1760

January 10

• Birth of Johann Rudolf Zumsteeg composer. [1]

January 19

• Birth of Melchor Lopez Jimenez composer. [1]

January 20

• Birth of Charles III king of Spain (1759-88). [1]

January 30

• Birth of Franz Xaver Partsch composer. [1]

February 12

• Birth of Jan Ladislav Dussek Bohemia, pianist/composer. [1]

February 14

• Birth of Richard Allen Philadelphia Pennsylvania, first black ordained by Methodist-Episcopal church. [1]

February 15

• Birth of Jean-François Le Sueur composer. [1]

March 2

• Birth of Camille Desmoulins France, journalist/pamphleteer/revolution leader. [1]

March 27

• Birth of Ishmail Spicer composer. [1]
• Birth of MJ Auguste Vestrius French ballet dancers. [1]

March 28

• Birth of Thomas Clarkson English abolitionist (Negro Emancipation). [1]

April 12

• Birth of Juan Manuel Olivares composer. [1]

May 10

• Birth of Claude-Joseph Rouget de Lisle soldier/author/composer (Marseillaise). [1]
• Birth of J P Hebel writer. [1]

October 1

• Birth of William Beckford British writer (Epsiodes of Vathek). [1]

December 2

• Birth of Joseph Graetz composer. [1]

December 18

• Birth of Knud L Rahbek Danish literary (Om sku skuespillerkunsten). [1]

1761

January 17

• Birth of James Hall Scotland, geologist. [1]

January 20

• Birth of Giovanni Domenico Perotti composer. [1]

January 23

• Birth of Friedrich von Matthison German poet (Adelaide). [1]

January 29

• Birth of Abraham AA "Albert" Gallatin Switzerland, US minister of Finance (1801-14). [1]

February 22

• Birth of Erik Eriksson Tulindberg composer. [1]
• Birth of Jacob Kimball composer. [1]

March 6

• Birth of Earl d'Andréossi French General/member of parliament. [1]

March 23

• Birth of John W de Winter Dutch Vice-Admiral (Battle at Kamperduin). [1]

April 20

• Birth of Johann Gottlieb Karl Spazier composer. [1]

May 13

• Birth of Adrian Loosjes Pzn publisher/writer (Mauritius Lijnslager). [1]

May 16

• Birth of John Opie artist. [1]

June 3

• Birth of Henry Scrapnel English inventor (shrapnel shell). [1]

November 20

• Birth of Pius VIII 253rd Roman Catholic pope (1829-30). [1]

December 7

• Birth of Madame [Marie Grosholtz] Tussaud created wax museum. [1]

December 22

• Birth of Dorothea Jordan Ireland, French comedic actress. [1]

December 24

• Birth of Selîm III poet/composer/sultan of Turkey (1789-1808). [1]

December 27

• Birth of Michael A Barclay de Tolly Scottish/Russian minister of War. [1]

1762

January 5

• Birth of Konstanze Weber in Zell, Austria (dies 1842); soprano, marries Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. [37]

January 20

• Birth of Jerome-Joseph de Momigny composer. [1]

January 21

• Birth of Giuseppe Antonio Silvani composer. [1]

January 23

• Birth of Christian A Vulpius Germany, writer (Rinaldo Rinaldini). [1]

February 19

• Birth of Friedrich Franz Hurka composer. [1]

March 7

• Birth of Sebastiaan C Nederburgh director-general (East Indies Company). [1]

March 24

• Birth of Marcos Antonio da Fonseca Portugal, opera composer (Portogallo). [1]

March 25

• Birth of Francesco Giuseppi Pollini composer. [1]

April 4

• Birth of Stephen Storace composer. [1]

April 13

• Birth of Johanna C Wattier-Ziesenis Dutch actress (Phaedra, Lady Macbeth). [1]
• Birth of Karl Friedrich Horn composer. [1]

