of the United Kingdom (d. 1830) Christoph Wilhelm Hufeland, German physician (d. 1836) August 13 – Théroigne de Méricourt, French revolutionary (d. 1817) September 11 – Joanna Baillie, Scottish writer (d. 1851) October 1 – Anton Bernolák, Slovak linguist (d. 1813) October 9 – Charles de Suremain, French military and diplomat (d. 1835) October 12 – Jan Willem Janssens, Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies (d. 1838) October 21 – Herman Willem Daendels, governor-general of the Dutch East Indies (d. 1818) October 23 – Samuel Morey, American inventor (d. 1843) October 30 – André Chénier, French writer (d. 1794) November 1 – Spencer Perceval, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1812) November – Manuel Torres, first Colombian ambassador to the United States (d. 1822) Date unknown Birgithe Kühle, Norwegian journalist (d. 1832) Natalia Shelikhova, Russian business person (d. 1810) Deaths January 5 – Empress Elizabeth of Russia (b. 1709) January 7 – Manuel de Montiano, Spanish colonial administrator (b. 1685) January 11 – Louis-François Roubiliac, French sculptor (b. 1695) February 11 – Johann Tobias Krebs, German composer (b. 1690) February 12 – Laurent Belissen, French composer (b. 1693) February 20 – Tobias Mayer, German astronomer (b. 1723) March 4 – Johannes Zick, German fresco painter (b. 1702) March 18 – Paul II Anton, Prince Esterházy of Hungary (b. 1711) March 21 – Nicolas-Louis de Lacaille, French astronomer (b. 1713) April 1 – Germain Louis Chauvelin, French politician (b. 1685) May 15 – Michał Kazimierz "Rybeńko" Radziwiłł, Polish-Lithuanian noble (b. 1702) May 19 – Francesco Loredan, doge of Venice (b. 1685) May 21 – Alexander Joseph Sulkowski, Polish and Saxon general (b. 1695) May 26 – Alexander Gottlieb Baumgarten, German philosopher (b. 1714) June 13 – Dorothea Erxleben, German physician (b. 1715) June 17 – Prosper Jolyot de Crébillon, French writer (b. 1674) June 19 – Johann Ernst Eberlin, German composer (b. 1702) June 26 – Luise Gottsched, German poet, playwright, essayist and translator (b. 1713) July 12 – Prince Sado, son of Yeongjo of Joseon (b. 1735) July 13 – James Bradley, English Astronomer Royal (b. 1693) July 17 – Emperor Peter III of Russia (b. 1728) July 28 – George Dodington, 1st Baron Melcombe, English politician (b. 1691) July 31 – Luis Vicente de Velasco e Isla, Royal Spanish Navy sailor, commander (b. 1711) August 20 – Shah Waliullah, Islamic reformer (b. 1703) August 21 – Lady Mary