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<h2 id="events">Events</h2> <h3>January–June</h3> <ul><li><a href="/facts/January/ucnblJ9m">January</a> – Central <a href="/facts/England/U9mE5bGL">England</a> records its coldest ever month, in the <a href="/facts/Central_England_temperature/w2ppUzn9">CET</a> records dating back to <a href="/facts/1659/HbnHxwS5">1659</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:1" href="#fn:1"><sup>1</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/facts/January_14/S2XKKdjo">January 14</a> – The <a href="/facts/University_of_North_Carolina_at_Chapel_Hill/Wrd3mBWz">University of North Carolina</a> opens to students at <a href="/facts/Chapel_Hill%2c_North_Carolina/EmMmaTFt">Chapel Hill</a>, becoming the first state university in the United States.</li> <li><a href="/facts/January_16/Ebfkf11A">January 16</a> – <a href="/facts/War_of_the_First_Coalition/JlLo1gdR">War of the First Coalition</a>: <a href="/facts/Low_Countries_theatre_of_the_War_of_the_First_Coalition/s1cCoeQx">Flanders campaign</a>: The French occupy <a href="/facts/Utrecht/49YgvgXJ">Utrecht</a>, <a href="/facts/Dutch_Republic/PlxBXbKF">Netherlands</a>.</li> <li><a href="/facts/January_18/3SBX5CoM">January 18</a> – <a href="/facts/Batavian_Revolution_in_Amsterdam/rNsUYbP9">Batavian Revolution in Amsterdam</a>: <a href="/facts/William_V%2c_Prince_of_Orange/4Rv4HWG5">William V, Prince of Orange</a>, <a href="/facts/Stadtholder/EJdVEj2H">Stadtholder</a> of the <a href="/facts/Dutch_Republic/PlxBXbKF">Dutch Republic</a> (Republic of the Seven United Netherlands), flees the country.</li> <li><a href="/facts/January_19/hsIjnw1V">January 19</a> – The <a href="/facts/Batavian_Republic/Wrn4rrRu">Batavian Republic</a> is proclaimed in Amsterdam, ending the <a href="/facts/Dutch_Republic/PlxBXbKF">Dutch Republic</a> (Republic of the Seven United Netherlands).</li> <li><a href="/facts/January_20/GcrSc1fb">January 20</a> – French troops enter <a href="/facts/Amsterdam/Xdd393bz">Amsterdam</a>.</li> <li><a href="/facts/January_23/2Hhq7rW0">January 23</a> – Flanders campaign: <a href="/facts/Capture_of_the_Dutch_fleet_at_Den_Helder/K5Mpnm6X">Capture of the Dutch fleet at Den Helder</a>: The Dutch fleet, frozen in Zuiderzee, is captured by the French 8th <a href="/facts/Hussar/bXcux6q2">Hussars</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:2" href="#fn:2"><sup>2</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/facts/February_7/CQCdJqUw">February 7</a> – The <a href="/facts/Eleventh_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution/s6r7L79e">Eleventh Amendment to the United States Constitution</a> is passed.</li> <li><a href="/facts/March/11oMY3Hn">March</a> – English <a href="/facts/Order_of_Saint_Benedict/wPDY4zrT">Benedictine</a> monks expelled from <a href="/facts/Douai/wddD1aob">Douai</a> are permitted to proceed to England.</li> <li><a href="/facts/March_13/DRSdLnfv">March 13</a>–<a href="/facts/March_14/psCU0ha1">14</a> – War of the First Coalition <a href="/facts/Battle_of_Genoa_(1795)/SX3XfNDh">Battle of Genoa</a>: The British and Neapolitan fleets are victorious over the French.</li> <li><a href="/facts/March_29/LJzA7vDp">March 29</a> – <a href="/facts/Ludwig_van_Beethoven/eusBgBkA">Ludwig van Beethoven</a> makes his public debut in Vienna performing his <a href="/facts/Piano_Concerto_No._2_(Beethoven)/DdHCPtYu">Second Piano Concerto</a> under the baton of his teacher <a href="/facts/Antonio_Salieri/smJ0uAMh">Antonio Salieri</a>.</li> <li><a href="/facts/April_5/M78bdVSy">April 5</a> – The <a href="/facts/Peace_of_Basel/uGay9fRg">Peace of Basel</a> is signed, between France and <a href="/facts/Prussia/fs1wEGrk">Prussia</a>.</li> <li><a href="/facts/April_7/RqhK5GY4">April 7</a> – The <a href="/facts/Metric_system/to24H0YK">metric system</a> is adopted in France.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:3" href="#fn:3"><sup>3</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/facts/April_8/9GbGXuDy">April 8</a> – <a href="/facts/George_IV/X2gworIu">George, Prince of Wales</a>, marries <a href="/facts/Caroline_of_Brunswick/Er5N40nG">Caroline of Brunswick</a>.</li> <li><a href="/facts/April_23/VCyKHdkg">April 23</a> <ul><li>Former <a href="/facts/Governor-General_of_India/NEzPygom">Governor-General of India</a> <a href="/facts/Warren_Hastings/QoNjxft1">Warren Hastings</a> is acquitted by the British <a href="/facts/House_of_Lords/ycQphmgj">House of Lords</a> of misconduct.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:4" href="#fn:4"><sup>4</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Sweden/u3qC7lyj">Sweden</a> becomes the first monarchy to recognize the <a href="/facts/French_First_Republic/GpRHNfcm">French Republic</a> - Swedish ambassador introduced into the French Convention.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:5" href="#fn:5"><sup>5</sup></a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/facts/May_1/eRu0VIw3">May 1</a> – <a href="/facts/Unification_of_Hawai%25E2%2580%2598i/3yITXI2h">Unification of Hawai‘i</a>: <a href="/facts/Battle_of_Nu%25CA%25BBuanu/Q4D0qpln">Battle of Nuʻuanu</a>: <a href="/facts/Kamehameha_I/3yITXI2h">Kamehameha I</a> of the Island of Hawaii defeats the <a href="/facts/Oahu/xgjwewcW">Oahuans</a>, solidifying his control of the major islands of the archipelago and officially founding the <a href="/facts/Kingdom_of_Hawaii/ULXWsM2m">Kingdom of Hawaii</a>.</li> <li><a href="/facts/May_31/GKIS7DQr">May 31</a> – <a href="/facts/French_Revolution/PIkDlrC0">French Revolution</a>: <a href="/facts/Revolutionary_Tribunal/JUgQVpSW">Revolutionary Tribunal</a> suppressed.</li> <li><a href="/facts/May/yzCWWNJa">May</a>–June – The <a href="/facts/Battle_of_Richmond_Hill/GyH1xcFU">Battle of Richmond Hill</a> is fought in the colony of <a href="/facts/Colony_of_New_South_Wales/1E3tJ03r">New South Wales</a>, between the <a href="/facts/Darug/QTQrRqyH">Darug</a> people and British colonial forces.