Editing 1796 (section)

=== May ===
* [[May 1]]
** [[Junius Brutus Booth]], English stage actor, father of [[Edwin Booth]] and [[John Wilkes Booth]] (d. [[1852]])
** [[Elial T. Foote]], American physician, politician, jurist and historian (d. [[1877]])
** [[Alexandru II Ghica]], Ruler of Wallachia (d. [[1862]])
** [[George Hussey Packe]], MP, army officer, chairman of the Great Northern Railway (d. [[1874]])
** [[Arabella Sullivan]], British author (d. [[1839]])
** [[Charles Cushing Wright]], American engraver and medalist (d. [[1857]])
* [[May 2]]
** [[Giuseppe Balducci (composer)|Giuseppe Balducci]], Italian composer (d. [[1845]])
** [[Colm de Bhailís]], Irish poet and songwriter (d. [[1906]])
** [[Joseph Brown (bishop)|Joseph Brown]], English Roman Catholic bishop (d. [[1880]])
** [[Mace Moulton]], American politician (d. [[1867]])
** [[John G. Palfrey]], American clergyman, historian and politician (d. [[1881]])
* [[May 3]] – [[Lewis Miller (folk artist)|Lewis Miller]], American artist (d. [[1882]])
* [[May 4]]
** [[Horace Mann]], American educator, abolitionist (d. [[1859]])
** [[William Pennington]], American politician (d. [[1862]])
** [[William H. Prescott]], American historian and Hispanist (d. [[1859]])
** [[Joseph Pannell Taylor]], Union United States Army general (d. [[1864]])
* [[May 5]]
** [[William Cormack]], Scottish-Canadian explorer (d. [[1868]])
** [[Robert Foulis (inventor)|Robert Foulis]], Canadian engineer (d. [[1866]])
** [[Charles W. Sandford]], American militia and artillery officer, lawyer and businessman (d. [[1878]])
* [[May 6]]
** [[Karl Heinrich Frotscher]], German classical philologist (d. [[1876]])
** [[Johann Adam Möhler]], German theologian (d. [[1838]])
* [[May 7]]
** [[Frances Catherine Barnard]], English writer, poet, playwright (d. [[1869]])
** [[Karl Heinrich Mertens]], German botanist and naturalist (d. [[1830]])
** [[George Upfold]], American Episcopal bishop (d. [[1872]])
* [[May 8]]
** [[Robert Fane]], British judge (d. [[1864]])
** [[John Pitt Kennedy]], British army officer (d. [[1879]])
** [[Jean-Baptiste Meilleur]], Canadian doctor, educator and political figure (d. [[1878]])
** [[François Mignet]], French historian and journalist (d. [[1884]])
* [[May 9]]
** [[George W. Bradford]], American politician, New York (d. [[1883]])
** [[Joseph Meyer (publisher)|Joseph Meyer]], German publisher (d. [[1856]])
** [[August Pauly]], German classical scholar (d. [[1845]])
** [[Lyman Wight]], Apostle in the Latter Day Saint movement (d. [[1858]])
* [[May 10]] – [[Ludwig Greiner]], Austrian businessman (d. [[1882]])
* [[May 12]]
** [[Frédéric-Auguste Demetz]], French penal reformer (d. [[1873]])
** [[Johann Baptist Isenring]], photographer (d. [[1860]])
** [[Hancock Lee Jackson]], American politician (d. [[1876]])
** [[James Ranald Martin]], Scottish surgeon in India (d. [[1874]])
** [[Franz Mone]], German historian (d. [[1871]])
* [[May 14]] – [[Samuel Jaudon]], American railroad executive (d. [[1874]])
* [[May 15]]
** [[John Bingle]], sailor, merchant and landholder (d. [[1882]])
** [[Esprit Blanche]], French psychiatrist (d. [[1852]])
** [[Charlotte Caroline Richardson]], British poet and writer (d. [[1854]])
** [[Johann Heinrich Richartz]], German merchant (d. [[1861]])
* [[May 16]] – [[Ambrose Poynter]], British architect (d. [[1886]])
* [[May 17]]
** [[William Hooker (cricketer)|William Hooker]], English cricketer (d. [[1867]])
** [[Franz von Schober]], Austrian poet and librettist (d. [[1882]])
* [[May 20]]
** [[Clément Bonnand]], Roman Catholic bishop (d. [[1861]])
** [[Abel Ingpen]], British entomologist (d. [[1854]])
* [[May 21]]
** [[Reverdy Johnson]], American politician (d. [[1876]])
** [[Benjamin Ogle Tayloe]], American diplomat (d. [[1868]])
* [[May 23]]
** [[Hiram P. Hunt]], American politician (d. [[1865]])
** [[Vince Stingl]], Hungarian-German porcelain manufacturer (d. [[1850]])
** [[Zadock Thompson]], American naturalist (d. [[1857]])
* [[May 24]]
** [[George Wilmot Bonner]], British wood-engraver (d. [[1836]])
** [[Étienne-Jules Ramey]], sculptor from France (d. [[1852]])
* [[May 25]]
** [[Hippolyte Auger]], French writer (d. [[1881]])
** [[Mendes Cohen]], was a Jewish American politician, traveler and businessman (d. [[1879]])
** [[James Langston]], British landowner and politician; (d. [[1863]])
* [[May 26]]
** [[Armand Joseph Bruat]], French admiral (d. [[1855]])
** [[Aloys II, Prince of Liechtenstein]] (d. [[1858]])
* [[May 27]]
** [[Henry Bidleman Bascom]], American bishop (d. [[1850]])
** [[William Ramsay (Royal Navy officer)|William Ramsay]], Scottish Royal Navy rear-admiral (d. [[1871]])
* [[May 28]]
** [[Fernando Baquedano]], Chilean politician and general (d. [[1862]])
** [[Joseph-Henri Léveillé]], French botanist (d. [[1870]])
** [[William Miller (engraver)|William Miller]], Scottish engraver and watercolorist (d. [[1882]])
* [[May 29]] – [[Jacob G. Davies]], American politician (d. [[1857]])
* [[May 30]]
** [[Frederick Charles Husenbeth]], English Catholic priest and writer (d. [[1872]])
** [[Olivier Voutier]], French naval officer (d. [[1877]])