Editing 1808

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[[File:La Rendición de Bailén (Casado del Alisal).jpg|thumb|250px|[[July 22]]: Spains defeats French occupying forces at [[Battle of Bailén]].]]
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[[File:A.G. Gross - Battle of Zealand Point.jpg|thumb|right|March 22: Britain defeats Denmark-Norway at the [[Battle of Zealand Point]].]]
[[File:Peninsular war collage.jpg|thumb|[[May 2]]: The [[Peninsular War]] begins as citizens of Spain begin uprising against the French occupiers.]]
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== Events ==
=== January&ndash;March ===
* [[January 1]]
** The importation of slaves into the United States is formally banned, as the 1807 [[Act Prohibiting Importation of Slaves]] takes effect. However Americans still continue the slave trade by transporting Africans to [[Cuba]] and [[Brazil]].<ref>Joseph R. Conlin, ''The American Past: A Survey of American History'' (Cengage Learning, 2008)</ref><ref name="Childs">{{cite book |author-last=Childs |author-first=Matt D. |title=American Civil Wars: The United States, Latin America, Europe, and the Crisis of the 1860s |date=2017 |publisher=[[University of North Carolina Press]] |editor-last=Doyle |editor-first=Don H. |chapter=Cuba, the Atlantic Crisis of the 1860s, and the Road to Abolition}}.</ref>
** [[Sierra Leone]] becomes a British Crown Colony.<ref name=CBH>{{cite book|last=Palmer|first=Alan|author2=Veronica|year=1992|title=The Chronology of British History|publisher=Century Ltd|location=London|pages=242–243|isbn=0-7126-5616-2}}</ref>
* [[January 22]] &ndash; [[Transfer of the Portuguese court to Brazil]]: [[John VI of Portugal|John]] (Dom João), Prince Regent, and the [[House of Braganza|Braganza]] royal family of Portugal arrive in their colony of [[Brazil]] in exile from the French occupation of their home kingdom.
* [[January 26]] &ndash; [[Rum Rebellion]]: On the 20th anniversary of the foundation of the [[crown colony|colony]] of [[New South Wales]], disgruntled military officers of the [[New South Wales Corps]] (the "Rum Corps") overthrow and imprison [[Governor of New South Wales|Governor]] [[William Bligh]] and seize control of the colony.
* [[February 2]] &ndash; French troops take [[Rome]] as part of the [[Napoleonic Wars]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=SJ |first=John W. O'Malley |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sWHwrmZowu8C&dq=french+troops+occupy+papal+states+february+2+1808&pg=PA236 |title=A History of the Popes: From Peter to the Present |date=2009-11-16 |publisher=Government Institutes |isbn=978-1-58051-229-9 |pages=236 |language=en}}</ref>
* [[February 6]] &ndash; The ship ''[[Topaz (ship)|Topaz]]'' (from Boston April 5, 1807, hunting seals) "rediscovers" the [[Pitcairn Islands]]; only one [[HMS Bounty|HMS ''Bounty'']] mutineer is still alive, [[John Adams (mutineer)|John Adams]], who is using the pseudonym Alexander Smith.
* [[February 11]] &ndash; In [[Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania]], [[Jesse Fell]] becomes the first known person to burn [[anthracite]] coal as residential heating fuel.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Lewis |first=Edward |date=2022-02-06 |title=Look Back: Stone coal first burned for domestic use in 1808 |url=https://www.timesleader.com/news/1538486/look-back-stone-coal-first-burned-for-domestic-use-in-1808 |access-date=2025-02-18 |website=Times Leader |language=en-US}}</ref>
* [[February 21]]
** The [[Finnish War]] begins as Russian troops cross the border into Finland without a [[declaration of war]].
** Russia issues an ultimatum to [[Sweden]], to join Napoleon's [[Continental System]] against the [[United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland|United Kingdom]].<ref>E. I. Kouri and Jens E. Olesen, eds. ''The Cambridge History of Scandinavia: Volume 2, 1520–1870'' (Cambridge University Press, 2016)</ref>
* [[March 1]] &ndash; The slave trade is abolished by the United Kingdom in all of its colonies as the [[Slave Trade Act 1807]] takes effect.<ref>''Antigua and the Antiguans: A Full Account of the Colony and Its Inhabitants'' (1844, reprinted by Cambridge University Press, 2011) p136</ref> This year, the British [[Royal Navy]] establishes the [[West Africa Squadron]] on the coast of [[West Africa]] to enforce the abolitionist [[Blockade of Africa]].
* [[March 2]]
** Russian troops occupy [[Helsinki]] and threaten [[Sveaborg]].
** The inaugural meeting of the [[Wernerian Natural History Society]], a Scottish [[learned society]], is held in [[Edinburgh]] (preliminary meeting January 12).
** [[Action of 2 March 1808|A minor naval battle]] which takes place off the coast of Scarborough results in the capture of the Danish brig ''[[Admiral Juel|Admiral Yawl]]'', commanded by Danish adventurer [[Jørgen Jørgensen]]. 
* [[March 7]] &ndash; [[Transfer of the Portuguese court to Brazil]]: The Portuguese royal court arrives in [[Rio de Janeiro]], making it the centre of the [[Portuguese Empire]].
* [[March 11]] &ndash; Russian troops occupy [[Tampere]] in Finland.
* [[March 13]] &ndash; Upon the death of [[Christian VII of Denmark|Christian VII]], [[Frederick VI of Denmark|Frederick VI]] becomes king of Denmark. The next day ([[March 14]]), Denmark declares [[Dano-Swedish War of 1808–1809|war on Sweden]].
* [[March 19]] &ndash; [[Charles IV of Spain]] abdicates in favor of his son, [[Ferdinand VII of Spain|Ferdinand VII]].
* [[March 22]] 
** Russian troops occupy [[Turku]] in Finland.
** [[English Wars (Scandinavia)]]: [[Battle of Zealand Point]] &ndash; British ships defeat those of Denmark and Norway.

