of the Confederate States (d. 1889) June 13 – Patrice de MacMahon, Duke of Magenta, French general and politician, first president of the Third Republic (1875-1879) (d. 1893) June 16 – James Frederick Ferrier, Scottish metaphysical writer and philosopher (d. 1864) June 17 – Henrik Wergeland, Norwegian author (d. 1845) June 20 – Samson Raphael Hirsch, German rabbi (d. 1888) July–December July 9 – Alexander William Doniphan, American lawyer, military leader (d. 1887) July 16 – Daniel Wells Jr., American politician (d. 1902) September 7 – William Lindley, English sanitary engineer (d. 1900) September 9 – Wendela Hebbe, Swedish journalist (d. 1899) September 12 – August von Werder, Prussian general (d. 1887) September 15 – John Hutton Balfour, Scottish botanist (d. 1884) September 29 – Henry Bennett, American politician (d. 1868) October 6 – King Frederick VII of Denmark (d. 1863) October 20 – Karl Andree, German geographer (d. 1875) November 1 – John Taylor, American Mormon leader (d. 1887) November 2 – Jules Amédée Barbey d'Aurevilly, French writer (d. 1889) November 6 – Friedrich Julius Richelot, German mathematician (d. 1875) November 29 – William F. Johnston, American politician (d. 1872) December 29 – Andrew Johnson, 17th President of the United States (d. 1875) Deaths January–June January 4 – Prince Benedetto, Duke of Chablais, Italian general in the French Revolution (b. 1741) January 5 – Alexei Grigoryevich Orlov, Russian soldier and statesman (b. 1737) January 8 – William Linn, American President of Queen's College) (b. 1752) February 12 – Anna Maria Bennett, English novelist (b. 1750) February 14 – John Dickinson, American lawyer, governor of Delaware and Pennsylvania (b. 1732) March 3 – Johan Christian Fabricius, Danish zoologist (b. 1745) March 13 – King Christian VII of Denmark (b. 1749) May 18 – Elijah Craig, American minister, inventor (b. 1738) March 19 – John Redman (physician), American physician (b. 1722) May 28 – Richard Hurd, English bishop, writer (b. 1720) July–December September 3 – John Montgomery, American delegate to the Continental Congress (b. 1722) September 5 – John Home, Scottish writer (b. 1722) September 6 – Louis-Pierre Anquetil, French historian (b. 1723) September 13 – Saverio Bettinelli, Italian writer (b. 1718) September 17 – Benjamin Bourne, American politician (b. 1755) October 1 – Carl Gotthard Langhans, German architect (b. 1732) October 9 – John Claiborne, American politician (b. 1777) November 3 – Theophilus Lindsey, English theologian (b. 1723) November 10