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== Births ==
* [[January 20]] &ndash; [[Angélique Brûlon]], French soldier, first female Knight of the French Legion of Honour (d. [[1859]]) 
* [[January 30]] &ndash; [[Godfrey Higgins]], British archaeologist (d. [[1833]])
* [[February 24]] &ndash; [[William H. Crawford]], American politician, judge (d. [[1834]])
* [[March 10]] &ndash; [[Friedrich von Schlegel]], German poet (d. [[1829]])
* [[March 15]] &ndash; [[József Ficzkó]], Burgenland Croatian writer (d. [[1843]])
* [[April 4]] &ndash; [[Nachman of Breslov]], Hasidic rabbi and founder of the Breslov Hasidic movement (d. [[1810]])
* [[April 5]] &ndash; [[Domenico Puccini]], Italian composer (d. [[1815]])
* [[April 7]] &ndash; [[Charles Fourier]], French philosopher (d. [[1837]])<ref>{{cite web |title=Charles Fourier {{!}} French philosopher |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Charles-Fourier |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=13 February 2021 |language=en}}</ref>
* [[April 18]] &ndash; [[David Ricardo]], British economist (d. [[1823]])
* [[April 30]] &ndash; [[Karl Gustav Himly]], German surgeon, ophthalmologist (d. [[1837]])
* [[May 2]] &ndash; [[Novalis]], German poet (d. [[1801]])
* [[May 20]] &ndash; [[Sir William Congreve, 2nd Baronet|William Congreve]], British rocket pioneer (d. [[1828]])
* [[May 22]] &ndash; [[Ram Mohan Roy]], Hindu religious and social reformer (d. [[1833]])
* [[June 7]] &ndash; [[Aurora Liljenroth]], Swedish scholar (d. [[1836]])
* [[July 11]] &ndash; [[John Rodgers (1772–1838)|John Rodgers]], American naval officer (d. [[1838]])
* [[August 2]] &ndash; [[Louis Antoine, Duke of Enghien]] (d. [[1804]])
* [[August 15]] &ndash; [[Johann Nepomuk Mälzel]], German inventor (d. [[1838]])
[[File:William I of the Netherlands.jpg|thumb|right|110px|[[William I of the Netherlands]]]]
* [[August 24]] &ndash; King [[William I of the Netherlands]] (d. [[1843]])
* [[September 27]] &ndash; [[Martha Jefferson Randolph]], Acting [[First Lady of the United States]] (1801-1809) (d. [[1836]])
* [[October 6]] &ndash; [[Anna Maria Rüttimann-Meyer von Schauensee]], politically active Swiss salonist (d. [[1856]]) 
[[File:SamuelTaylorColeridge.jpg|thumb|right|110px|[[Samuel Taylor Coleridge]]]]
* [[October 21]] &ndash; [[Samuel Taylor Coleridge]], English poet and philosopher (d. [[1834]])
* [[October 25]] &ndash; [[Géraud Duroc]], French general (d. [[1813]])
* [[November 5]] &ndash; [[Pierre Roch Jurien de La Gravière]], French admiral (d. [[1849]])
* [[November 8]] &ndash; [[William Wirt (Attorney General)|William Wirt]], 9th [[United States Attorney General]] (d. [[1834]])
* [[November 18]] &ndash; [[Prince Louis Ferdinand of Prussia (1772–1806)|Louis Ferdinand of Prussia]], German prince (d. [[1806]])
* ''date unknown''
** [[Thomas Noble (poet)|Thomas Noble]], English poet and translator (d. [[1837]])
** [[Tuanku Imam Bonjol]], Indonesian religious and military leader (d. [[1864]])
* ''approximate date''
** [[Charlotte Dacre]], English Gothic novelist (d. [[1825]])
** [[Lalon]], Bengali philosopher, Baul saint, mystic, songwriter, social reformer and thinker (d. [[1890]])