</li> <li><a href="/facts/June_3/0xgJm0U3">June 3</a> – The <a href="/facts/Dialectic_and_Philanthropic_Societies/wmh7htjE">Dialectic and Philanthropic Societies</a> are founded at the <a href="/facts/University_of_North_Carolina_at_Chapel_Hill/Wrd3mBWz">University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:6" href="#fn:6"><sup>6</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/facts/June_5/9GEpftBB">June 5</a>–<a href="/facts/June_7/65d6SCTG">7</a> – The <a href="/facts/Copenhagen_Fire_of_1795/KT4Hsuvv">Copenhagen Fire of 1795</a>, starting in a naval warehouse, destroys 941 houses.</li> <li><a href="/facts/June_8/UR4fHNx5">June 8</a> – <a href="/facts/Louis_XVII/QVExqtmy">Louis XVII</a>, <a href="/facts/Dauphin_of_France/h60NBFdn">Prince Royal</a> and titular <a href="/facts/King_of_France/Ez6P7JwB">King of France</a>, dies in captivity in the <a href="/facts/Temple_(Paris)/TPjrE2ML">Temple (Paris)</a> and will be buried in an unmarked grave. The <a href="/facts/List_of_heirs_to_the_French_throne/yqRSBRw4">heir to the French throne</a>, his uncle <a href="/facts/Louis_XVIII/uftmsJ6U">Louis XVIII</a>, succeeds him as titular king (he will become the actual king on April 6, <a href="/facts/1814/j29hWtXH">1814</a>). On June 28, the French republican government announces the death, due to <a href="/facts/Mycobacterial_cervical_lymphadenitis/tIfI1qrD">mycobacterial cervical lymphadenitis</a> (many doubt the statement).</li> <li><a href="/facts/June_16/WtGcu88a">June 16</a>–<a href="/facts/June_17/1bFlHRf9">17</a> – <a href="/facts/War_of_the_First_Coalition/JlLo1gdR">War of the First Coalition</a>: <a href="/facts/Cornwallis%2527s_Retreat/TmWyRMW9">Cornwallis's Retreat</a> – A British <a href="/facts/Royal_Navy/Xdy8YCH7">Royal Navy</a> battle squadron commanded by <a href="/facts/William_Cornwallis/oFC8UwYg">William Cornwallis</a> fends off a numerically superior <a href="/facts/French_Navy/hL9F15Wk">French Navy</a> fleet, off the coast of <a href="/facts/Brittany/XvquwmIg">Brittany</a>.</li> <li><a href="/facts/June_24/aLzslkNw">June 24</a> – The United States Senate ratifies the <a href="/facts/Jay_Treaty/W9skFeRu">Jay Treaty</a> with Great Britain.</li> <li><a href="/facts/June_27/pqjuMm4M">June 27</a> – <a href="/facts/War_of_the_First_Coalition/JlLo1gdR">War of the First Coalition</a>: <ul><li>British forces land off <a href="/facts/Quiberon/I3BqlmJT">Quiberon</a> to aid the revolt in <a href="/facts/Brittany/XvquwmIg">Brittany</a>.</li> <li>French troops recapture <a href="/facts/St._Lucia/fEUDuRwb">St. Lucia</a>.</li></ul></li></ul> <h3>July–December</h3> <ul><li><a href="/facts/July_22/ELjSgYau">July 22</a> – The <a href="/facts/Peace_of_Basel/uGay9fRg">Second Treaty of Basel</a> is signed between the <a href="/facts/French_First_Republic/GpRHNfcm">French First Republic</a> and Spain, ending the <a href="/facts/War_of_the_Pyrenees/TeX8H7j2">War of the Pyrenees</a>. Spain cedes its half of the Caribbean island of <a href="/facts/Hispaniola/fPKbRTcD">Hispaniola</a> to France.</li> <li><a href="/facts/July_25/lXnpX5I5">July 25</a> – Construction of the <a href="/facts/Pontcysyllte_Aqueduct/zFYW8jzy">Pontcysyllte Aqueduct</a> in Wales begins.</li> <li><a href="/facts/August_3/9AcKoe0e">August 3</a> – The signing of the <a href="/facts/Treaty_of_Greenville/n7gg5FBd">Treaty of Greenville</a> puts an end to the <a href="/facts/Northwest_Indian_War/eAGrvRVM">Northwest Indian War</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:7" href="#fn:7"><sup>7</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/facts/August_14/9uA40VzY">August 14</a> – President Washington signs the <a href="/facts/Jay_Treaty/W9skFeRu">Jay Treaty</a> with Britain on behalf of the United States.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:8" href="#fn:8"><sup>8</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/facts/August_17/yVrQpPk6">August 17</a> – A large <a href="/facts/Cura%25C3%25A7ao_Slave_Revolt_of_1795/h9K9MsSh">slave rebellion</a> occurs in <a href="/facts/Cura%25C3%25A7ao/upV1jGtJ">Curaçao</a>, suppressed the following month.</li> <li><a href="/facts/August_22/h6zS4KCm">August 22</a> – <a href="/facts/French_Revolution/PIkDlrC0">French Revolution</a>: The <a href="/facts/Constitution_of_the_Year_III/3TdQYchX">Constitution of the Year III</a> is ratified by the <a href="/facts/National_Convention/uydJyJ4S">National Convention</a>.</li> <li><a href="/facts/August_25/U2BMVhpt">August 25</a> – British forces capture <a href="/facts/Trincomalee/umXBPT5c">Trincomalee</a>, <a href="/facts/Sri_Lanka/VtTBmysE">Ceylon</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:9" href="#fn:9"><sup>9</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/facts/August_28/dmEJKetF">August 28</a> – The <a href="/facts/Third_Treaty_of_Basel/uGay9fRg">Third Treaty of Basel</a> is signed, between the <a href="/facts/French_First_Republic/GpRHNfcm">French First Republic</a> and the <a href="/facts/Landgraviate_of_Hesse-Kassel/dLWoTKAx">Landgraviate of Hesse-Kassel</a>.</li> <li><a href="/facts/September_5/PSE8BQIk">September 5</a> – The United States signs a treaty with the <a href="/facts/Ottoman_Algeria/7NTmU9u8">Dey of Algiers</a>, ruled by Baba Hassan, pledging the payment of $23,000 a year tribute to prevent piracy against American ships.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:10" href="#fn:10"><sup>10</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/facts/September_11/EpcDsrjn">September 11</a> – <a href="/facts/Battle_of_Krtsanisi/vG24Fz6R">Battle of Krtsanisi</a>: The Persian emperor <a href="/facts/Agha_Mohammad_Khan_Qajar/2wI7yw3k">Agha Mohammad Khan Qajar</a> defeats the forces of <a href="/facts/Heraclius_II_of_Georgia/8bwybsq9">Heraclius II of Georgia</a>.