(d. 1861) March 25 – Giovanni Battista Amici, Italian astronomer, microscopist and botanist (d. 1863) April 16 – John Franklin, British naval officer and explorer (d. 1847) April 28 – Elizabeth Andrew Warren, Cornish botanist, marine algolologist (d. 1864) May 12 – Jean-François Barrière, French historian (d. 1868) May 29 – Alexander Bryan Johnson, American philosopher (d. 1867) June 13 – Winfield Scott, American general, Presidential candidate (d. 1866) June 26 – Sunthorn Phu, Thai poet (d. 1855) August 17 Davy Crockett, American frontiersman (d. 1836) Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, mother of Queen Victoria (d. 1861) August 25 – King Ludwig I of Bavaria (d. 1868) August 31 – Michel Eugène Chevreul, French chemist (d. 1889) September 10 Nicolás Bravo, 3-time President of Mexico (d. 1854) William Mason, American politician (d. 1860) September 11 – Friedrich Kuhlau, German composer (d. 1832) September 18 King Christian VIII of Denmark (d. 1848) Justinus Kerner, German physician (d. 1862) September 24 – Charles Bianconi, Italian-Irish entrepreneur (d. 1875) September 29 – Guadalupe Victoria, 1st President of Mexico (d. 1843) November 18 Henry Bishop, English composer (d. 1855) Carl Maria von Weber, German composer (d. 1826) December 12 – William L. Marcy, American statesman (d. 1857) date unknown Caroline Cornwallis, English writer (d. 1858) Kim Jeong-hui, Korean epigrapher (d. 1856) probable – Moshoeshoe I of Lesotho (d. 1870) Deaths January 4 – Moses Mendelssohn, Jewish philosopher (b. 1729) January 7 – Jean-Étienne Guettard, French physician, scientist (b. 1715) January 14 – Meshech Weare, Governor of New Hampshire (b. 1713) January 26 – Hans Joachim von Zieten, Prussian field marshal (b. 1699) February 25 – Thomas Wright, British astronomer (b. 1711) February 28 – John Gwynn, English architect and engineer (b. 1713) March 11 – Charles Humphreys, American delegate to the Continental Congress (b. 1714) April 10 – John Byron, British naval officer (b. 1723) April 20 – John Goodricke, English astronomer (b. 1764) May 1 – Benjamin Waller, American politician (b. 1716) May 2 – Petronella Johanna de Timmerman, Dutch poet, scientist (b. 1723) May 15 – Eva Ekeblad, Swedish scientist and agronomist, first female member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences (b. 1724) May 19 – John Stanley, English composer (b. 1712) May 21 – Carl Wilhelm Scheele, Swedish chemist (b. 1742) May 22 – Carl Fredrik Mennander, Swedish bishop (b. 1712) May 25 – Peter III of Portugal, consort of Queen