1923) November 10 – José Maria de Yermo y Parres, Mexican Roman Catholic priest and saint (d. 1904) November 13 – Klemens Bachleda, Polish Tatra guide and mountain rescuer (d. 1910) November 16 – William Elbridge Sewell, American naval officer, Governor of Guam (d. 1904) November 27 – Friedrich Sixt von Armin, German general (d. 1936) December 10 – Melvil Dewey, American librarian, inventor of Dewey Decimal Classification (d. 1931) December 20 – Dora Montefiore, English suffragist, socialist (d. 1933) December 24 – Noël Édouard, vicomte de Curières de Castelnau, French general (d. 1944) December 30 – Asa Griggs Candler, American businessman, politician (d. 1929) Date unknown Stefania Wolicka, Polish historian Deaths January–June January 10 – Karl Freiherr von Müffling, Prussian field marshal (b. 1775) January 19 – Esteban Echeverría, Argentine poet, writer (b. 1805) January 21 – Albert Lortzing, German composer (b. 1801) January 23 – Archibald Primrose, Lord Dalmeny, Scottish politician (b. 1809) January 27 – John James Audubon, French-American naturalist, illustrator (b. 1785) January 31 – David Spangler Kaufman, Congressman from Texas (b. 1813) February 1 – Mary Shelley, English author (b. 1797) February 3 – Benjamin Williams Crowninshield, Congressman from Massachusetts, secretary of U.S. Navy (b. 1772) February 18 – Carl Gustav Jacob Jacobi, German mathematician (b. 1804) February 23 – Joanna Baillie, Scottish poet, dramatist (b. 1762) February 28 – Guillaume Dode de la Brunerie, Marshal of France (b. 1775) March 4 - Henry Smith, Texas governor (b. 1788) March 9 – Hans Christian Ørsted, Danish scientist (b. 1777) April 2 – Nangklao (Rama III), King of Siam (Thailand) (b. 1788) April 15 – Andrés Quintana Roo, Mexican politician and lawyer, husband of Leona Vicario (b. 1787) April 25 – Mor Sæther, Norwegian herbalist (b. 1793) May 13 – Princess Augusta of Bavaria, Duchess of Leuchtenberg (b. 1788) May 14 – Manuel Gómez Pedraza, 6th President of Mexico, 1832-1833 (b. 1789) May 22 – Mordecai Manuel Noah, American writer, journalist (b. 1785) June 9 – John Brown Russwurm, Americo-Liberian journalist and governor of the African Republic of Maryland (b. 1799) June 10 – Robert Dundas, 2nd Viscount Melville, British politician (b. 1771) July–December July 10 – Louis Daguerre, French artist, chemist (b. 1787) July 17 – Roger Sheaffe, British general (b. 1763) August 8 – James Broadwood, English piano manufacturer (b. 1772) August 24 – James McDowell, American politician (b. 1795) September 10 – Thomas