Editing 1754 (section)

== Births ==
* [[January 15]]
** [[Richard Martin (Irish politician)|Richard Martin]], Irish founder of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (d. [[1834]])
** [[Jacques Pierre Brissot]], French politician (d. [[1795]])
* [[January 30]] &ndash; [[John Lansing Jr.]], American statesman (disappeared [[1829]])
* [[February 2]] &ndash; [[Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord]], French politician (d. [[1838]])<ref>{{cite book | last = Dwyer | first = Philip | title = Charles-Maurice de Talleyrand, 1754-1838 : a bibliography | publisher = Greenwood Press | location = Westport, Conn | year = 1996 | isbn = 9780313293542 | page=25 | language=en}}</ref>
* [[February 6]] &ndash; [[Andrew Fuller]], Particular Baptist Theologian and minister (d. [[1815]])
* [[February 17]] &ndash; [[Nicolas Baudin]], French explorer (d. [[1803]])
* [[March 4]] &ndash; [[Benjamin Waterhouse]], American physician, medical professor ([[smallpox]] [[vaccine]] [[wikt:pioneer|pioneer]]) (d. [[1846]])
* [[March 17]] &ndash; [[Madame Roland]] (Jeanne Marie Manon Philipon), French politician (d. [[1793]])
* [[March 23]] &ndash; Baron [[Jurij Vega]], Slovenian mathematician, physicist and artillery officer (d. [[1802]])
* [[April 6]] &ndash; [[Frédéric-César de La Harpe]], Swiss politician and revolutionary
[[File:Frédéric-César de La Harpe by Pajou.jpg|thumb|110px|right|[[Frédéric-César de La Harpe]]]]
* [[May 23]] &ndash; [[William Drennan]], Irish physician, poet and radical politician (d. [[1820]])
* [[May 31]] &ndash; [[Catherine-Dominique de Pérignon]], [[Marshal of France]] (d. [[1818]])
* [[June 4]] &ndash; [[Franz Xaver von Zach]], German scientific editor and astronomer (d. [[1832]])
* [[June 18]] &ndash; [[Anna Maria Lenngren]], Swedish poet, feminist and cultural figure (d. [[1817]])
* [[July 11]] &ndash; [[Thomas Bowdler]], English physician (d. [[1825]])
* [[August 9]] &ndash; [[Pierre Charles L'Enfant]], French architect (d. [[1825]])
* [[August 18]] &ndash; [[François, marquis de Chasseloup-Laubat]], French general (d. [[1833]])
* [[August 21]] &ndash; [[William Murdoch]], Scottish inventor (d. [[1839]])
[[File:Antoine-François Callet - Louis XVI, roi de France et de Navarre (1754-1793), revêtu du grand costume royal en 1779 - Google Art Project.jpg|thumb|110px|right|[[Louis XVI of France]]]]
* [[August 23]] &ndash; [[Louis XVI of France]], last king of France before the Revolution (d. [[1793]])<ref>{{cite book | last = Jones | first = Colin | title = The Longman companion to the French revolution | publisher = Routledge | location = Oxfordshire, England New York | year = 2013 | isbn = 9781317870807 | page=76}}</ref>
* [[September 9]] &ndash; [[William Bligh]], British sailor (d. 1817)
* [[September 20]] &ndash; Emperor [[Paul I of Russia]] (d. [[1801]])
* [[September 26]] &ndash; [[Joseph Proust]], French chemist (d. [[1826]])
* [[October 9]] &ndash; [[Jean-Baptiste Regnault]], French painter (d. [[1829]]) 
* [[October 20]] – [[James Hillhouse]], American politician and congressman from [[Connecticut]], 1791 until 1810 (d. [[1832]]) 
* [[October 28]] &ndash; [[John Laurens]], American soldier (d. [[1782]])
* [[November 19]] &ndash; [[Pedro Romero]], Spanish [[torero]] (d. [[1839]])
* [[December 7]] &ndash; [[Jack Jouett]], American politician (d. [[1822]])
* [[December 9]] &ndash; [[Étienne Ozi]], French composer (d. [[1813]])
* [[December 15]] &ndash; [[Usman dan Fodio]], Nigerian Islamic theologian (d. [[1817]])
* [[December 24]] &ndash; [[George Crabbe]], English poet (d. [[1832]])<ref>{{cite book|author=George Crabbe|title=George Crabbe, 1754-1832, Bi-centenary Celebrations: The Seventh Aldeburgh Festival of Music and the Arts...12-20 June, 1954 : Exhibition of Works and Manuscripts Held at the Moot Hall, Aldeburgh|publisher=Festival Committee|year=1954|page=3 | language=en}}</ref>

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* [[Eve Frank]], Bulgarian religious leader (d. [[1816]])
* [[Richard Hancorn (Royal Navy officer)|Richard Hancorne]], British Royal Navy officer (d. [[1792]])