Peruvian politician, 56th President of Peru (d. 1894) October 2 – Benjamin Harris Babbidge, 19th Mayor of Brisbane (d. 1905) October 4 – Piet Cronjé, Boer general (d. 1911) October 5 – Enomoto Takeaki, Japanese samurai, admiral (d. 1908) October 6 – Heinrich Wilhelm Gottfried von Waldeyer-Hartz, German neuroanatomist (d. 1921) October 15 – James Tissot, French artist (d. 1902) October 27 – Thomas Gwyn Elger, English astronomer (d. 1897) November 3 – Elena Arellano Chamorro, Nicaraguan pioneer educator (d. 1911) November 8 – Milton Bradley, American businessman, inventor (d. 1911) November 11 – Thomas Bailey Aldrich, American poet, novelist (d. 1907) November 18 W. S. Gilbert, British playwright, librettist best known for his collaborations with Arthur Sullivan (d. 1911) Máximo Gómez, Cuban military leader (d. 1905) Ding Ruchang, Chinese army officer, admiral (d. 1895) November 22 – Sir George Barham, English businessman, founder of Express County Milk Supply Company (d. 1913) December 7 – Frank Manly Thorn, American lawyer, politician, essayist and journalist (d. 1907) December 18 – Kawamura Sumiyoshi, Japanese admiral (d. 1904) Deaths January–June January 1 – Bernhard Meyer, German physician, ornithologist (b. 1767) January 11 – John Molson, Canadian entrepreneur (b. 1763) January 21 – Ferenc Novák, Hungarian Slovene writer (b. 1791) January 30 – Betsy Ross, maker, designer of the first American flag (b. 1752) January 31 – John Cheyne, British physician, surgeon and author (b. 1777) February 1 – Marie-Anne Pierrette Paulze, French chemist (b. 1758) February 18 – Cornplanter, native American (Seneca) chief (b. 1750) February 21 – William Van Mildert, last Prince Bishop of Durham, and founder of Durham University (b. 1765) March 2 - James Grant, Texas politician, physician and military participant in the Texas Revolution (b. 1793) March 6 (at the Alamo) James Bowie, Texan revolutionary (b. 1796) Davy Crockett, American frontiersman, Congressman and soldier (b. 1786) William Barret Travis, Texan revolutionary (b. 1809) James Bonham, Alamo defender (b. 1807) Micajah Autry, Alamo defender (b. 1793) Almaron Dickinson, American soldier (b. 1800) Jośe Gregorio Esparza, Alamo defender (b. 1802) March 16 – Nathaniel Bowditch, American mathematician (b. 1773) March 27 – James Fannin, Texas revolutionary (b. 1804) April 7 – William Godwin, English writer (b. 1756) April 21 - Manuel Fernández Castrillón, Mexican general (b. 1780) April 29 – Simon Kenton, American frontiersman, Revolutionary militia general (b. 1755) May 23 – Edward Livingston, American jurist, statesman (b. 1764) June 10