Franz von Gruithuisen, Bavarian physician and astronomer (d. 1852) March 20 – Alexandra Petrovna Golitsyna, maid of honour and historian (d. 1842) March 21 – George Scovell, British Army general (d. 1861) March 24 – Jean-Louis-Auguste Loiseleur-Deslongchamps, French botanist (d. 1849) March 25 Thomas Brand, 20th Baron Dacre, British politician (d. 1851) Thomas Spalding, American politician (d. 1851) March 28 – William Williams, British Member of Parliament (d. 1839) March 30 – Nathaniel Peabody, Boston (d. 1855) March 31 Enos Bronson, American writer (d. 1823) Karl Gottfried Erdmann, German author and botanist (d. 1835) April April 1 Gottfried Daniel Krummacher, German clergyman (d. 1837) Gustav von Rauch, Prussian general (d. 1841) Therese Rosenbaum, Austrian opera singer (d. 1837) April 5 – Thomas Potter, British politician (d. 1845) April 6 José de Córdoba y Rojas, Spanish admiral (d. 1810) Marmaduke Williams, American politician (d. 1850) April 7 Joseph Bailly, fur trader and pioneer from Canada (d. 1835) Robert William Elliston, British actor (d. 1831) Abner Kneeland, United States theologian (d. 1844) April 8 Kaspar Anton Karl van Beethoven, brother of Ludwig van Beethoven (d. 1815) Jean-Pierre Dellard, French general (d. 1832) James William Freshfield, English lawyer and founder of the law firm Freshfields (d. 1864) April 9 – John Stanly, American politician (d. 1834) April 11 Michele Carrascosa, Italian politician (d. 1853) Conrad Hinrich Donner, German banker and art collector (d. 1854) Lawrence Augustine Washington, Nephew of George Washington (d. 1824) April 12 Johann Baptist Krebs, German writer and director (d. 1851) Leffert Lefferts, the first President of the Long Island Bank, the first bank in Brooklyn, New York (d. 1847) April 13 – John W. Mulligan, attorney, U.S. Consul in Athens, Greece (d. 1862) April 15 – Sophie Thalbitzer, Danish writer (d. 1851) April 16 George Bennet, English missionary (d. 1841) Franz Hegi, Swiss artist (d. 1850) April 17 Friedrich Koenig, German printer (d. 1833) Robert Spankie, British politician, barrister (d. 1842) Václav Tomášek, Czech music educator and composer (d. 1850) April 18 Antonio Basoli, Italian painter (d. 1848) Madhavrao II, 12th Peshwa of Maratha Empire (d. 1795) Georg von Langsdorff, Russian-German scientist (d. 1852) April 19 – Friedrich Wilhelm Riemer, German writer (d. 1845) April 21 Jean-Louis Aumer, French ballet dancer and choreographer (d. 1833) Jean-Baptiste Biot, French physicist, astronomer and mathematician (d. 1862) Philibert Jean-Baptiste Curial, French general (d. 1829) April 23 – Francis Austen, British Royal Navy