=== April&ndash;June ===
* [[April]]
** A volcano erupts from an unknown location in the western Pacific. This causes a localized drop in marine air temperatures during this year and a worldwide drop in marine air temperature for the following decade.<ref>Chenoweth, M. (2001), Two major volcanic cooling episodes derived from global marine air temperature, AD 1807–1827, Geophys. Res. Lett., 28(15), 2963–2966, {{doi|10.1029/2000GL012648}}.</ref>
** Prussian philosopher [[Johann Gottlieb Fichte]] publishes his ''[[Addresses to the German Nation]]'', having delivered them over the winter at the [[Prussian Academy of Sciences]] in Berlin before crowded audiences.
* [[April 6]] &ndash; [[John Jacob Astor]] incorporates the [[American Fur Company]].
* [[April 16]] &ndash; Troops under Colonel [[Georg Carl von Döbeln|Carl von Döbeln]] clash with Russian troops in [[Pyhäjoki]], Finland.
* [[May 2]] &ndash; [[Peninsular War]]: [[Dos de Mayo Uprising]] &ndash; The people of [[Madrid]] rise up against the [[First French Empire|French]] troops.
* [[May 3]]
** [[Finnish War]]: The fortress of [[Suomenlinna|Sveaborg]] is lost by Sweden to Russia.
** The Madrid rebels who rose on May 2 are executed near the hill of [[Príncipe Pío (hill)|Príncipe Pío]] ([[Francisco Goya|Goya]] paints the fight and the execution in [[1814]]).
* [[May 6]] &ndash; [[Ferdinand VII of Spain|Ferdinand]] is forced to abdicate as King of Spain by Napoleon. This effectively ends the [[Anglo-Spanish War (1796–1808)]] as the United Kingdom allies with Spain and Portugal against the French in the [[Peninsular War]].
* [[June 12]] &ndash; [[Finnish War]]: A landing of Swedish troops at Ala-Lemu, near [[Turku]], fails.
* [[June 15]]–[[August 14]] &ndash; [[Peninsular War]]: [[First siege of Zaragoza]] &ndash; Spanish resist the French.
* [[June 19]] &ndash; [[Finnish War]]: A second landing of Swedish troops at Ala-Lemu fails.
* [[June 30]] 
** [[Finnish War]] &ndash; Battle of Turku: The Swedish [[archipelago fleet]] defeats the Russians.
** English chemist [[Humphry Davy]] informs the [[Royal Society]] of London of his isolation and discovery of two elements by electrolysis. From [[Lime (material)|lime]], he has produced [[calcium]] and established that lime is calcium oxide; by heating [[boric acid]] and [[potassium]] in a copper tube, he creates a substance he calls ''boracium'', which is eventually called [[boron]].<ref>Marco Fontani, Mariagrazia Costa and Mary Virginia Orna, ''The Lost Elements: The Periodic Table's Shadow Side'' (Oxford University Press, 2014)</ref> This year he also isolates [[magnesium]] and [[strontium]].

