Regiment, formed by The Earl of Cassillis at Culzean Castle, Ayrshire in 1794, is adopted onto the British Army List. The platypus is first discovered by Europeans. Births January 14 – Johan Rudolph Thorbecke, Dutch politician (d. 1872) January 19 – Auguste Comte, French sociologist (d. 1857) January 20 – Anson Jones, 5th and last President of the Republic of Texas (d. 1858) March 9 – Mathilda Berwald, Finnish and Swedish concert singer (d. 1877) March 23 – Christiane Bøcher, Norwegian actress (d. 1874) March 25 – Christoph Gudermann, German mathematician (d. 1852) March 25 – Corvo Attano, fictional character, Royal Protector, assassin (d. unknown) April 2 – August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben, German writer (d. 1874) April 3 – Charles Wilkes, American naval officer, explorer (d. 1877) April 12 – Baron du Potet, French writer (d. 1881) April 26 – Eugène Delacroix, French painter (d. 1863) April 28 – Duncan Forbes, British linguist (d. 1868) May 10 – Christodoulos Hatzipetros, Greek military leader (d. 1869) June 12 – William Abbot, English actor (d. 1843) June 14 – František Palacký, Czech historian, politician (d. 1876) June 29 – Giacomo Leopardi, Italian writer (d. 1837) July 14 – Alessandro Antonelli, Italian architect (d. 1888) July 15 – Alexander Gorchakov, Russian politician (d. 1883) August 17 – Thomas Hodgkin, British physician, pathologist (d. 1866) August 20 – Jacques Leroy de Saint-Arnaud, French general, Marshal of France, Minister of War (d. 1854) September 4 – Raynold Kaufgetz, Swiss academic (d. 1869) September 11 – Franz Ernst Neumann, German mineralogist, physicist and mathematician (d. 1895) October 2 – King Charles Albert of Sardinia (d. 1849) October 12 – Pedro I, Emperor of Brazil (also Pedro IV, King of Portugal) (d. 1834) December 2 – António Luís de Seabra, 1st Viscount of Seabra, Portuguese magistrate and politician (d. 1895) December 4 – Jules Armand Dufaure, 3-time prime minister of France (d. 1881) December 24 – Adam Mickiewicz, Polish writer (d. 1855) Date unknown: Mary Faber, West African slave trader and local potentate (d. after 1857) Eduard von Feuchtersleben, Polish-born mining engineer and writer (d. 1857) Deaths January 22 – Lewis Morris, American landowner and developer, signer of the United States Declaration of Independence (b. 1726) February 12 – Stanisław August Poniatowski, deposed last King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania (b. 1732) February 25 – Louis Jules Mancini Mazarini, French diplomat, writer (b. 1716)