April 14

• Birth of Giuseppe Valadier Italian architect/archaeologist. [1]

May 19

• Birth of Johann G Fichte German philosopher (Wissenschaftslehre). [1]

August 12

• Birth of George IV king of England (1820-30). [1]

November 1

• Birth of Spencer Perceval (Tory), British Prime Minister (1809-12). [1]

December 26

• Birth of Franz Wilhelm Tausch composer. [1]

1763

January 3

• Birth of Joseph Fesch French cardinal/war commission/earl/senator. [1]

January 20

• Birth of Theobald Wolfe Tone Irish patriot. [1]

January 26

• Birth of Charles XIV French marshall, king of Sweden and Norway (1818-44). [1]

January 29

• Birth of J G Seume writer. [1]

February 1

• Birth of Thomas Campbell founder (Church of Disciples in America). [1]

February 3

• Birth of Caroline von Wolzogen [von Lengefeld], German author. [1]

February 19

• Birth of Adalbert Gyrowetz composer. [1]

February 20

• Birth of Adalbert Gyrowetz composer. [1]

March 6

• Birth of Jean Xavier Lefevre composer. [1]

March 21

• Birth of Jean Paul writer. [1]

April 2

• Birth of Giacomo Gotifredo Ferrari composer. [1]

April 7

• Birth of Domenico Dragonetti composer. [1]

May 4

• Birth of Franz Stanislaus Spindler composer. [1]

May 7

• Birth of Josef Poniatovski Polish general/marshal of France. [1]

May 8

• Birth of John Goldberg Dutch patriot/statesman. [1]

May 16

• Birth of Louis-Nicolas Vauquelin chemist (discovered chromium, beryllium). [1]

June 23

• Birth of Joséphine Martinique, empress of France. [1]

June 26

• Birth of George Morland England, artist of rural landscapes. [1]

July 17

• Birth of John Jacob Astor in Germany; richest man in US, banker/fur trader (dies 1848). [1] [5]

July 31

• Birth of James Kent Fredericksburgh New York, legal scholar (Columbia). [1]

August 8

• Birth of Charles Bulfinch Boston Massachusetts, first US pro architect (Mass State House). [1]

December 23

• Birth of John Davy composer. [1]

December 25

• Birth of Claude Chappe French engineer (optical telegraph). [1]

December 28

• Birth of John Molson; founded Montréal brewery (Molson Canadian). [1] [5]

1764

January 1

• Birth of John Kinker Dutch linguist/philosopher/poet (Minderjarige Zangster). [1]

February 4

• Birth of Carel H Verhuell Dutch/French Vice-Admiral/minister of Navy. [1]

February 7

• Birth of Ann Radcliffe London, Gothic novelist (Mysteries of Udolpho). [1]

February 8

• Birth of Joseph Leopold von Eybler Austrian composer. [1]

February 11

• Birth of Marie-Joseph de Chénier French poet (Cajus Graechus). [1]

February 15

• Birth of Jens I Baggesen Danish writer/linguist (Danske V'rker). [1]

February 22

• Birth of Alexander Campbell composer. [1]

February 28

• Birth of Robert Haldane Scottish theologist/philanthropist. [1]

March 13

• Birth of Charles Earl Grey (Whig), British Prime Minister (1830-34). [1]

April 3

• Birth of John Abernethy London, surgeon. [1]

April 12

• Birth of Dirk van den Boetzelaer regent of Holland. [1]

April 18

• Birth of Bernhard Anselm Weber pianist/conductor/composer. [1]

May 1

• Birth of Benjamin Henry Latrobe engineer/architect (built Capitol). [1]
• Birth of Gottfried Rieger composer. [1]

May 3

• Birth of Elisabeth PMH princess of France/son of king Louis XVI. [1]

May 15

• Birth of Johann Nepomuk Kalcher composer. [1]

May 20

• Birth of J Gottfried Schadow German sculptor/cartoonist/lithographer. [1]

