April 26 – Maria Amalia of Naples and Sicily, Queen of France (d. 1866) July 3 – Pierre Berthier, French geologist (d. 1861) July 26 – John Field, Irish composer (d. 1837) August 10 – Vicente Guerrero, 2nd President of Mexico (d. 1831) September 16 – Daoguang Emperor, Chinese emperor (d. 1850) September 25 – Charles Maturin, Irish writer (d. 1824) October 9 – Lewis Cass, American military officer, politician, and statesman (d. 1866) October 27 – Nicolò Paganini, Italian violinist and composer (d. 1840) November 1 – F. J. Robinson, 1st Viscount Goderich, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1859) December 5 – Martin Van Buren, eighth President of the United States (d. 1862) December 23 – William Armstrong, American lawyer, civil servant, politician, and businessperson (d. 1865) Deaths January 2 – Johann Christian Bach, German composer (b. 1735) January 4 – Ange-Jacques Gabriel, French architect (b. 1698) January 18 – John Pringle, Scottish physician (b. 1707) January 30 – Vasily Dolgorukov-Krymsky, Russian general (b. 1722) February 9 – Giuseppe Luigi Assemani, Syrian orientalist (b. 1710) February 10 – Friedrich Christoph Oetinger, German theologian (b. 1702) March 1 – John A. Treutlen, Governor of Georgia (b. 1734) March 9 – Sava II Petrović-Njegoš, Metropolitan of Cetinje (b. 1702) March 17 – Daniel Bernoulli, Dutch-born mathematical physicist (b. 1700) April 7 – Taksin the Great, King of Siam (Thonburi Kingdom) (b. 1734) April 13 – Metastasio, Italian poet, librettist (b. 1698) April 17 – Baal Shem of London, British Kabbalist (b. 1708) April 22 – Josef Seger, Czech composer and organist (b. 1716) April 28 – William Talbot, 1st Earl Talbot, English politician (b. 1710) May 8 – Sebastião José de Carvalho e Melo, 1st Marquis of Pombal, Portuguese statesman (b. 1699) May 15 – Richard Wilson, British painter (b. 1714) May 16 – Daniel Solander, Swedish botanist (b. 1736) May 20 – William Emerson, English mathematician (b. 1701) May 22 – Princess Friederike of Hesse-Darmstadt (b. 1752) June 11 – William Crawford, American soldier and surveyor (burned at the stake by Native Americans) (b. 1732) June 18 – John Wood, the Younger, English architect (b. 1728) June 21 – Prince George William of Hesse-Darmstadt, German prince (b. 1722) July 1 – Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham, British statesman, 2-time Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1730) July 15 – Farinelli, Italian castrato (b. 1705) August 27