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== Births ==
[[File:Fraunhofer 2.jpg|thumb|110px|right|[[Joseph von Fraunhofer]]]]
* [[January 1]] &ndash; [[Manuel José Arce]], Revolutionary General and first President of The [[Federal Republic of Central America]] (d. [[1847]])
* [[February 10]] &ndash; [[William Bradley (giant)|William Bradley]], Britain's tallest man ever at 7&nbsp;ft 9 in. (d. [[1820]])
* [[February 23]] – [[Emma Willard]], American educator (d. [[1870]])
* [[March 6]] &ndash; [[Joseph von Fraunhofer]], German optician (d. [[1826]])
* [[March 9]] &ndash; [[Josephine Kablick]], Czech botanist, paleontologist (d. [[1863]])
* [[March 10]] &ndash; [[Francisco de Paula Martínez de la Rosa y Berdejo]], Prime Minister of Spain (d. [[1862]])
* [[March 11]] &ndash; [[Ivan Nabokov]], Russian General (d. [[1852]])
* [[April 26]] &ndash; [[Ludwig Uhland]], German poet (d. [[1862]])<ref>{{Cite EB1911|wstitle=Uhland, Johann Ludwig}}</ref>
* [[May 25]] &ndash; [[José María Bocanegra]], 3rd President of Mexico (d. [[1862]])
* [[June 28]] &ndash; [[Sir Harry Smith, 1st Baronet|Sir Harry Smith]], English soldier, military commander (d. [[1860]])
* [[July 28]] &ndash; [[Pedro Vélez]], Mexican politician (d. [[1848]])
* [[August 21]] &ndash; [[John Owen (North Carolina politician)|John Owen]], 24th Governor of North Carolina (d. [[1841]])<ref>{{cite book|title=Governor John Owen Family Bible Records|url=https://digital.ncdcr.gov/Documents/Detail/governor-john-owen-family-bible-records/1348382?item=1348384|via=Digital Collections of the [[State Archives of North Carolina]] and the [[State Library of North Carolina]]}}</ref>
* [[August 24]] &ndash; [[James Weddell]], British sailor known for discovering the [[Weddell Sea]] (d. [[1834]]) 
* [[September 5]] &ndash; [[François Sulpice Beudant]], French mineralogist, geologist (d. [[1850]])
* [[October 4]], &ndash; [[François Guizot]], Prime Minister of France (d. [[1874]])
* [[November 4]] &ndash; [[Edmund Kean]], English actor (d. [[1833]])
* [[November 7]]
** [[Carl Carl]], Polish-born actor and theatre director (d. [[1854]])
** [[Vuk Stefanović Karadžić]], Serbian linguist, major reformer of the Serbian language (d. [[1864]])
[[File:Louis Daguerre 2.jpg|thumb|110px|right|[[Louis Daguerre]]]]
* [[November 18]] &ndash; [[Louis Daguerre]], French artist, chemist (d. [[1851]])
* [[November 21]] &ndash; [[Samuel Cunard]], Canadian business, prominent Nova Scotian, founder of the [[Cunard Line]] (d. [[1865]])
* [[November 25]] &ndash; [[Franz Xaver Gruber]], Austrian composer (d. [[1863]]) 
* [[December 10]] &ndash; [[Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet]], American educator (d. [[1851]])
* [[December 11]] &ndash; [[Macacha Güemes]], Argentine heroine (d. [[1866]])
* [[December 16]] &ndash; [[Mary Russell Mitford]], English novelist and dramatist (d. [[1855]])<ref>{{cite DNB |wstitle=Mitford, Mary Russell (DNB00)|last=Lee|first=Elizabeth |authorlink=|volume=38|p=84}}</ref>
* [[December 17]] &ndash; [[Jan Evangelista Purkyne]], Czech anatomist, botanist (d. [[1869]])

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* [[Juana Galán]], Spanish heroine (d. [[1812]])
* [[Shaka]], Zulu king (d. [[1828]])