=== July&ndash;September ===
* [[July 5]] &ndash; [[Wooster, Ohio]], established and named for [[David Wooster|General Wooster]].
* [[July 8]] &ndash; [[Joseph Bonaparte]] approves the [[Bayonne Statute]], a royal charter intended as the basis for his rule as King of Spain, during the [[Peninsular War]].
* [[July 14]] &ndash; [[Finnish War]]: Swedish troops under Colonel [[Adlercreutz]] force the Russians to withdraw in [[Lapua]].
* [[July 22]] &ndash; [[Battle of Bailén]]: French General Dupont surrenders to Spanish irregular forces.
* [[August 1]] &ndash; [[Peninsular War]]: British expeditionary force lands near [[Porto]].<ref name=CBH/>
* [[August 10]] &ndash; [[Finnish War]]: Swedish troops under [[Georg Carl von Döbeln|Carl von Döbeln]] defeat a Russian attack in [[Kauhajoki]].
* [[August 17]] 
** [[Peninsular War]]: [[Battle of Roliça]]: A British-Portuguese army under [[Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington|Sir Arthur Wellesley]] defeats an outnumbered French army under General [[Henri Delaborde]].
** The [[Finnish War]]: the [[Battle of Alavus]] is fought.<ref>{{cite book|title=När riket sprängdes: fälttågen i Finland och Västerbotten, 1808–1809 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DNPRAAAAMAAJ |first=Eirik |last=Hornborg |language=sv |year=1955|publisher=P. A. Norstedts och Söners Förlag |location=[[Stockholm]]}}</ref>
* [[August 21]] &ndash; [[Peninsular War]]: [[Battle of Vimeiro]] &ndash; British-Portuguese troops under Wellesley defeat the French under General [[Jean-Andoche Junot]].
* [[September 13]] &ndash; [[Finnish War]] &ndash; [[Battle of Jutas]] &ndash; Swedish forces under Lieutenant General [[Georg Carl von Döbeln]] beat the Russians, making von Döbeln a Swedish war hero.
* [[September 27]] &ndash; The [[Congress of Erfurt]], between the emperors [[Napoleon I of France]] and [[Alexander I of Russia]], begins.
* [[September 29]] &ndash; [[Finnish War]]: A truce is declared between Swedish and Russian troops in Finland.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Runeberg |first=Johan Ludvig |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jX4tAQAAMAAJ |title=A Selection from the Series of Poems Entitled Ensign Ståls Songs |date=1907 |publisher=G.W. Edlunds |pages=II-III |language=en |quote=...on account of the truce at Lohteå of the 29th Sept.}}</ref>

