 10 – Robert Hay Drummond, Archbishop of York (b. 1711) * December 13 – Victor-Thérèse Charpentier (b. 1732) * December 25 – John Gabriel Jones, colonial American pioneer and politician (b. 1752) * ''date unknown'' – Muhammad al-Warghi, Tunisian writer and poet (b. c. 1713)