</li> <li><a href="/facts/September_15/UeGjN5mu">September 15</a> – <a href="/facts/French_Revolutionary_Wars/S6nK1AT0">French Revolutionary Wars</a> – <a href="/facts/Invasion_of_the_Cape_Colony_(1795)/fAdVTrUW">Invasion of the Cape Colony</a>: British forces capture <a href="/facts/Cape_Town/tFrIG1gz">Cape Town</a> in the <a href="/facts/Dutch_Cape_Colony/F9wvTXpj">Dutch Cape Colony</a>, to use its strategic facilities against the French Navy.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:11" href="#fn:11"><sup>11</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/facts/September_21/M05hqK1K">September 21</a> – <a href="/facts/Battle_of_the_Diamond/qtRkEqMe">Battle of the Diamond</a>: Protestant forces defeat Catholic troops in <a href="/facts/Loughgall/jll2dbMY">Loughgall</a>, Ireland, leading to the foundation of the <a href="/facts/Orange_Order/yK7NbkXz">Orange Order</a>.</li> <li><a href="/facts/September_28/G8Tf1wmC">September 28</a> – The Alliance of St Petersburg is formed between Britain, Russia and Austria against France.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:12" href="#fn:12"><sup>12</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/facts/October_1/1S5rC5p7">October 1</a> – The <a href="/facts/Austrian_Netherlands/JIEJQoMy">Austrian Netherlands</a> is annexed to the <a href="/facts/French_First_Republic/GpRHNfcm">French Republic</a>, as the <i>Belgian departments</i>.</li> <li><a href="/facts/October_2/Mx6naLFK">October 2</a> – British forces capture the <a href="/facts/%25C3%258Ele_d%2527Yeu/yql8C3q4">Île d'Yeu</a> off the coast of <a href="/facts/Brittany/XvquwmIg">Brittany</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:13" href="#fn:13"><sup>13</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/facts/October_5/NRyybbNE">October 5</a> – <a href="/facts/13_Vend%25C3%25A9miaire/hoaqkXoQ">13 Vendémiaire</a>: Royalist riots in Paris are crushed by troops under <a href="/facts/Paul_Barras/u2Wy0k24">Paul Barras</a> and newly-reinstalled artillery officer <a href="/facts/Napoleon/8TKBIjPM">Napoleon Bonaparte</a>.</li> <li><a href="/facts/October_20/WhXdq8lt">October 20</a> – The United States signs a treaty with Spain, opening commerce along the Mississippi River to the Gulf of Mexico, and establishing boundaries between U.S. territory and Spanish Florida.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:14" href="#fn:14"><sup>14</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/facts/October_24/UqvFhsjm">October 24</a> – The <a href="/facts/Third_Partition_of_Poland/0nn4f577">Third Partition of Poland</a> is made, dividing the territory of the <a href="/facts/Polish%25E2%2580%2593Lithuanian_Commonwealth/Tt0zAlQD">Commonwealth of Poland</a> between the <a href="/facts/Habsburg_monarchy/ctwsV3TC">Habsburg monarchy</a>, <a href="/facts/Prussia/fs1wEGrk">Prussia</a> and the <a href="/facts/Russian_Empire/hg1g5SpV">Russian Empire</a>. On <a href="/facts/November_25/lFU8qMNA">November 25</a>, <a href="/facts/Stanis%25C5%2582aw_August_Poniatowski/mnFY9pwY">Stanisław August Poniatowski</a> formally <a href="/facts/Abdicate/ptcIGUdn">abdicates</a> as last <a href="/facts/King_of_Poland/UJR2BKPU">King of Poland</a>.</li> <li><a href="/facts/October_27/SD6UTgwY">October 27</a> – The United States and Spain sign the <a href="/facts/Treaty_of_Madrid_(1795)/eECtMxUn">Treaty of Madrid</a>, which establishes the boundaries between <a href="/facts/Spanish_colonization_of_the_Americas/xuhh924k">Spanish colonies</a> and the U.S.</li> <li><a href="/facts/November_2/oFnkNkjx">November 2</a> – <a href="/facts/French_Revolution/PIkDlrC0">French Revolution</a>: The <a href="/facts/French_Directory/wHeSvJdt">French Directory</a> takes power; the influence of the <a href="/facts/Sans-culottes/n34cW9q9">Sans-culottes</a> declines.</li> <li><a href="/facts/December_13/wHq3rj4U">December 13</a> – <a href="/facts/Wold_Cottage_meteorite/83SeSVds">Wold Cottage meteorite</a>: A <a href="/facts/Meteorite/NsmHlBlX">meteorite</a> falls at <a href="/facts/Wold_Newton%2c_East_Riding_of_Yorkshire/qNNqBvPs">Wold Newton</a>, a hamlet in <a href="/facts/Yorkshire/jE4s4LNG">Yorkshire</a> in England. This meteorite fall is subsequently used as a literary premise by <a href="/facts/Science_fiction/d9hE2Lwt">science fiction</a> writer <a href="/facts/Philip_Jos%25C3%25A9_Farmer/9EbnPkhQ">Philip José Farmer</a>, as the basis for the <a href="/facts/Wold_Newton_family/jGL6ffC5">Wold Newton family</a>.</li> <li><a href="/facts/December_28/otPRvgED">December 28</a> – Construction of Yonge Street, formerly recognized as the longest street in the world, begins in York, Upper Canada (modern-day Toronto).</li></ul> <h3>Undated</h3> <ul><li>The <a href="/facts/Hudson%2527s_Bay_Company/XARD4Iky">Hudson's Bay Company</a> trading post <a href="/facts/Fort_Edmonton/RK65ur1B">Fort Edmonton</a> is constructed; the city of <a href="/facts/Edmonton/ePFNJlBN">Edmonton</a>, Alberta, eventually grows from it.</li> <li>The British <a href="/facts/Royal_Navy/Xdy8YCH7">Royal Navy</a> makes the use of <a href="/facts/Lemon_juice/dYYzVCVq">lemon juice</a> mandatory, to prevent <a href="/facts/Scurvy/VEpTjUWM">scurvy</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:15" href="#fn:15"><sup>15</sup></a></li> <li>The harvest fails in <a href="/facts/Munich/Pr6zw2ev">Munich</a>.</li> <li>Daniel McGinnis discovers the supposed Money Pit on <a href="/facts/Oak_Island/fRD0Iejo">Oak Island</a>, <a href="/facts/Nova_Scotia/RcmIvd1A">Nova Scotia</a>. (according to one story)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Jim_Beam/BsN3WGBA">Jim Beam</a> is founded as Old Jake Beam Sour Mash.