=== October&ndash;December ===
* [[October 6]] &ndash; English chemist [[Humphry Davy]] electrochemically isolates [[potassium]] from [[potash]].<ref>"England's Greatest Chemist, Sir Humphry Davy", by John A. Bowes, in ''Young England'' magazine (Sunday School Union, 1883) p63</ref>
* [[October 12]] &ndash; [[Banco do Brasil]], a major [[Financial|financial group]] in [[South America]], founded in [[Rio de Janeiro]], [[Brazil]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Banco do Brasil {{!}} Company Overview & News |url=https://www.forbes.com/companies/banco-do-brasil/ |access-date=2025-02-18 |website=Forbes |language=en}}</ref>
* [[November 8]] &ndash; [[1808 United States presidential election]]: [[James Madison]] defeats [[Charles C. Pinckney]], winning 122 electoral votes to Pinckney's 47. Ten of the 17 states choose their electors by popular vote, the rest choose through state legislatures. [[George Clinton (vice president)|George Clinton]], who is separately elected as vice president, gets six electoral votes for president.<ref>Thomas Hudson McKee, ''The National Conventions and Platforms of All Political Parties'' (Friedenwald, 1901) p18</ref>
* [[November 12]] &ndash; Four large French frigates under the command of [[Jacques Félix Emmanuel Hamelin]], including the ''Venus'', are sent to operate from [[Isle de France (Mauritius)]] against British trade in the [[Indian Ocean]], triggering the [[Mauritius campaign of 1809–1811]].<ref>William James and Frederick Chamier, ''The Naval History of Great Britain, Volume 5'' (Macmillan and Company, 1902) p53</ref>
* [[November 15]] &ndash; [[Mahmud II]] (1808–[[1839]]) succeeds [[Mustafa IV]] ([[1807]]–1808), as [[sultan]] of the [[Ottoman Empire]].
* [[November 19]] &ndash; A new truce at Olkijoki ends fighting in Finland, and Swedish troops concede that area to Russia.<ref name=Stefansson>Jón Stefánsson, ''Denmark and Sweden: With Iceland and Finland'' (T.F. Unwin, Ltd., 1916) p332</ref>
* [[November 23]] &ndash; [[Battle of Tudela]]: French [[Marshal Lannes]] defeats a Spanish army.
* [[December 1]] &ndash; [[Tsar]] [[Alexander I of Russia]] proclaims [[Finland]] a part of Russia.<ref>Edward C. Thaden, ''Russia's Western Borderlands, 1710–1870'' (Princeton University Press, 2014) p85</ref>
* [[December 4]] &ndash; [[Napoleon]] joins his army in Spain.<ref>James Harvey Robinson and Charles A. Beard, eds., ''Outlines of European History: From the opening of the eighteenth century to the present day'' (Ginn and Company, 1912) p214</ref>
* [[December 9]] &ndash; At 20:34 UTC, [[Mercury (planet)|Mercury]] [[occultation|occults]] [[Saturn]] (there are no observation records).
* [[December 20]]
** [[Peninsular War]]: [[Second siege of Zaragoza]] begins.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Shand |first=Alexander Innes |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=62M2AAAAMAAJ |title=The War in the Peninsula, 1808-1814 |date=1898 |publisher=Seeley |pages=vi,52 |language=en}}</ref>
** The original [[Royal Opera House|Covent Garden Theatre]] in London is destroyed by a fire, along with most of the scenery, costumes and scripts.
* [[December 22]] &ndash; [[Beethoven concert of 22 December 1808]]: [[Ludwig van Beethoven]] conducts and plays piano in a marathon [[benefit concert]], at the [[Theater an der Wien]] in [[Vienna]], consisting entirely of first public performances of works by him, including [[Symphony No. 5 (Beethoven)|Symphony No. 5]], [[Symphony No. 6 (Beethoven)|Symphony No. 6]], [[Piano Concerto No. 4 (Beethoven)|Piano Concerto No. 4]] and ''[[Choral Fantasy (Beethoven)|Choral Fantasy]]''.

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* [[Goethe]]'s ''[[Faust, Part One]] (Faust. Eine Tragödie, erster Teil)'' is published in full in [[Tübingen]].
* The [[Academy of Fine Arts, Munich]] is given the title of Royal Academy of Fine Arts by King [[Maximilian I Joseph of Bavaria]].
* The [[Rijksmuseum]] moves from [[The Hague]] to [[Amsterdam]], where it is located temporarily at the [[Royal Palace (Amsterdam)|Royal Palace]].<ref>{{cite web|title=The beginning|url=https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/organisation/history-of-the-rijksmuseum|website=History of the Rijksmuseum|publisher=Rijksmuseum|access-date=2 February 2018}}</ref>

