French entomologist, ornithologist (d. 1880) March 3 – Gotthilf Hagen, German civil engineer who made important contributions to fluid dynamics (d. 1884) March 5 Friedrich von Gerolt, Prussian Privy Councillor, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary in the United States (d. 1879) James Rider, American politician from New York (d. 1876) March 6 – Gerrit Smith, American social reformer (d. 1874) March 7 – Édouard Thibaudeau, Lower Canadian lawyer, political figure (d. 1836) March 10 Henry Acton, English Unitarian minister (d. 1843) Selah R. Hobbie, United States Representative from New York (d. 1854) Henry Liddell, 1st Earl of Ravensworth, British peer, Member of Parliament for several constituencies (d. 1878) George Julius Poulett Scrope, English geologist, political economist and magistrate (d. 1876) March 12 – Benjamin Caesar, English professional cricketer who played first-class cricket (1824-1830) (d. 1867) March 13 Eleazer Parmly, American dentist in New York City (d. 1874) Charles de Rémusat, French politician and writer (d. 1875) George Bacon Wood, American physician (d. 1879) March 15 – Benjamin Guérard, French librarian, historian (d. 1854) March 16 Lavinia Ryves, British woman claiming to be a member of the British royal family (d. 1871) Alaric Alexander Watts, British poet, journalist (d. 1864) March 17 Andrew Fernando Holmes, Canadian physician (d. 1860) Johann Adam Pupikofer, Swiss historian, curator of the Thurgau cantonal archive in Frauenfeld (d. 1882) March 18 – Michel Goudchaux, French banker, politician who was twice Minister of Finance during the French Second Republic (d. 1862) March 19 John Braithwaite, English engineer, inventor of the first steam fire engine (d. 1870) Addison Gardiner, American lawyer and politician, Chief Judge of the New York Court of Appeals (1854-1855) (d. 1883) March 20 – John Roberton, Scottish physician, social reformer (d. 1876) March 21 – Johann Andreas Wagner, German palaeontologist (d. 1861) March 22 Eduard Gans, German jurist (d. 1839) Emperor Wilhelm I of Germany (d. 1888) Jean-Bernard Rousseau, French Roman Catholic professed religious of the Institute of the Brothers of the Christian Schools (d. 1867) Józef Zaliwski, Polish independence activist (d. 1855) March 23 – Ernest Edgcumbe, 3rd Earl of Mount Edgcumbe, English politician (d. 1861) March 24 Abraham Hoagland, early American Mormon leader (d. 1872) Thomas B. Jackson, United States Representative from New York (d. 1881) Sackville Lane-Fox, British Conservative Party politician (d. 1874) Antonio Rosmini-Serbati, Italian Catholic priest, philosopher (d. 1855) March 25 Auguste-Arthur, Comte de Beugnot, French historian, statesman (d.