</li></ul> <h2 id="births">Births</h2> <ul><li><a href="/facts/January_6/HkWYfxYS">January 6</a> – <a href="/facts/Anselme_Payen/3wn9KwXD">Anselme Payen</a>, French chemist (d. <a href="/facts/1878/rnlYq7CQ">1878</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/January_18/3SBX5CoM">January 18</a> – <a href="/facts/Anna_Pavlovna_of_Russia/dCCnjLXa">Anna Pavlovna of Russia</a>, queen consort of the Netherlands (d. <a href="/facts/1865/mgwvLYKx">1865</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/January_26/BJQH5rxN">January 26</a> – <a href="/facts/Policarpa_Salavarrieta/mUjyIjGr">Policarpa Salavarrieta</a>, Colombian spy, revolutionary heroine working for the independence of Colombia (d. <a href="/facts/1817/0Qb5vfNS">1817</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/February_3/5zp8ahYw">February 3</a> – <a href="/facts/Antonio_Jos%25C3%25A9_de_Sucre/fbfr9mg1">Antonio José de Sucre</a>, <a href="/facts/Venezuela/eX1qnkln">Venezuelan</a> revolutionary leader, general and statesman (d. <a href="/facts/1830/d1TTztax">1830</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/February_4/6MnFnWYE">February 4</a> – <a href="/facts/Jakob_von_Hartmann/tnLYg8BR">Jakob von Hartmann</a>, Bavarian general (d. <a href="/facts/1873/CJ5Hegm0">1873</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/February_18/WmbangCr">February 18</a> – <a href="/facts/George_Peabody/rVwkpQU7">George Peabody</a>, American businessman and "father of modern philanthropy" (d. <a href="/facts/1869/E97RQYu9">1869</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/February_16/Bba5egQV">February 16</a> – <a href="/facts/Sarah_Ann_Gill/dyvw5Pdu">Sarah Ann Gill</a>, Barbadian national heroine (d. <a href="/facts/1866/BA0GQaok">1866</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/March_12/0dYB7LrQ">March 12</a> – <a href="/facts/William_Lyon_Mackenzie/BxscjfMr">William Lyon Mackenzie</a>, Scottish-born Canadian journalist, 1st Mayor of Toronto (d. <a href="/facts/1861/P8cx7fk5">1861</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/March_14/psCU0ha1">March 14</a> – <a href="/facts/Robert_Lucas_Pearsall/WDTgS2hM">Robert Lucas Pearsall</a>, English-born composer, sets "In dulce jubilo" (d. <a href="/facts/1856/vURzaXKl">1856</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/May_4/m5CrVBfW">May 4</a> – <a href="/facts/Annestine_Beyer/gLn2o1Cc">Annestine Beyer</a>, Danish reform pedagogue (d. <a href="/facts/1884/sMq3Cz3G">1884</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/May_19/XY34HCek">May 19</a> – <a href="/facts/Johns_Hopkins/DvdDT6TQ">Johns Hopkins</a>, American businessman and philanthropist (d. <a href="/facts/1873/CJ5Hegm0">1873</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/May_23/eCkKwrjg">May 23</a> – <a href="/facts/Charles_Barry/BLTxj72p">Charles Barry</a>, English architect (d. <a href="/facts/1860/4dczHW4c">1860</a>)<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:16" href="#fn:16"><sup>16</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/facts/June_11/8w4EmInf">June 11</a> – <a href="/facts/Sara_Torsslow/yqcEC7UE">Sara Torsslow</a>, Swedish actor (d. <a href="/facts/1859/MwtgVDVb">1859</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/June_13/1nU0k9gb">June 13</a> – <a href="/facts/Thomas_Arnold/IQLNwE5M">Thomas Arnold</a>, English school reformer (d. <a href="/facts/1842/K6paMgBm">1842</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/June_19/ogpFvf7S">June 19</a> – <a href="/facts/James_Braid_(surgeon)/1C339sNk">James Braid</a>, Scottish surgeon, hypnotism pioneer (d. <a href="/facts/1860/4dczHW4c">1860</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/June_21/fsEYpDER">June 21</a> – <a href="/facts/Jos%25C3%25A9_Mar%25C3%25ADa_Pinedo/RQ7DBdko">José María Pinedo</a>, Argentinian naval commander (d. <a href="/facts/1885/0f7HxjrW">1885</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/June_24/aLzslkNw">June 24</a> – <a href="/facts/Ernst_Heinrich_Weber/pNuhx71o">Ernst Heinrich Weber</a>, German physician, psychologist (d. <a href="/facts/1878/rnlYq7CQ">1878</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/July_5/dYIrCBFc">July 5</a> – <a href="/facts/Georg_Ernst_Ludwig_Hampe/mU4rJdak">Georg Ernst Ludwig Hampe</a>, German pharmacist, botanist and bryologist (d. <a href="/facts/1880/QApjL1dG">1880</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/July_7/k6IWlEDM">July 7</a> – <a href="/facts/Prince_Karl_Theodor_of_Bavaria/AYhQmJuq">Prince Karl Theodor of Bavaria</a>, Bavarian field marshal (d. <a href="/facts/1875/ggkhnYQX">1875</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/August_25/U2BMVhpt">August 25</a> – <a href="/facts/Luis_Jos%25C3%25A9_de_Orbegoso/IEKpXBqo">Luis José de Orbegoso</a>, Peruvian general and politician, 11th and 12th <a href="/facts/President_of_Peru/DcY26hUH">President of Peru</a> (d. <a href="/facts/1847/spoKRqqe">1847</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/August_27/WqlFNjvl">August 27</a> – <a href="/facts/Giorgio_Mitrovich/JJ6eFhmQ">Giorgio Mitrovich</a>, Maltese politician (d. <a href="/facts/1885/0f7HxjrW">1885</a>)<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:17" href="#fn:17"><sup>17</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/facts/September_1/Masvqhar">September 1</a> – <a href="/facts/James_Gordon_Bennett_Sr./ESXoTHrc">James Gordon Bennett</a>, American newspaper publisher (d. <a href="/facts/1872/CmLMQWn2">1872</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/September_6/RRFP6ywh">September 6</a> – <a href="/facts/Achille_Baraguey_d%2527Hilliers/x5Bh09AV">Achille Baraguey d'Hilliers</a>, <a href="/facts/Marshal_of_France/wPj5T63p">Marshal of France</a> (d. <a href="/facts/1878/rnlYq7CQ">1878</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/September_7/ylKjs7QG">September 7</a> – <a href="/facts/John_William_Polidori/VHU1PYql">John William Polidori</a>, English writer and physician (d. <a href="/facts/1821/5rq9kmS4">1821</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/September_16/YMWWCMmh">September 16</a> – <a href="/facts/Saverio_Mercadante/u3dYQCg5">Saverio Mercadante</a>, Italian composer (d. <a href="/facts/1870/gpkRncsy">1870</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/September_18/4BxhKt1x">September 