== Births ==

=== January&ndash;June ===
[[File:Carl Spitzweg.jpg|thumb|110px|right|[[Carl Spitzweg]]]]
[[File:Alexandre Cabanel 002.jpg|thumb|110px|right| [[Napoleon III]]]]
[[File:President-Jefferson-Davis.jpg|thumb|110px|right|[[Jefferson Davis]]]]
* [[January 6]] &ndash; [[Joseph Pitty Couthouy]], American naval officer and paleontologist (d. [[1864]])<ref>{{Cite book |last=Washington |first=Biological Society of |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LSkUAAAAYAAJ&dq=Joseph+Pitty+Couthouy+january+6+1808&pg=PA108 |title=Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington |date=1888 |publisher=Biological Society of Washington |pages=108 |language=en}}</ref>
* [[January 13]] &ndash; [[Salmon P. Chase]], American politician, [[Chief Justice of the United States]] (d. [[1873]])<ref>{{Cite book |last=Blue |first=Frederick J. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Wyxj7Y3Fh7AC |title=Salmon P. Chase: A Life in Politics |date=1987 |publisher=Kent State University Press |isbn=978-0-87338-340-0 |pages=1 |language=en}}</ref>
* [[January 19]] &ndash; [[Lysander Spooner]], American philosopher (d. [[1887]])
* [[January 27]] &ndash; [[David Strauss]], German theologian (d. [[1874]])
* [[February 5]] &ndash; [[Carl Spitzweg]], German painter (d. [[1885]])
* [[February 26]] &ndash; [[Honoré Daumier]], French painter, illustrator and sculptor (d. [[1879]])
* [[March 1]] &ndash; [[Edward "Ned" Kendall]], American bandleader, instrumentalist (keyed bugle) (d. [[1861]])
* [[March 17]] &ndash; [[Pierre-Louis Dietsch]], French composer, conductor (d. [[1865]])
* [[March 19]] &ndash; [[José María Urvina]], 5th President of Ecuador (d. [[1891]])
* [[March 24]] &ndash; [[Maria Malibran]], née García, Spanish-French operatic singer (d. [[1836]])
* [[April 13]] &ndash; [[Antonio Meucci]], Italian-born inventor (d. [[1889]])
* [[April 20]] &ndash; [[Napoleon III]], Emperor of the French (d. [[1873]])<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-01-05 |title=Napoleon III {{!}} Biography, Significance, Death, & Facts {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Napoleon-III-emperor-of-France |access-date=2025-02-18 |website=www.britannica.com |language=en}}</ref>
* [[May 6]] &ndash; [[William Strong (Pennsylvania judge)|William Strong]], American politician, [[Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States]] (d. [[1895]])
* [[May 9]] &ndash; [[John Scott Russell]], Scottish civil engineer (d. [[1882]])
* [[May 18]] &ndash; [[Venancio Flores]], general, president of [[Uruguay]] (d. [[1868]])
* [[May 21]] &ndash; [[David de Jahacob Lopez Cardozo]], Dutch Talmudist (d. [[1890]])
* [[May 22]] &ndash; [[Gérard de Nerval]], French writer (d. [[1855]])
* [[May 30]] &ndash; [[Caroline Chisholm]], Australian humanitarian (d. [[1877]])
* [[June 3]] &ndash; [[Jefferson Davis]], [[President of the Confederate States]] (d. [[1889]])
* [[June 13]] &ndash; [[Patrice de MacMahon, Duke of Magenta]], French general and politician, first president of the Third Republic (1875–1879) (d. [[1893]])
* [[June 16]] &ndash; [[James Frederick Ferrier]], Scottish [[metaphysics|metaphysical]] writer and philosopher (d. [[1864]])
* [[June 17]] &ndash; [[Henrik Wergeland]], Norwegian author (d. [[1845]])<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Abrahamsen |first=Samuel |date=1968 |title=The Exclusion Clause of Jews in the Norwegian Constitution of May 17, 1814 |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/4466405 |journal=Jewish Social Studies |volume=30 |issue=2 |pages=67–88 |jstor=4466405 |issn=0021-6704}}</ref>
* [[June 20]] &ndash; [[Samson Raphael Hirsch]], German rabbi (d. [[1888]])

