Wilhelmina Drucker, Dutch feminist (d. 1925) October October 1 – Annie Besant, English women's rights activist, writer and orator (d. 1933) October 2 – Paul von Hindenburg, German field marshal, President of Germany (d. 1934) October 13 Sir Arthur Dyke Acland, 13th Baronet, British politician (d. 1926) Maurice Bailloud, French general (d. 1921) October 14 – Wilgelm Vitgeft, Russian admiral (d. 1904) October 15 – Ralph Albert Blakelock, American romanticist painter (d. 1919) October 16 – Maria Pia of Savoy, Queen consort of Portugal (d. 1911) October 17 – Chiquinha Gonzaga, Brazilian composer (d. 1935) October 19 – Aurilla Furber, American author, editor, and activist (d. 1898) October 20 – Mifflin E. Bell, American architect (d. 1904) October 22 – Koos de la Rey, Boer general (d. 1914) October 30 Charlie Bassett, American sheriff (d. 1896) Thomas F. Porter, American politician, 32nd Mayor of Lynn, Massachusetts (d. 1927) November November 1 – Dame Emma Albani, Canadian operatic soprano (d. 1930) November 2 – Georges Sorel, French socialist philosopher (d. 1922) November 6 – Ugo Balzani, Italian historian (d. 1916) November 7 – Lotta Crabtree, American stage actress (d. 1924) November 8 Jean Casimir-Perier, 6th President of France (d. 1907) Bram Stoker, Irish author of the Gothic novel Dracula (d. 1912) November 26 – Dagmar of Denmark, empress of Tsar Alexander III of Russia (d. 1928) November 30 – Afonso Pena, Brazilian president (d. 1909) December December 1 – Agathe Backer-Grøndahl, Norwegian pianist, composer (d. 1907) December 9 – George Grossmith, English comic writer and performer (d. 1912) December 17 Émile Faguet, French writer, critic (d. 1916) Michel-Joseph Maunoury, French general during World War I (d. 1923) December 18 – Augusta Holmès, French composer (d. 1903) December 21 - John Chard, British Officer (d. 1897) December 29 – Alexis-Xyste Bernard, Canadian Catholic bishop (d. 1923) December 30 – John Peter Altgeld, American politician, 20th Governor of Illinois (d. 1902) Deaths January–June January 19 – Charles Bent, first Governor of New Mexico Territory (b. 1799) (assassinated) February 3 – Marie Duplessis, French courtesan (b. 1824) February 5 – Luis José de Orbegoso, Peruvian general and politician, 11th and 12th President of Peru (b. 1795) March 9 – Mary Anning, British paleontologist (b. 1799) March 3 – Charles Hatchett, English chemist (b. 1765) April 21 – Barbara Spooner Wilberforce, wife of British abolitionist William Wilberforce (b. 1777) April 30 – Archduke Charles of