(d. 1875) October 10 – Paul Kruger, Boer resistance leader (d. 1904) October 11 – Maria Firmina dos Reis, Brazilian abolitionist and author (d. 1917) October 13 – Charles Frederick Worth, English-born fashion designer, father of haute couture (d. 1895) October 25 – Johann Strauss, Junior, Austrian composer (d. 1899) November 9 – A. P. Hill, American Confederate general (d. 1865) November 29 – Jean-Martin Charcot, French physician, neurologist (d. 1893) November 30 – William-Adolphe Bouguereau, French painter and educator (d. 1905) December 2 – Emperor Pedro II of Brazil (d. 1891) December 18 – Mariano Ignacio Prado, Peruvian general, statesman, and three-time President of Peru (d. 1901) December 30 – Samuel Newitt Wood, American politician (d. 1891) December 31 – Elizabeth Martha Olmsted, American poet (d. 1910) Date unknown Sher Ali Khan, ruler of Afghanistan (d. 1879) Juan Williams Rebolledo, Chilean admiral and politician (d. 1910) Deaths January–June January 4 – Ferdinand I of the Two Sicilies (b. 1751) January 8 – Eli Whitney, American inventor (b. 1765) February 22 – Eleanor Anne Porden, English poet (b. 1795) February 24 – Thomas Bowdler, English physician (b. 1754) March 1 John Brooks (governor), Massachusetts doctor, military officer, governor (b. 1752) John Haggin, Indian fighter, one of the earliest settlers of Kentucky (b. 1753) March 4 – Hercules Mulligan, tailor, spy during the American Revolutionary War (b. 1740) March 6 – Samuel Parr, English schoolmaster (b. 1747) March 25 – Antoine Fabre d'Olivet, French writer (b. 1767) March 27 – Alexander Lindsay, 6th Earl of Balcarres, British Army general (b. 1752) April 23 – Friedrich Müller, German painter, narrator, lyricist and dramatist (b. 1749) April 17 – Henry Fuseli, Swiss painter and writer (b. 1741) May 7 – Antonio Salieri, Italian composer (b. 1750) May 13 – Charles Whitworth, 1st Earl Whitworth, British diplomat (b. 1752) May 19 – Claude Henri de Rouvroy, comte de Saint-Simon, French politician (b. 1760) May 22 – Laskarina Bouboulina, Greek independence fighter, heroine (shot) (b. 1771) May 23 – Ras Gugsa of Yejju, Regent of the Emperor of Ethiopia June 11 – Daniel D. Tompkins, 6th Vice President of the United States (b. 1774) June 14 – Pierre Charles L'Enfant, French architect (b. 1754) June 27 – Domenico Vantini, Italian painter July–December July 12 – Dorothea von Rodde-Schlözer, German scholar (b. 1770) July 15 – David Ochterlony, Massachusetts-born general with the East India Company (b.