page_title: 1772
section_title: Births
hierarchical_section_title: 1772 / Births
context_page_description: 1772 was a leap year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar and a leap year starting on Sunday of the Julian calendar, the 1772nd year of the Common Era and Anno Domini designations, the 772nd year of the 2nd millennium, the 72nd year of the 18th century, and the 3rd year of the 1770s decade. As of the start of 1772, the Gregorian calendar was 11 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which remained in localized use until 1923.
context_section_description: January 20 – Angélique Brûlon, French soldier, first female Knight of the French Legion of Honour (d. 1859)
  January 30 – Godfrey Higgins, British archaeologist (d. 1833)
  February 24 – William H. Crawford, American politician, judge (d. 1834)
  March 10 – Friedrich von Schlegel, German poet (d. 1829)
  March 15 – József Ficzkó, Burgenland Croatian writer (d. 1843)
  April 4 – Nachman of Breslov, Hasidic rabbi and founder of the Breslov Hasidic movement (d. 1810)
  April 5 – Domenico Puccini, Italian composer (d. 1815)
  April 7 – Charles Fourier, French philosopher (d. 1837)
  April 18 – David Ricardo, British economist (d. 1823)
  April 30 – Karl Gustav Himly, German surgeon, ophthalmologist (d. 1837)
  May 2 – Novalis, German poet (d. 1801)
  May 20 – William Congreve, British rocket pioneer (d. 1828)
  May 22 – Ram Mohan Roy, Hindu religious and social reformer (d. 1833)
  June 7 – Aurora Liljenroth, Swedish scholar (d. 1836)
  July 11 – John Rodgers, American naval officer (d. 1838)
  August 2 – Louis Antoine, Duke of Enghien (d. 1804)
  August 15 – Johann Nepomuk Mälzel, German inventor (d. 1838)
  August 24 – King William I of the Netherlands (d. 1843)
  September 7 – