(d. 1892) September 1 – Hortense Allart, French writer (d. 1879) September 3 – Christian Erich Hermann von Meyer, German palaeontologist (d. 1869) October 12 – Friedrich Frey-Herosé, member of the Swiss Federal Council (d. 1873) – Carl August von Steinheil, German engineer, astronomer (d. 1870) October 23 – Albert Lortzing, German composer (d. 1851) November 3 Karl Baedeker, German author, publisher (d. 1859) Vincenzo Bellini, Italian composer (d. 1835) November 10 – Vladimir Dal, Russian lexicographer (d. 1872) November 13 – Queen Elisabeth Ludovika of Bavaria, queen of Prussia (d. 1873) December 11 – Christian Dietrich Grabbe, German writer (d. 1836) Date unknown Dai Xi, Chinese painter (d. 1860) Franciszek Ksawery Godebski, Polish writer (d. 1869) Brita Sofia Hesselius, Swedish photographer (d. 1866) Cynthia Taggart, American poet (d. 1849) Deaths January–June January 2 – Johann Kaspar Lavater, Swiss physiognomist (b. 1741) January 11 – Domenico Cimarosa, Italian composer (b. 1749) February 7 – Daniel Chodowiecki, Polish painter (b. 1726) February 17 – Princess Philippine Charlotte of Prussia (b. 1716) March 14 – Margarita "Peggy" Schuyler Van Rensselaer, American socialite, Angelica Schuyler Church's sister (b. 1758) March 19 – Ambrosio O'Higgins, 1st Marquis of Osorno, Spanish viceroy of Peru and Governor of the Captaincy General of Chile, father of Bernardo O'Higgins March 21 – Andrea Luchesi, Italian composer (b. 1741) March 23 – Tsar Paul I of Russia (b. 1754) March 25 – Novalis, German poet (b. 1772) March 28 – Ralph Abercromby, British general (b. 1734) April 2 – Thomas Dadford, Jr., British engineer April 7 – Noël François de Wailly, French lexicographer (b. 1724) May 3 – Cyrus Trapaud, British Army general (b. 1715) May 17 – William Heberden, English physician (b. 1710) June 4 – Frederick Muhlenberg, first Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives (b. 1750) June 14 – Benedict Arnold, American Revolution hero, then traitor (b. 1741) July–December July 4 – Leendert Viervant the Younger, Dutch architect (b. 1752) August 13 – George Gordon, 3rd Earl of Aberdeen (b. 1722) August 31 – Nicola Sala, Italian opera composer (b. 1713) September 19 – Johann Gottfried Koehler, German astronomer (b. 1745) October 3 – Philippe Henri, marquis de Ségur, Marshal of France (b. 1724) November 4 – William Shippen, American physician, Continental Congressman (b. 1712) November 5 Humphry Marshall, American botanist (b. 1722) Motoori Norinaga, Japanese philologist, scholar (b. 1730) November 24 Franz Moritz von Lacy,