Editing 1768 (section)

== Births ==
[[File:Maria Edgeworth by John Downman 1807.jpg|thumb|right|110px|[[Maria Edgeworth]]]]
[[File:Joseph-Bonaparte.jpg|thumb|right|110px|[[Joseph Bonaparte]]]]
[[File:QueenCaroline1820.jpg|thumb|right|110px|[[Caroline of Brunswick]]]]
* [[January 1]] &ndash; [[Maria Edgeworth]], Irish novelist (d. [[1849]])
* [[January 7]] &ndash; [[Joseph Bonaparte]], King of Naples and Spain (d. [[1844]])<ref>{{cite web |title=Joseph Bonaparte {{!}} king of Spain and Naples |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Joseph-Bonaparte |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=25 March 2019 |language=en}}</ref>
* [[January 17]] &ndash; [[Smith Thompson]], American politician, [[Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States]] (d. [[1843]])
* [[January 28]] &ndash; King [[Frederick VI of Denmark]] (d. [[1839]])
* [[February 12]] &ndash; [[Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor]] (d. [[1835]])
* [[February 13]] &ndash; [[Édouard Mortier, Duke of Trévise]], French marshal (d. [[1835]])
* [[March]] &ndash; [[Tecumseh]], Native American ([[Shawnee]]) chief (d. [[1813]])
* [[March 21]] &ndash; [[Joseph Fourier]], French mathematician, physicist (d. [[1830]])
* [[March 22]] &ndash; [[Melesina Trench]], Irish born writer and socialite (d. [[1827]])
* [[May 3]] &ndash; [[Charles Tennant]], Scottish chemist, industrialist (d. [[1838]])
* [[May 17]] 
** [[Caroline of Brunswick]], queen of [[George IV of the United Kingdom]] (d. [[1821]])
** [[Henry Paget, 1st Marquess of Anglesey]], English general (d. [[1854]])
* [[June 9]] &ndash; [[Samuel Slater]], American industrialist (d. [[1835]])
* [[June 20]] &ndash; [[William Findlay (governor)|William Findlay]], American politician (d. [[1846]])
* [[June 24]] &ndash; [[Lazare Hoche]], French general (d. [[1797]])
* [[June 29]] &ndash; [[Vincenzo Dimech]], Maltese sculptor (d. [[1831]])
* [[July 4]] &ndash; [[Adam Karl August von Eschenmayer]], German philosopher (d. [[1852]])
* [[July 20]] &ndash; [[Praskovia Kovalyova-Zhemchugova]], Russian serf, actress and opera soprano (d. [[1803]]) 
* [[July 27]] &ndash; [[Charlotte Corday]], French murderer of [[Jean-Paul Marat]] (d. [[1793]])
* [[August 6]] &ndash; [[Jean-Baptiste Bessières]], French marshal (d. [[1813]])
* [[August 29]] &ndash; – [[John Fawcett (actor)|John Fawcett]], British actor (d. [[1837]])
* [[September 4]] &ndash; [[François-René de Chateaubriand]], French writer, diplomat (d. [[1848]])
* [[September 23]] &ndash; [[William Wallace (mathematician)|William Wallace]], Scottish Mathematician (d. [[1843]])
* [[September 28]] &ndash; [[Pauline Léon]], French feminist, radical (d. [[1838]]) 
* [[October 2]] &ndash; [[William Beresford, 1st Viscount Beresford]], British general and politician (d. [[1854]])
* [[October 6]] &ndash; [[Josef Madersperger]], Austrian tailor, inventor and [[sewing machine]] pioneer (d. [[1850]]) 
* [[October 31]] &ndash; [[María Isidra de Guzmán y de la Cerda]], Spanish scholar (b. [[1803]]) 
* [[File:Karađorđe Petrović, by Vladimir Borovikovsky, 1816.jpg|thumb|right|110px|[[Karađorđe]]]] [[November 3]] &ndash; [[Karađorđe|Karađorđe Petrović]], leader of the [[First Serbian Uprising]] against the [[Ottoman Empire]], founder of the [[Serbia]]n [[Karađorđević dynasty]] (d. [[1817]])
* [[November 18]] 
** [[Zacharias Werner]], German religious poet (d. [[1823]])
** [[José Marchena Ruiz de Cueto]], Spanish writer (d. [[1821]])
* [[November 21]] &ndash; [[Friedrich Schleiermacher]], German theologian (d. [[1834]])
* ''date unknown''  
** [[Marie-Jeanne de Lalande]], French [[astronomer]], mathematician (d. [[1832]])
** [[Wang Zhenyi (astronomer)|Wang Zhenyi]], Chinese astronomer
** [[María Remedios del Valle]], Argentine soldier and patriot  (d. [[1847]])
** [[Amelia Griffiths]], British phycologist  (d. [[1858]])
** [[William Thornhill (British Army officer)|William Thornhill]], British Army officer (d. [[1851]])