lawyer, politician, statesman of Illinois and Germany, Colonel of the U.S. Army (d. 1896) November 27 – Fanny Kemble, British-born American actress, writer (d. 1893) December 5 – Edmond Le Bœuf, French general, Marshal of France (d. 1888) December 24 – Kit Carson, American frontiersman (d. 1868) December 29 – William Ewart Gladstone, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1898) December 30 – Wilhelm von Tümpling, Prussian general (d. 1884) Date unknown Ștefan Golescu, 8th Prime Minister of Romania (d. 1874) Samuel Ajayi Crowther, 1st Black Anglican Bishop, pioneer linguist (d. 1891) Henry K. Hoff, American admiral (d. 1878) Esther Leach, English-Indian actress (d. 1843) Deaths January–June January 6 – Johann Augustus Eberhard, German theologian, philosopher (b. 1739) January 16 – John Moore, British general (killed in battle) (b. 1761) January 20 – Thomson J. Skinner, American politician (b. 1752) February 6 – Antoine Joseph Santerre, French general (b. 1752) February 20 – Richard Gough, English antiquary (b. 1735) February 25 – John Murray, 4th Earl of Dunmore (Lord Dunmore) March 7 – Johann Georg Albrechtsberger, Austrian composer (b. 1736) March 11 – Hannah Cowley, English dramatist and poet (b. 1743) March 18 – Karoline Kaulla, German banker (b. 1739) March 20 – Mary Bateman, English woman executed for murder, known as the Yorkshire Witch March 25 – Anna Seward, English writer (b. 1747) March 27 – Joseph-Marie Vien, French painter (b. 1716) April 6 Hardy Murfree, American soldier (b. 1752) Jean-Pierre Saint-Ours, Swiss artist (b. 1752) April 26 – Bernhard Schott, German music publisher (b. 1748) May 13 – Beilby Porteus, English bishop, abolitionist (b. 1731) May 17 – Leopold Auenbrugger, Austrian physician (b. 1722) May 24 – Charles Rainsford, British general (b. 1728) May 29 – Johannes von Müller, Swiss historian (b. 1752) May 31 Joseph Haydn, Austrian classical composer (b. 1732) Jean Lannes, French marshal (mortally wounded in battle (b. 1769) June 4 – Nicolai Abildgaard, Danish painter (b. 1743) June 8 – Thomas Paine, American revolutionary writer (b. 1737) June 15 – Sir George Baker, 1st Baronet, British physician (b. 1722) June 21 – Daniel Lambert, English gaol keeper and animal breeder, famous for his unusually large size (b. 1770) July–December July 6 – Antoine Charles Louis de Lasalle, French cavalry general (killed in battle) (b. 1775) July 22 – Jean Senebier, Swiss pastor, botanist (b. 1742) August 8 – Ueda Akinari, Japanese author, scholar