18</a> – <a href="/facts/Kondraty_Ryleyev/7EhdFKsm">Kondraty Ryleyev</a>, Russian poet, Decembrist (d. <a href="/facts/1826/F7wxUTRB">1826</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/October_13/DBumjTCV">October 13</a> – <a href="/facts/James_McDowell/SAgSHogg">James McDowell</a>, American politician (d. <a href="/facts/1851/GeytjB5u">1851</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/October_15/aljFmUX6">October 15</a> – King <a href="/facts/Frederick_William_IV_of_Prussia/Euc9efpQ">Frederick William IV of Prussia</a> (d. <a href="/facts/1861/P8cx7fk5">1861</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/October_16/p5T0pKk1">October 16</a> – <a href="/facts/William_Buell_Sprague/P4d8H6Gr">William Buell Sprague</a>, American clergyman, author (d. <a href="/facts/1876/W5qGllpP">1876</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/October_26/fu1RczjD">October 26</a> – <a href="/facts/Nikolaos_Mantzaros/0PdttDwF">Nikolaos Mantzaros</a>, Greek composer (d. <a href="/facts/1872/CmLMQWn2">1872</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/October_31/unFJnkkY">October 31</a> – <a href="/facts/John_Keats/lImImXhl">John Keats</a>, English poet (d. <a href="/facts/1821/5rq9kmS4">1821</a>)<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:18" href="#fn:18"><sup>18</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/facts/November_2/oFnkNkjx">November 2</a> – <a href="/facts/James_K._Polk/XkKIQrgs">James K. Polk</a>, 11th <a href="/facts/President_of_the_United_States/oMsfmLb1">President of the United States</a> (d. <a href="/facts/1849/hRfIfMEN">1849</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/November_12/D8NnghM3">November 12</a> – <a href="/facts/Thaddeus_William_Harris/UxGJ4jzd">Thaddeus William Harris</a>, American naturalist (d. <a href="/facts/1856/vURzaXKl">1856</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/December_2/e3FzUoxF">December 2</a> – <a href="/facts/Guillermo_Miller/DBj6h9oU">Guillermo (William) Miller</a>, English-born military leader in Peru (d. <a href="/facts/1861/P8cx7fk5">1861</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/December_3/Lb7CXlcl">December 3</a> – <a href="/facts/Rowland_Hill/agk1vDG6">Rowland Hill</a>, English teacher, inventor and social reformer (d. <a href="/facts/1879/f5X2q52U">1879</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/December_4/VG2J0cjd">December 4</a> – <a href="/facts/Thomas_Carlyle/s6XMe1nk">Thomas Carlyle</a>, Scottish-born writer, historian (d. <a href="/facts/1881/s9tMgWvd">1881</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/December_10/XGs6d7Fl">December 10</a> – <a href="/facts/Matthias_W._Baldwin/vFtPr1Qx">Matthias W. Baldwin</a>, American locomotive manufacturer (d. <a href="/facts/1866/BA0GQaok">1866</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/December_21/MzKxmA6t">December 21</a> – <a href="/facts/Leopold_von_Ranke/LYWFHatd">Leopold von Ranke</a>, German historian (d. <a href="/facts/1886/Dq24GK25">1886</a>)</li> <li><i>date unknown</i> – <a href="/facts/Chief_Oshkosh/TIhxIVHE">Chief Oshkosh</a>, Menominee chief (d. <a href="/facts/1858/aj3BJQlx">1858</a>)</li></ul> <h2 id="deaths">Deaths</h2> <h3>January–March</h3> <ul><li><a href="/facts/January_3/fwnGfegG">January 3</a> – <a href="/facts/Josiah_Wedgwood/6ehNAJpI">Josiah Wedgwood</a>, English potter, entrepreneur (b. <a href="/facts/1730/AbMek8X8">1730</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/January_5/SELkhFAN">January 5</a> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Jacobo_Fitz-James_Stuart%2c_6th_Duke_of_Liria_and_J%25C3%25A9rica/8KERnUWl">Jacobo Fitz-James Stuart, 6th Duke of Liria and Jérica</a>, Spanish noble (b. <a href="/facts/1792/YszyqCQ7">1792</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Philipp_Gotthard_von_Schaffgotsch/HuvS8YLh">Philipp Gotthard von Schaffgotsch</a>, German Prince-Bishop (b. <a href="/facts/1716/KbnywUzp">1716</a>)</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/facts/January_10/9GMS7Pz5">January 10</a> – <a href="/facts/David_Blackburn_(Royal_Navy_officer)/R4Lu0MoA">David Blackburn</a>, British Royal Navy officer (b. <a href="/facts/1753/bGbo3dLQ">1753</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/January_19/hsIjnw1V">January 19</a> – <a href="/facts/Thomas_Balguy/zsq7I4IP">Thomas Balguy</a>, English churchman (b. <a href="/facts/1716/KbnywUzp">1716</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/January_21/5ftFHkfk">January 21</a> – <a href="/facts/Samuel_Wallis/LWmkHlSL">Samuel Wallis</a>, English navigator (b. <a href="/facts/1728/k80Wz7Hg">1728</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/January_22/bFz2ke95">January 22</a> – <a href="/facts/Richard_Clinton_(politician)/vowzEcmU">Richard Clinton</a>, officer in the Continental Army during the American Revolution (b. <a href="/facts/1741/FCajlXJh">1741</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/January_23/2Hhq7rW0">January 23</a> – <a href="/facts/John_Sullivan_(general)/eMtT7Rao">John Sullivan</a>, American general in the <a href="/facts/American_Revolutionary_War/8MxJNtcU">American Revolutionary War</a>, delegate in the <a href="/facts/Continental_Congress/Xbj5J20a">Continental Congress</a> (b. <a href="/facts/1740/bQAl4uPj">1740</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/January_25/ACbFavE2">January 25</a> – <a href="/facts/Morgan_Edwards/vQpCj2as">Morgan Edwards</a>, Welsh-born clergyman (b. <a href="/facts/1722/731CgNRm">1722</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/January_26/BJQH5rxN">January 26</a> – <a href="/facts/Johann_Christoph_Friedrich_Bach/nsKnIgK7">Johann Christoph Friedrich Bach</a>, German harpsichordist, composer (b. <a href="/facts/1732/JRsjpWsR">1732</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/February_3/5zp8ahYw">February 3</a> – <a href="/facts/Richard_Edwards_(Royal_Navy_officer%2c_died_1795)/sfJ4P7Mu">Richard