Editing 1762 (section)

== Births ==
[[File:Johann Gottlieb Fichte.jpg|thumb|110px|[[Johann Gottlieb Fichte]]]]
[[File:George IV 1821 color.jpg|thumb|110px|[[George IV of the United Kingdom]]]]
[[File:Spencer PercevalCE.jpg|thumb|110px|[[Spencer Perceval]], British Prime Minister [[Assassination of Spencer Perceval|assassinated in 1812]].]]
* [[January 31]] &ndash; [[Molly Morgan]], British convict and settler in Australia (d. [[1835]])
* [[February 4]] &ndash; [[Johan Herman Schützercrantz]], Swedish admiral 
* [[February 17]] &ndash; [[John Cooke (Royal Navy officer)|John Cooke]], English captain (d. [[1805]])
* [[March 11]]  &ndash; [[Robert Gray (bishop of Bristol)|Robert Gray]], British bishop (d. [[1834]])
* [[March 22]] &ndash; [[William Robert Broughton]], British explorer (d. [[1821]])
* [[April 29]] &ndash; [[Jean-Baptiste Jourdan]], French marshal (d. [[1833]])
* [[May 6]] &ndash; [[William Hargood]], British admiral (d. [[1839]])
* [[May 19]] &ndash; [[Johann Gottlieb Fichte]], German philosopher (d. [[1814]])
* [[May 20]] &ndash; [[Eyre Coote (British Army officer, born 1762)|Eyre Coote]], Irish soldier and politician (d. [[1823]])
* [[May 22]] &ndash; [[Henry Bathurst, 3rd Earl Bathurst]], British politician (d. [[1834]])
* [[June 5]] &ndash; [[Bushrod Washington]], American politician and [[Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States]] (d. [[1829]])
* [[July 17]] &ndash; [[Alexander Macdonell (bishop of Kingston)|Alexander Macdonell]], Scottish bishop in Canada (d. [[1840]])
* [[August 12]]
** King [[George IV of the United Kingdom]] (d. [[1830]])
** [[Christoph Wilhelm Hufeland]], German physician (d. [[1836]])
* [[August 13]] &ndash; [[Théroigne de Méricourt]], French revolutionary (d. [[1817]])
* [[September 11]] &ndash; [[Joanna Baillie]], Scottish writer (d. [[1851]])
* [[October 1]] &ndash; [[Anton Bernolák]], Slovak linguist (d. [[1813]])
* [[October 9]] &ndash; [[Charles de Suremain]], French military and diplomat (d. [[1835]]) 
* [[October 12]] &ndash; [[Jan Willem Janssens]], [[Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies]] (d. [[1838]])
* [[October 16]] &ndash; [[Paul Hamilton (politician)|Paul Hamilton]], American politician (d. [[1816]])
* [[October 21]] 
** [[George Colman the Younger]], British playwright (d. [[1836]])
**  [[Herman Willem Daendels]], governor-general of the Dutch East Indies (d. [[1818]])
* [[October 23]] &ndash; [[Samuel Morey]], American inventor (d. [[1843]])
* [[October 30]] &ndash; [[André Chénier]], French writer (d. [[1794]])
* [[November 1]] &ndash; [[Spencer Perceval]], [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom]] (d. [[1812]])
* [[November 27]] &ndash; [[Sir Samuel Hood, 1st Baronet]], British admiral (d. [[1814]])
* November &ndash; [[Manuel Torres (diplomat)|Manuel Torres]], first Colombian ambassador to the United States (d. [[1822]])
* [[December 22]] &ndash; [[Dudley Ryder, 1st Earl of Harrowby]], British politician  (d. [[1847]])
* [[December 25]] &ndash; [[Michael Kelly (tenor)|Michael Kelly]], Irish composer and singer (d. [[1826]])

===Date unknown===
* [[Andrew Hay (British Army officer)|Andrew Hay]], British general  (d. [[1814]])
* [[Birgithe Kühle]], Norwegian journalist (d. [[1832]])
* [[Natalia Shelikhova]], Russian business person (d. [[1810]])