Births: February 11 - Marie-Joseph de Chenier, French poet (+ 1811). March 13 - Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. May 26 - Edward Livingston, jurist and statesman (+ 1836). November 28 - Neeltje Abelsdr de Vries.
Deaths: August 1 - Aart Lambertse van den Houten. August 16 - Lambert van den Houten. October 25-26 - William Hogarth, English painter and engraver. November 20 - Christian Goldbach, Prussian mathematician.