Edwards</a>, British naval officer and colonial governor of Newfoundland (b. c. <a href="/facts/1715/M7XLh4kJ">1715</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/February_7/CQCdJqUw">February 7</a> – <a href="/facts/Antoine_Polier/sWsWIy0l">Antoine Polier</a>, Swiss adventurer (b. <a href="/facts/1741/FCajlXJh">1741</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/February_11/rUYRkVDa">February 11</a> – <a href="/facts/Carl_Michael_Bellman/wj4tlohz">Carl Michael Bellman</a>, Swedish poet (b. <a href="/facts/1740/bQAl4uPj">1740</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/February_14/CpNgqcq1">February 14</a> – <a href="/facts/Samuel_Cook_Silliman/fYtW263x">Samuel Cook Silliman</a>, member of the Connecticut House of Representatives from Norwalk (b. <a href="/facts/1741/FCajlXJh">1741</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/February_27/FlkwRkJG">February 27</a> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Tanikaze_Kajinosuke/jzkIjKwJ">Tanikaze Kajinosuke</a>, Japanese sumo wrestler (b. <a href="/facts/1750/AMwP0Emy">1750</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Richard_Clarke_(merchant)/oT9HLNma">Richard Clarke</a>, Massachusetts merchant (b. <a href="/facts/1711/zsN9jKm5">1711</a>)</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/facts/March_4/BsxaJumF">March 4</a> – <a href="/facts/John_Collins_(Continental_Congress)/PFGqo31P">John Collins</a>, 3rd Governor of Rhode Island (b. <a href="/facts/1717/ueVRpUth">1717</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/March_5/jfRKxINQ">March 5</a> – <a href="/facts/Josef_Reicha/LmU4tW15">Josef Reicha</a>, Czech cellist (b. <a href="/facts/1752/3unfPMfh">1752</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/March_9/t1F5wBxw">March 9</a> – <a href="/facts/John_Armstrong%2c_Sr./eUyXMdwj">John Armstrong, Sr.</a>, American civil engineer and major general during the Revolutionary War (b. <a href="/facts/1717/ueVRpUth">1717</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/March_15/PCeHmSjM">March 15</a> – <a href="/facts/Louisa_Catharina_Harkort/rnTc5n1p">Louisa Catharina Harkort</a>, German ironmaster (b. <a href="/facts/1718/W61n41e9">1718</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/March_18/d7wGqI5o">March 18</a> – <a href="/facts/Jonathan_Buck_(Bucksport)/zAu8gxjn">Jonathan Buck</a>, founder of Bucksport, Maine (b. <a href="/facts/1719/N82WwKaG">1719</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/March_21/5h4oCUn7">March 21</a> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Giovanni_Arduino_(geologist)/40wspMQ8">Giovanni Arduino</a>, Italian geologist (b. <a href="/facts/1714/VrVfJdsr">1714</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Honor%25C3%25A9_III%2c_Prince_of_Monaco/GIUBtK8H">Honoré III, Prince of Monaco</a> (b. <a href="/facts/1720/LHfeClCC">1720</a>)</li></ul></li></ul> <h3>April–June</h3> <ul><li><a href="/facts/April_1/Tvc7dV2L">April 1</a> – <a href="/facts/Charles_II_August%2c_Duke_of_Zweibr%25C3%25BCcken/paveul33">Charles II August, Duke of Zweibrücken</a> (b. <a href="/facts/1746/KBGoM1v9">1746</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/April_6/dHolSS8U">April 6</a> – <a href="/facts/George_Collier/MghJAzC7">George Collier</a>, British Royal Navy officer served during the Seven Years' War (b. <a href="/facts/1738/7b6oBAEU">1738</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/April_12/KAqu5oxB">April 12</a> – <a href="/facts/Johann_Kaspar_Basselet_von_La_Ros%25C3%25A9e/o263BRYI">Johann Kaspar Basselet von La Rosée</a>, Bavarian general (b. <a href="/facts/1710/0wQn6SKH">1710</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/April_30/lGmwclAH">April 30</a> – <a href="/facts/Jean-Jacques_Barth%25C3%25A9lemy/rT3ht9R8">Jean-Jacques Barthélemy</a>, French writer and numismatist (b. <a href="/facts/1716/KbnywUzp">1716</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/May_2/Jkr8fs6q">May 2</a> – <a href="/facts/Increase_Moseley/b4R4oaHy">Increase Moseley</a>, American politician (b. <a href="/facts/1712/bHgSdlsX">1712</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/May_6/blgxDDYV">May 6</a> – <a href="/facts/Pieter_Boddaert/J4d1lhg9">Pieter Boddaert</a>, Dutch physician and naturalist (b. <a href="/facts/1730/AbMek8X8">1730</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/May_7/Nq3amdo7">May 7</a> – <a href="/facts/Antoine_Quentin_Fouquier-Tinville/jaqHJKRT">Antoine Quentin Fouquier-Tinville</a>, French revolutionary leader (executed) (b. <a href="/facts/1746/KBGoM1v9">1746</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/May_11/z19Kbh13">May 11</a> – <a href="/facts/Joachim_Edler_von_Popper/070HhThU">Joachim Edler von Popper</a>, Austrian banker (b. <a href="/facts/1722/731CgNRm">1722</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/May_12/07PVkbMH">May 12</a> – <a href="/facts/Ezra_Stiles/GMmvrNDv">Ezra Stiles</a>, American academic, educator and author (b. <a href="/facts/1727/8b64XCj9">1727</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/May_17/G6EBDqfj">May 17</a> – <a href="/facts/Thomas_Pelham-Clinton%2c_3rd_Duke_of_Newcastle/LkcNqA6P">Thomas Pelham-Clinton, 3rd Duke of Newcastle</a>, British Army general (b. <a href="/facts/1752/3unfPMfh">1752</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/May_18/fgnkLFEh">May 18</a> – <a href="/facts/Robert_Rogers_(British_Army_officer)/DTIHDRjP">Robert Rogers</a>, British Army officer and American colonial frontiersman (b. <a href="/facts/1731/bUGM1QRD">1731</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/May_19/XY34HCek">May 19</a> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Josiah_Bartlett/MNuaovWz">Josiah Bartlett</a>, signer of the <a href="/facts/United_States_Declaration_of_Independence/UyTgzfpx">United States Declaration of Independence</a> (b. <a