Antoine Drouot, French general (d. 1847) Charles Henry Schwanfelder, British artist (d. 1837) Tryphosa Jane Wallis, English actress (d. 1848) January 12 – William Cahoon, American politician (d. 1833) January 14 – Benjamin Aislabie, cricketer (d. 1842) January 16 – Daniel Evans, Welsh Independent minister (d. 1835) January 17 Marie-Thérèse Figueur, French writer (d. 1861) Maria Theresa Kemble, British actress (d. 1838) Georg Wilhelm Franz Wenderoth, German botanist (d. 1861) January 18 Moses I. Cantine, American politician (d. 1823) James Millingen, British archaeologist (d. 1845) January 19 Edward Protheroe, British politician (d. 1856) Samuel Campbell Rowley, naval officer and politician (d. 1846) January 20 – Charles George Beauclerk, British Member of Parliament (d. 1845) January 21 – William Kenrick, English lawyer and politician (d. 1829) January 22 – Francesco Fuoco, Italian philologist, economist and Catholic priest (d. 1841) January 23 – 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, English classical scholar and schoolmaster (d. 1839) January 31 William Blake, British economist; (d. 1852) William George Maton, English physician (d. 1835) Thomas Veazey, American politician (d. 1842) Phineas Waller, Pennsylvanian farmer and landowner (d. 1859) February February 1 John Douglas, Tory politician, died 1838 (d. 1838) Ferdinánd Pálffy, Austrian theatre manager (d. 1840) February 2 – Susan Montagu, Duchess of Manchester, British noble (d. 1828) February 3 Edward Cross, British zookeeper (d. 1854) Karl Mollweide, German mathematician (d. 1825) February 4 – Frederick Traugott Pursh, German-American botanist (d. 1820) February 5 – Juan Fermín de San Martín, Spanish military personnel (d. 1822) February 6 – Henry Bates Grubb, American ironmaster and businessman (d. 1823) February 7 – Frederik Christian Kielsen, Danish naturalist (d. 1850) February 8 Karl Friedrich Heinrich, German classical philologist (d. 1838) Samuel Moore, American politician (d. 1861) Francisco de Paula Vieira da Silva de Tovar, 1st Viscount of Molelos, Portuguese general (d. 1852) 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. 1847) February 12 – Valentin Stanič, Austrian teacher (d. 1847) February