Editing 1798 (section)

=== May ===
* [[May 1]]
** [[Edward Joshua Cooper]], Landowner, politician and astronomer (d. [[1863]])
** [[William Ewart (British politician)|William Ewart]], British politician 1798–1869 (d. [[1869]])
** [[Prince Clemens of Saxony]], prince of Saxony (d. [[1822]])
** [[Henri de Tully]], French playwright, writer and librettist (d. [[1846]])
* [[May 2]]
** [[William Mercer Green]], American bishop, first Bishop of Mississippi (d. [[1887]])
** [[Atanasio de Urioste]], Bolivian merchant and magnate (d. [[1864]])
** [[Claude Verpilleux]], French engineer (d. [[1875]])
* [[May 3]]
** [[Thomas Dickens Arnold]], American politician (d. [[1870]])
** [[Célestin Guynemer de la Hailandière]], French-born bishop in the US (d. [[1882]])
** [[Frederik van Rappard]], Dutch politician (d. [[1862]])
** [[Rufus P. Spalding]], American politician (d. [[1886]])
* [[May 4]] – [[Charles Kanaʻina]], Hawaiian noble, father of King Lunalilo (d. [[1877]])
* [[May 5]] – [[Jonathan Edwards Ryland]], British writer (d. [[1866]])
* [[May 6]]
** [[Louis La Caze]], French physician and art collector (d. [[1869]])
** [[Adolphus Goldsmith]], Australian politician (d. [[1876]])
** [[Eyre Massey, 3rd Baron Clarina]], Anglo-Irish peer (d. [[1872]])
** [[Joseph Welland (architect)|Joseph Welland]], architect (d. [[1860]])
** [[Aleksander Zawadzki (naturalist)|Aleksander Zawadzki]], naturalist (d. [[1868]])
* [[May 7]] – [[Emil Wilhelm Krummacher]], German clergyman (d. [[1886]])
* [[May 8]]
** [[Sir William Hanham, 8th Baronet]], British Royal Navy officer (d. [[1877]])
** [[Joanna Belfrage Picken]], Scottish poet and teacher (d. [[1859]])
* [[May 10]]
** [[Patrick Gaines Goode]], American politician (d. [[1862]])
** [[Christodoulos Hatzipetros]], Greek military leader (d. [[1869]])
** [[John Forbes Royle]], British botanist (d. [[1858]])
** [[Asher Tyler]], American politician (d. [[1875]])
* [[May 11]] – [[Trinidad Guevara]], Uruguayan actor (d. [[1873]])
* [[May 12]]
** [[John Kearsley Mitchell]], American writer and physician (d. [[1858]])
** [[Alphonse Périn]], French painter (d. [[1874]])
* [[May 13]]
** [[John Broadwood (song collector)|John Broadwood]], English folk song collector (d. [[1864]])
** [[John Payne Elwes]], British politician (d. [[1849]])
* [[May 14]] – [[Julius Christopher Hammer]], Norwegian politician (d. [[1877]])
* [[May 15]]
** [[Delino Dexter Calvin]], Canadian politician (d. [[1884]])
** [[Ivan Pushchin]], Russian writer and judge (d. [[1859]])
* [[May 16]] – [[Ellis Lewis]], American judge (d. [[1871]])
* [[May 17]] – [[George Don]], Scottish botanist (d. [[1856]])
* [[May 18]]
** [[Ethan A. Hitchcock (general)|Ethan A. Hitchcock]], Union Army general (d. [[1870]])
** [[James Lowe (inventor)|James Lowe]], English inventor of a screw propeller (d. [[1866]])
** [[Firmin Marbeau]], French philanthropist (d. [[1875]])
** [[Anthelme Trimolet]], French painter (d. [[1866]])
* [[May 19]] – [[Dudley Ryder, 2nd Earl of Harrowby]], British politician (d. [[1882]])
* [[May 20]]
** [[Jean-Baptiste Chollet]], French singer (d. [[1892]])
** [[Theodor Amadeus Müller]], German musician (d. [[1846]])
* [[May 21]]
** [[Prosper Barbot]], French painter (d. [[1878]])
** [[Francis D'Arcy-Osborne, 7th Duke of Leeds]], British politician (d. [[1859]])
** [[Moses H. Kirby]], American politician in Ohio (d. [[1889]])
** [[Rufus Parks]], American politician (d. [[1878]])
* [[May 22]]
** [[Thomas Crook]], American politician (d. [[1879]])
** [[Alexander McDonnell (chess player)|Alexander McDonnell]], Irish chess master (d. [[1835]])
* [[May 24]] – [[Walker King (priest)|Walker King]], priest (d. [[1859]])
* [[May 25]] – [[Antoine-Olivier Berthelet]], businessman, philanthropist, politician in Lower Canada (d. [[1872]])
* [[May 27]]
** [[Édouard Monnais]], French journalist, theater director, playwright, librettist (d. [[1868]])
** [[John Walbanke-Childers]], politician (d. [[1886]])
* [[May 28]]
** [[Roland Bauchery]], French playwright and chansonnier (d. [[1863]])
** [[John Campbell (1798–1830)|John Campbell]], Scottish advocate and politician (d. [[1830]])
** [[Josef Dessauer]], Czech composer (d. [[1876]])
** [[Edward Hughes Ball Hughes]], English dandy (d. [[1863]])
** [[Alexander Workman]], Canadian politician (d. [[1891]])
* [[May 29]]
** [[Walter Forbes, 18th Lord Forbes]], British noble (d. [[1868]])
** [[Edward Nevil Macready]], British Army officer (d. [[1848]])
* [[May 31]] – [[Robert Nugent Dunbar]], British poet (d. [[1866]])