June 19

• Birth of José Gervasio Artigas general/father of Uruguay. [1]
• Birth of Sir John Barrow England, founded Royal Geographical Society. [1]

July 9

• Birth of Ann Ward Radcliffe English Gothic novelist (The Italian). [1]

December 10

• Birth of Louis-Sebastien Lebrun composer. [1]

December 22

• Birth of Barbara Juliane Krudener Latvia, mystic visionary renounced nobility. [1]

1765

March 4

• Birth of Charles Dibdin England, composer/author (Sea Songs)/actor (baptized). [1]

March 6

• Birth of Jan Kops Dutch agronomist/vicar. [1]

March 7

• Birth of Joseph N Niépce French inventor (photography). [1]

March 18

• Birth of David H Chassé Dutch baron/General (fought Napoleon at Waterloo). [1]

March 21

• Birth of Henry Fagel Dutch/English baron/diplomat. [1]

March 27

• Birth of Franz Xaver von Baader German philosopher/theologist. [1]

May 28

• Birth of Jean Baptiste Cartier composer. [1]

August 21

• Birth of William IV king of England (1830-37). [1]

November 14

• Birth of Robert Fulton built first commercial steamboat (or 0819). [1]

December 8

• Birth of Eli Whitney inventor (Cotton Gin). [1]

December 10

• Birth of [Izaäk J] Alexander Gogel Dutch minister of Finance/patriot. [1]

December 15

• Birth of Philippe-Jacques Pfeffinger composer. [1]

December 25

• Birth of Joseph Mazzinghi composer. [1]

1766

January 10

• Birth of Louis Massonneau composer. [1]

January 22

• Birth of Antoine-Vincent Arnault French writer (Les Vénitiens). [1]

January 25

• Birth of Hans Freiherr von Gagern German advisor to Dutch king Willem I. [1]

February 13

• Birth of Thomas Malthus Rookery in Surrey, Great Britain, economist/demographer/population expert (Law of Malthus). [1]

February 24

• Birth of Samuel Wesley Bristol England, composer/organist (Exultate Deo). [1]

March 28

• Birth of Joseph Weigl Austria composer/conductor (Emmeline). [1]

April 15

• Birth of Friedrich Bouterwek German philosopher/critic. [1]

April 22

• Birth of Madame de Stael Swiss-French belle-lettrist (An Extraordinary Woman). [1]

April 24

• Birth of Robert Bailey Thomas founded Farmer's Almanac. [1]

September 6

• Birth of John Dalton chemist, developed atomic theory of matter. [1]

September 25

• Birth of Armand-Emmanuel duc de Richelieu, French Prime Minister (1815-18, 1820-21). [1]

November 16

• Birth of Rodolphe Kreutzer France, composer/virtuoso violinist (Paris Conserv). [1]

1767

January 8

• Birth of Abraham de Veer Dutch Governor-General of Suriname (1822-28). [1]

January 24

• Birth of Antony CW Staring Dutch lawyer/poet (Jaromir). [1]

February 4

• Birth of Johann Franz Volkert composer. [1]

March 13

• Birth of Heinrich Domnich composer. [1]

March 15

• Birth of Andrew Jackson Waxhaw South Carolina, General/(Democrat) 7th President (1829-37). [1]

March 19

• Birth of Leonhard von Call composer. [1]

March 22

• Birth of Cornelis T Elout Dutch minister of Finance. [1]

March 25

• Birth of Joachim Murat marshal of France/King of Naples (1808-15). [1]

April 27

• Birth of Andreas Jakob Romberg German violinist/composer (Song of the Clock). [1]

April 30

• Birth of Jean Henri Appelius lawyer/minister of Finance. [1]

May 24

• Birth of Joseph Ignaz Schnabel composer. [1]

May 25

• Birth of Ferdinand Franzl composer. [1]
• Birth of Friedrich Johann Eck composer. [1]