href="/facts/1729/quWJA1Tn">1729</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/James_Boswell/TzxQUGqv">James Boswell</a>, Scottish author (b. <a href="/facts/1740/bQAl4uPj">1740</a>)</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/facts/May_20/cs2G4cma">May 20</a> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Francesco_Paolo_Di_Blasi/QsKAU9cS">Francesco Paolo Di Blasi</a>, Sicilian jurist (b. <a href="/facts/1753/bGbo3dLQ">1753</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Louis_Eugene%2c_Duke_of_W%25C3%25BCrttemberg/qFsMRTz8">Louis Eugene, Duke of Württemberg</a>, third son of Duke Karl Alexander (b. <a href="/facts/1731/bUGM1QRD">1731</a>)</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/facts/May_27/TWP3cqDQ">May 27</a> – <a href="/facts/Thomas-Laurent_B%25C3%25A9dard/Dxho0tQt">Thomas-Laurent Bédard</a>, Canadian priest (b. <a href="/facts/1747/3lzY2C0l">1747</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/June_1/lazqCtU0">June 1</a> – <a href="/facts/Pierre-Joseph_Desault/7rbK3hxG">Pierre-Joseph Desault</a>, French anatomist and surgeon (b. <a href="/facts/1744/tcHCPwCe">1744</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/June_8/UR4fHNx5">June 8</a> – Titular King <a href="/facts/Louis_XVII/QVExqtmy">Louis XVII</a> of France (b. <a href="/facts/1785/tph2mh30">1785</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/June_13/1nU0k9gb">June 13</a> – <a href="/facts/Stephen_Popham/4L048J7H">Stephen Popham</a>, British politician and solicitor (b. <a href="/facts/1745/VpEW4Vby">1745</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/June_17/1bFlHRf9">June 17</a> – <a href="/facts/Gilbert_Romme/crMcjupY">Gilbert Romme</a>, French politician and mathematician (b. <a href="/facts/1750/AMwP0Emy">1750</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/June_18/q2teIc65">June 18</a> – <a href="/facts/Marie_Marguerite_Bih%25C3%25A9ron/sC0Az7hD">Marie Marguerite Bihéron</a>, French anatomist (b. <a href="/facts/1719/N82WwKaG">1719</a>)<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:19" href="#fn:19"><sup>19</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/facts/June_23/uWeRXBbG">June 23</a> – <a href="/facts/James_Craig_(architect)/WSaDt8uq">James Craig</a>, Scottish architect (b. <a href="/facts/1739/kSVcTVLa">1739</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/June_24/aLzslkNw">June 24</a> – <a href="/facts/William_Smellie_(encyclopedist)/of4c3E3x">William Smellie</a>, Scottish printer and encyclopedist (b. <a href="/facts/1740/bQAl4uPj">1740</a>)</li></ul> <h3>July–September</h3> <ul><li><a href="/facts/July_3/gKlJPhUd">July 3</a> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Louis-Georges_de_Br%25C3%25A9quigny/5Xon8KNH">Louis-Georges de Bréquigny</a>, French historian (b. <a href="/facts/1714/VrVfJdsr">1714</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Antonio_de_Ulloa/WjM8hMFK">Antonio de Ulloa</a>, Spanish general and governor of Louisiana (b. <a href="/facts/1716/KbnywUzp">1716</a>)</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/facts/July_9/Yp5pBkUI">July 9</a> – <a href="/facts/Henry_Seymour_Conway/0NPU4RrJ">Henry Seymour Conway</a>, British general and statesman (b. <a href="/facts/1721/bzVQ0YRI">1721</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/July_10/QI64koSa">July 10</a> – <a href="/facts/Omar_Ali_Saifuddin_I/FdcovWDB">Omar Ali Saifuddin I</a>, Sultan of Brunei since 1740 (b. <a href="/facts/1711/zsN9jKm5">1711</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/July_12/sxuDFs66">July 12</a> – <a href="/facts/Archduke_Alexander_Leopold_of_Austria/KGdEDzzx">Archduke Alexander Leopold of Austria</a> (b. <a href="/facts/1772/TA6mW9tB">1772</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/July_27/28SQ7d9b">July 27</a> – <a href="/facts/Louis_Gr%25C3%25A9goire_Deschamps_Destournelles/CGJu3njn">Louis Grégoire Deschamps Destournelles</a>, French politician (b. <a href="/facts/1744/tcHCPwCe">1744</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/July_28/IY2HE1aj">July 28</a> – <a href="/facts/Zebulon_Butler/cMKnwNue">Zebulon Butler</a>, American soldier and politician (b. <a href="/facts/1731/bUGM1QRD">1731</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/July_31/XlP9dbAo">July 31</a> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Bas%25C3%25ADlio_da_Gama/b1bcenjv">Basílio da Gama</a>, Portuguese poet and member of the Society of Jesus (b. <a href="/facts/1740/bQAl4uPj">1740</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Grigory_Shelikhov/4ldMroQL">Grigory Shelikhov</a>, Russian merchant (b. <a href="/facts/1747/3lzY2C0l">1747</a>)</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/facts/August_4/nsHHjgd7">August 4</a> – <a href="/facts/Timothy_Ruggles/7B8E0g0E">Timothy Ruggles</a>, American-born Tory politician (b. <a href="/facts/1711/zsN9jKm5">1711</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/August_5/0HFogU69">August 5</a> – <a href="/facts/William_Fleming_(governor)/W2zempyY">William Fleming</a>, Scottish-born physician and 3rd Governor of Virginia (b. <a href="/facts/1729/quWJA1Tn">1729</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/August_14/9uA40VzY">August 14</a> <ul><li><a href="/facts/George_Adams_(scientist%2c_died_1795)/lxPFrIKW">George Adams</a>, English optician and writer (b. <a href="/facts/1750/AMwP0Emy">1750</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Marianne_Ehrmann/hgyQGBD1">Marianne Ehrmann</a>, Swiss-born journalist and novelist (b. <a href="/facts/1755/qnLBCdHC">1755</a>)</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/facts/August_19/xAVwH4El">August 19</a> – <a href="/facts/Friedrich_Hartmann_Graf/kjWN6Xmm">Friedrich Hartmann Graf</a>, German flautist and composer (b. <a href="/facts/1727/8b64XCj9">1727</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/August_20/a2rr3sGH">August 20</a> – <a href="/facts/William_Jones_(Welsh_radical)/lRhuIRCk">William Jones</a>, Welsh