1781

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Centuries: 17th century - 18th century - 19th century

Decades: 1730s 1740s 1750s 1760s 1770s - 1780s - 1790s 1800s 1810s 1820s 1830s

Years: 1776 1777 1778 1779 1780 - 1781 - 1782 1783 1784 1785 1786


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[edit] Births

  • January 26 - Achim von Arnim, German writer (d. 1831)
  • January 30 - Adelbert von Chamisso, German writer (d. 1838)
  • February 17 - Rene Theophile Hyacinthe Laennec, French physician and inventor (d. 1826)
  • March 4 - Rebecca Gratz, American educator and philanthropist (d. 1869)
  • March 13 - Karl Friedrich Schinkel, German architect and painter (d. 1841)
  • June 9- George Stephenson, English engineer (d. 1848)
  • June 21 - Siméon-Denis Poisson, French mathematician and physicist (d. 1840)
  • July 6 - Thomas Stamford Raffles, English founder of Singapore (d. 1826)
  • July 6 - John D. Sloat, American naval officer (d. 1867)
  • July 27 - Mauro Giuliani, Italian composer (d. 1828)
  • September 3 - Eugène de Beauharnais, French nobleman, son of Napoleon's wife Josephine (d. 1824)
  • September 6 - Anton Diabelli, Austrian music publisher, editor, and composer (d. 1858)
  • October 1 - James Lawrence, U.S. Navy officer (d. 1813)
  • November 6 - Lucy Aikin, English writer (d. 1864)
  • November 20 - Karl Friedrich Eichhorn, German jurist (d. 1854)
  • November 29 - Andrés Bello, Venezuelan poet, lawmaked, teacher, philosopher and sociologist (d. 1865)
  • November 30 - Alexander Berry, Scottish adventurer and Australian pioneer (d. 1873)
  • December 11 - Sir David Brewster, Scottish physicist (d. 1868)
  • William Williams of Wern, minister (d. 1840)


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