the damage to a tradesman's windows should be paid for by the students. November 16 The Prussian heir apparent, Frederick William, becomes King of Prussia as Fredrick William III. (or November 23?) – British Royal Navy frigate is wrecked on the approaches to Halifax, Nova Scotia; of the 240 on board, all but 12 are lost. Undated The secret Lautaro Lodge as the Logia de los Caballeros Racionales ("Lodge of Rational Knights") is founded, perhaps in Cádiz; membership will include many leaders of the Spanish American wars of independence such as Francisco de Miranda, Bernardo O'Higgins and José de San Martín. Shinyukan Cram School (進修館) founded by Masataka Okudaira (奥平昌孝) in Nakatsu, Buzen Province (now Oita Prefecture), Kyushu Island, as predecessor of Keio-Gijyuku University in Japan. Joseph-Louis Lagrange publishes his treatise on differential calculus, entitled Théorie des fonctions analytiques. Births January–March January 1 Christopher Jacob Boström, Swedish philosopher (d. 1866) Utagawa Kuniyoshi, Japanese woodblock printer (ukiyo-e) (d. 1861) January 3 – Frederick William Hope, English entomologist at the University of Oxford (d. 1862) January 4 – Wilhelm Beer, German banker, astronomer (d. 1850) January 5 – Eduard Vogel von Falckenstein, Prussian general (d. 1885) January 6 – Edward Turner Bennett, English zoologist and writer (d. 1836) January 9 – Edmund Murray Dodd, Canadian lawyer (d. 1876) January 10 – Annette von Droste-Hülshoff, German writer (d. 1848) January 11 Carl Rottmann, German landscape painter, the most famous member of the Rottmann family of painters (d. 1850) Connop Thirlwall, English bishop (in Wales), historian (d. 1875) January 12 Gideon Brecher, Austrian physician, writer (d. 1873) January 14 – George Agar-Ellis, 1st Baron Dover, British peer and man of letters (d. 1833) January 15 – Vincenz Kollar, Austrian entomologist specializing in Diptera (d. 1860) January 17 – Joseph Barclay Pentland, Irish geographer (d. 1873) January 19 Henri-Bernard Dabadie, French baritone (d. 1853) Cornelia Aletta van Hulst, Dutch painter (d. 1870) January 20 – Jonathan Leavitt, American bookbinder, co-founder of the New York City publishing firm of Leavitt & Trow (d. 1852) January 21 – Joseph Méry, French writer (d. 1866) January 22 Archduchess Maria Leopoldina of Austria (d. 1826) Thomas Moore-Lane, Irish oculist, surgeon, physician to the Nawab (d. 1844) January 24 – Leo Dupont, Martinique-born Venerated French Catholic, who helped spread various Catholic devotions (d. 1876) January 25 Achille Rémy Percheron, French entomologist (d. 1869) John Stuart, 12th Earl of Moray (d.