=== July&ndash;December ===
[[File:JesseFell.jpg|thumb|right|110px|[[Jesse W. Fell]]]]
[[File:President Andrew Johnson.jpg|thumb|right|110px|[[Andrew Johnson]]]]
* [[July 9]] &ndash; [[Alexander William Doniphan]], American lawyer, military leader (d. [[1887]])
* [[July 16]] &ndash; [[Daniel Wells Jr.]], American politician (d. [[1902]])
* [[September 7]] &ndash; [[William Lindley]], English sanitary engineer (d. [[1900]]) 
* [[September 9]] &ndash; [[Wendela Hebbe]], Swedish journalist (d. [[1899]])
* [[September 12]] &ndash; [[August von Werder]], Prussian general (d. [[1887]]) 
* [[September 15]] &ndash; [[John Hutton Balfour]], Scottish botanist (d. [[1884]]) 
* [[September 29]] &ndash; [[Henry Bennett (U.S. politician)|Henry Bennett]], American politician (d. [[1868]])
* [[October 6]] &ndash; King [[Frederick VII of Denmark]] (d. [[1863]])<ref>{{Cite web |title=Frederick VII {{!}} Reign of Denmark, Schleswig-Holstein, Holstein-Gottorp {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Frederick-VII |access-date=2025-02-18 |website=www.britannica.com |language=en}}</ref>
* [[October 20]] &ndash; [[Karl Andree]], German geographer (d. [[1875]])
* [[November 1]] &ndash; [[John Taylor (Mormon)|John Taylor]], American Mormon leader (d. [[1887]])
* [[November 2]] &ndash; [[Jules Amédée Barbey d'Aurevilly]], French writer (d. [[1889]])
* [[November 6]] &ndash; [[Friedrich Julius Richelot]], German mathematician (d. [[1875]])
* [[November 10]] &ndash; [[Jesse W. Fell]], American businessman and landowner (d. [[1887]])<ref>Sarah M. Fell: ''Genealogy of the Fell family in America, descended from Joseph Fell, who settled in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, 1705 : With some account of the family remaining in England, &c.'' Sickler, Philadelphia, 1891, p. 139: Jesse W. Fell [https://archive.org/details/genealogyoffellf00fell/page/139/mode/2up]</ref>
* [[November 29]] &ndash; [[William F. Johnston]], American politician (d. [[1872]])
* [[December 29]] &ndash; [[Andrew Johnson]], 17th [[President of the United States]] (d. [[1875]])<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-02-12 |title=Andrew Johnson {{!}} Biography, Presidency, Impeachment, & Facts {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Andrew-Johnson |access-date=2025-02-18 |website=www.britannica.com |language=en}}</ref>

==Deaths==
=== January&ndash;June ===
[[File:John Dickinson portrait.jpg|thumb|right|110px|[[John Dickinson]]]]
[[File:Christian VII 1772 by Roslin.jpg|thumb|right|110px|[[Christian VII of Denmark]]]]
* [[January 4]] &ndash; [[Prince Benedetto, Duke of Chablais]], Italian general in the [[French Revolution]] (b. [[1741]])
* [[January 5]] &ndash; [[Alexei Grigoryevich Orlov]], Russian soldier and statesman (b. [[1737]])
* [[January 8]] &ndash; [[William Linn (clergyman)|William Linn]], American President of [[Rutgers College|Queen's College]]) (b. [[1752]])
* [[February 12]] &ndash; [[Anna Maria Bennett]], English [[novelist]] (d. [[1750]])
* [[February 14]] &ndash; [[John Dickinson (Pennsylvania and Delaware)|John Dickinson]], American lawyer, governor of Delaware and Pennsylvania (b. [[1732]])
* [[March 13]] &ndash; King [[Christian VII of Denmark]] (b. [[1749]])
* [[May 18]] &ndash; [[Elijah Craig]], American minister, inventor (b. [[1738]])

* [[March 19]] &ndash; [[John Redman (physician)]], American physician (b. [[1722]])

* [[May 28]] &ndash; [[Richard Hurd (bishop)|Richard Hurd]], English bishop, writer (b. [[1720]])

=== July&ndash;December ===
[[File:General-Sir-Guy-Carleton 2.jpg|thumb|right|110px|[[Guy Carleton, 1st Baron Dorchester]]]]
* [[September 3]] &ndash; [[John Montgomery (Continental Congress)|John Montgomery]], American delegate to the Continental Congress (b. [[1722]])
* [[September 5]] &ndash; [[John Home]], Scottish writer (b. [[1722]])
* [[September 6]] &ndash; [[Louis-Pierre Anquetil]], French historian (b. [[1723]])
* [[September 13]] &ndash; [[Saverio Bettinelli]], Italian writer (b. [[1718]])
* [[September 17]] &ndash; [[Benjamin Bourne]], American politician (b. [[1755]])
* [[October 1]] &ndash; [[Carl Gotthard Langhans]], German architect (b. [[1732]])
* [[October 9]] &ndash; [[John Claiborne]], American politician (b. 1777)
* [[November 3]] &ndash; [[Theophilus Lindsey]], English theologian (b. [[1723]])
* [[November 10]] &ndash; [[Guy Carleton, 1st Baron Dorchester]], British soldier, governor of Quebec (b. [[1724]])
* [[November 17]] &ndash; [[David Zeisberger]], Moravian missionary (b. [[1721]])

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