States Navy rear admiral (d. 1928) September 11 – Emile Baudot, French telegraph engineer and inventor (d. 1903) October 13 – Charles Stockton, American admiral (d. 1924) October 21 – William McKendree Carleton, American poet (d. 1912) November 4 – Vasudev Balwant Phadke, Indian revolutionary (d. 1883) November 10 – Sir John Thompson, 4th Prime Minister of Canada (d. 1894) November 13 – Marta Abreu, Cuban philanthropist (d. 1909) November 25 – José Maria de Eça de Queirós, Portuguese writer (d. 1900) December 9 – Joel Chandler Harris, American writer (d. 1908) December 24 – George I of Greece (d. 1913) Deaths January–June January 11 – Etheldred Benett, British geologist (b. 1776) January 24 – Emiliano Madriz, acting Supreme Director of Nicaragua (b. 1800) January 28 – Mary Ann Browne, British poet and writer of musical scores (b. 1812) February 13 – Henrik Steffens, Norwegian philosopher (b. 1773) February 22 – William Wellesley-Pole, 3rd Earl of Mornington, British politician (b. 1763) March – Nicolás Espinoza, Head of State of El Salvador (b. 1795) March 13 – Charles-Guillaume Étienne, French playwright (b. 1778) March 18 – Johnny Appleseed, American pioneer (b. 1774) April 10 – Dr. Thomas Sewall, American anatomist (b. 1786) April 20 – Seku Amadu, founder of the Fula Massina Empire (b. 1773) May 12 János Batsányi, Hungarian poet (b. 1763) August Wilhelm Schlegel, German poet, translator and critic (b. 1767) May 15 – Braulio Carrillo Colina, Costa Rican Head of State (b. 1800) June 4 – Lasse-Maja, notorious Swedish criminal (b. 1785) June 8 – Andrew Jackson, 7th President of the United States (b. 1767) July–December July 12 Friedrich Ludwig Persius, German architect (b. 1803) Henrik Wergeland, Norwegian writer (b. 1808) July 17 – Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1764) July 22 – Heinrich Graf von Bellegarde, Austrian field marshal, statesman (b. 1756) August 3 – Charlotte Ann Fillebrown Jerauld, American poet and story writer (b. 1820) August 23 – Rafael Urdaneta, hero of the Latin American War of Independence (b. 1788) October 12 – Elizabeth Fry, British humanitarian (b. 1780) October 18 – Jacques Dominique, comte de Cassini, French astronomer (b. 1748) October 26 – Lady Nairne, Scottish songwriter (b. 1766) November 17 – Sir Salusbury Pryce Humphreys, British admiral (b. 1778) November 18 – King Aleamotuʻa of Tonga (b. 1738) Date unknown Wazir Akbar Khan, Afghan prince and general