June 15

• Birth of Rachel Donelson Robards Jackson first lady. [1]

July 11

• Birth of John Quincy Adams in Braintree, Massachusetts, USA; 6th President (Democrat) (1825-1829) (dies 1848). [1] [5]

December 22

• Birth of Andreas Hofer South Tirol, military leader (fought Napoleon's France). [1]

December 29

• Birth of Aime Ambroise Simon Leborne composer. [1]

1768

January 10

• Birth of James Varicick first AME Zion Bishop. [1]

January 28

• Birth of Frederick VI Danish king (1808-39); lost Norway to Sweden (1814). [1]

February 4

• Birth of Maurits C van Hall Dutch ruler of Heicop and Boeicop, lawyer/politician. [1]

February 12

• Birth of Francis II Florence Italy, last Holy Roman emperor (1792-1806). [1]

February 13

• Birth of Édouard Mortier French general, duke, prime minister (1834-35). [1]

February 15

• Birth of Jozef B Cannaert [Olim], Flemish lawyer. [1]

March 12

• Birth of Carolus Antonius Fodor composer. [1]

March 13

• Birth of Charles Louis WJ van Keverberg Dutch civil servant. [1]

March 21

• Birth of Jean-Baptiste-Joseph Fourier mathematician/Egyptologist. [1]

April 7

• Birth of Karl Theodor Toeschi composer. [1]

April 19

• Birth of Adrian H Haworth English entomologist/botanist. [1]

May 2

• Birth of Jean-Louis M Alibert French dermatologist. [1]

May 17

• Birth of Caroline Brunswick, Queen Consort of King George IV. [1]

May 20

• Birth of Dolley Dandridge Payne Madison; US first lady (1809-17) (dies 1849). [1] [5]

June 30

• Birth of Elizabeth Kortright Monroe first lady. [1]

July 27

• Birth of Charlotte Corday assassin of Jean-Paul Marat. [1]

September 4

• Birth of François René de Chateaubriand France, poet/novelist/statesman. [1]

December 6

• Birth of Johann Baptist Henneberg composer. [1]

December 22

• Birth of John Crome [Old Crome] English landscape painter/etcher. [1]

1769

January 5

• Birth of Jean Baptiste Say French economist (Political Economics). [1]

January 10

• Birth of Michel Ney French marshal (Waterloo). [1]

January 17

• Birth of Ole Andreas Lindeman composer. [1]

February 4

• Birth of Samuel I Wiselius Dutch lawyer/businessman/writer. [1]

March 2

• Birth of DeWitt Clinton (Governor/Senator-New York). [1]

March 7

• Birth of Josef Alois Ladurner composer. [1]

March 23

• Birth of William Smith geologist (Strata Identified by Organized Fossils). [1]

March 25

• Birth of Salvatore Vigano composer. [1]

April 11

• Birth of Johann Georg Lickl composer. [1]

April 12

• Birth of Giovanni Agostino Perotti composer. [1]

April 24

• Birth of Arthur Wellesley General/Duke of Wellington. [1]

April 25

• Birth of Mark Isambard Brunel engineer/inventor. [1]

May 1

• Birth of Arthur Wellesley Duke of Wellington, British Prime Minister (Conservative) (1828-30). [1]

May 4

• Birth of Charles Hague composer. [1]

May 6

• Birth of Ferdinand III archduke of Austria/ruler of Toscane. [1]

May 7

• Birth of Giuseppe Farinelli composer. [1]

May 10

• Birth of Jean Lannes duc de Montebello, Marshal of France. [1]

May 13

• Birth of Joâo VI King of Portugal (1816-26). [1]

August 15

• Birth of Napoleon Bonaparte in Ajaccio, Corsica; (emperor of France 1804-13, 1814-15). [1] [129]

October 13

• Birth of Horace H Hayden cofounded first dental college. [1]