radical and antiquary (b. <a href="/facts/1726/m2d34N6l">1726</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/August_23/VpTagc46">August 23</a> – <a href="/facts/William_Bradford_(Attorney_General)/jxMTWEXD">William Bradford</a>, American lawyer and judge (b. <a href="/facts/1755/qnLBCdHC">1755</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/August_26/7FX0ghhn">August 26</a> – <a href="/facts/Alessandro_Cagliostro/q9dFXklD">Alessandro Cagliostro</a>, Italian Freemason (b. <a href="/facts/1743/1Mm12P56">1743</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/August_31/FrIIMNR2">August 31</a> – <a href="/facts/Fran%25C3%25A7ois-Andr%25C3%25A9_Danican_Philidor/L4hwwIsA">François-André Danican Philidor</a>, French composer and chess player (b. <a href="/facts/1726/m2d34N6l">1726</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/September_3/HveWHyJI">September 3</a> – <a href="/facts/Benjamin_Beddome/KY4tgbU1">Benjamin Beddome</a>, English Baptist minister and hymnist (b. <a href="/facts/1717/ueVRpUth">1717</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/September_22/YtClwxAE">September 22</a> – <a href="/facts/Sayat-Nova/ugQ4YbXp">Sayat-Nova</a>, Armenian musician and poet (b. <a href="/facts/1712/bHgSdlsX">1712</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/September_30/ESdoV1cW">September 30</a> – <a href="/facts/George_Butt_(priest)/DXN5fKdd">George Butt</a>, English chaplain and poet (b. <a href="/facts/1741/FCajlXJh">1741</a>)</li></ul> <h3>October–December</h3> <ul><li><a href="/facts/October_8/8L9N9dls">October 8</a> – <a href="/facts/Andrew_Kippis/9csLBe0n">Andrew Kippis</a>, English nonconformist clergyman and biographer (b. <a href="/facts/1725/0XPz6VNk">1725</a>)<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:20" href="#fn:20"><sup>20</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/facts/October_10/hmYlL72H">October 10</a> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Samuel_Fraunces/cwdJUKkC">Samuel Fraunces</a>, American restaurateur (b. <a href="/facts/1722/731CgNRm">1722</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Francesco_Antonio_Zaccaria/3XqNfx7h">Francesco Antonio Zaccaria</a>, Italian theologian and historian (b. <a href="/facts/1714/VrVfJdsr">1714</a>)</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/facts/October_13/DBumjTCV">October 13</a> <ul><li><a href="/facts/William_Prescott/mzPjRRFo">William Prescott</a>, American colonel during the Revolutionary War (b. <a href="/facts/1726/m2d34N6l">1726</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Muhammad_Ali_Khan_Wallajah/4qAA6aSd">Muhammad Ali Khan Wallajah</a>, Nawab of Arcot in India (b. <a href="/facts/1717/ueVRpUth">1717</a>)</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/facts/October_27/SD6UTgwY">October 27</a> – <a href="/facts/Madhavrao_II/n5PlAC0b">Madhavrao II</a>, Peshwa of the Maratha Empire in India (b. <a href="/facts/1774/KBzhWkgq">1774</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/November_3/dfF9YPTm">November 3</a> – <a href="/facts/Sir_John_Hotham%2c_9th_Baronet/cmkl3YXH">Sir John Hotham, 9th Baronet</a>, English clergyman (b. <a href="/facts/1734/3dVMT7po">1734</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/November_6/NceNKCec">November 6</a> – <a href="/facts/Ji%25C5%2599%25C3%25AD_Anton%25C3%25ADn_Benda/YaadejGS">Jiří Antonín Benda</a>, Bohemian composer (b. <a href="/facts/1722/731CgNRm">1722</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/November_11/wUfLGUtc">November 11</a> – <a href="/facts/George_Dixon_(Royal_Navy_officer)/2Ajy9ofa">George Dixon</a>, British Royal Navy officer (b. <a href="/facts/1748/v3WSsf4w">1748</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/November_15/5XjT5ocg">November 15</a> – <a href="/facts/Charles-Am%25C3%25A9d%25C3%25A9e-Philippe_van_Loo/YLaYgtog">Charles-Amédée-Philippe van Loo</a>, French painter (b. <a href="/facts/1719/N82WwKaG">1719</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/November_17/aoj9k4og">November 17</a> – <a href="/facts/Samuel_Bishop/SlFWrr2h">Samuel Bishop</a>, English poet (b. <a href="/facts/1731/bUGM1QRD">1731</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/November_18/ahlTnDHt">November 18</a> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Antonio_Cavallucci/2nN5RjBC">Antonio Cavallucci</a>, Italian painter (b. <a href="/facts/1752/3unfPMfh">1752</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Jan_August_Cichocki/dfMw9SuT">Jan August Cichocki</a>, Polish general (b. <a href="/facts/1750/AMwP0Emy">1750</a>)</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/facts/December_4/VG2J0cjd">December 4</a> – <a href="/facts/Prince_Eugene_of_Saxe-Hildburghausen/F25FygG7">Prince Eugene of Saxe-Hildburghausen</a> (b. <a href="/facts/1730/AbMek8X8">1730</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/December_10/XGs6d7Fl">December 10</a> – <a href="/facts/John_Johnstone_(East_India_Company)/e7XpYrAF">John Johnstone</a>, Scottish nabob with the East India Company (b. <a href="/facts/1734/3dVMT7po">1734</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/December_23/FRYjWUUS">December 23</a> – <a href="/facts/Henry_Clinton_(British_Army_officer%2c_born_1730)/7xGVzqo1">Henry Clinton</a>, British general (b. <a href="/facts/1730/AbMek8X8">1730</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/December_26/lt6JQINt">December 26</a> – <a href="/facts/Antonio_Zucchi/aUEmRp7y">Antonio Zucchi</a>, Italian painter (b. <a href="/facts/1726/m2d34N6l">1726</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/December_28/otPRvgED">December 28</a> – <a href="/facts/Eugenio_Espejo/NlQ0gLtF">Eugenio Espejo</a>, Ecuadorian scientist (b. <a href="/facts/1747/3lzY2C0l">1747</a>)</li></ul> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>"How British people weathered exceptionally cold winters". 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