Peter Pixis, German pianist, composer (d. 1874) February 12 – Carl Reichenbach, German chemist (d. 1869) February 22 – Arthur Schopenhauer, German philosopher (d. 1860) March 10 – Joseph von Eichendorff, German poet (d. 1857) April 2 Francisco Balagtas, Filipino poet (d. 1862) Wilhelmine Reichard, first German woman balloonist (d. 1848) April 14 – David G. Burnet, President of the Republic of Texas (d. 1870) April 18 – Charlotte Murchison, Scottish geologist (d. 1869) May 10 – Augustin-Jean Fresnel, French engineer, physicist and inventor (d. 1827) May 16 – Friedrich Rückert, German poet, translator, and professor of Oriental languages (d. 1866) May 22 – William Grant Broughton, first Anglican bishop in Australia (d. 1853) June 8 – Charles A. Wickliffe, American politician, 14th Governor of Kentucky (d. 1869) June 21 – Princess Augusta of Bavaria, Duchess of Leuchtenberg (d. 1851) July 30 – Kisamor, Swedish natural healer (d. 1842) August 2 – Leopold Gmelin, German chemist (d. 1853) August 6 – Felix Slade, English lawyer, philanthropist and art collector (d. 1868) August 7 – Francis R. Shunk, American politician (d. 1848) August 16 – Luigi Ciacchi, Italian cardinal (d. 1865) September 12 – Alexander Campbell, Irish-born founder of the Disciples of Christ (d. 1866) September 15 – Gerard C. Brandon, American politician (d. 1850) September 12 – Charlotte von Siebold, German gynecologist (d. 1859) September 21 Geert Adriaans Boomgaard, Dutch citizen, first validated supercentenarian (d. 1899) Margaret Taylor, First Lady of the United States (d. 1852) September 22 Theodore Edward Hook, English author (d. 1841) Louis-Étienne Saint-Denis, Arab-French memoir writer and servant to Napoleon I (d. 1856) September 28 – Jakob Walter, German stonemason, soldier (d. 1864) October 9 – József Kossics, Hungarian-Slovene Catholic priest, writer, ethnologist (d. 1867) October 11 – Simon Sechter, Austrian music teacher (d. 1867) October 24 – Sarah Josepha Hale, American author (d. 1879) October 31 – David R. Porter, American politician (d. 1867) November 8 – Mihály Bertalanits, Hungarian Slovene (Prekmurje Slovene) poet, teacher (d. 1853) Date unknown Facundo Quiroga, Argentine federationalist (d. 1835) Ana Joaquina dos Santos e Silva, African businesswoman (d. 1859) Deaths January 14 – François Joseph Paul, marquis de Grasetilly, comte de Grasse, French admiral (b. 1722) January 31 – Charles Edward Stuart, claimant to the British throne (b. 1720) February 17 – Maurice Quentin de La Tour, French portrait painter (b. 1704) February 18 – John Whitehurst, English clockmaker,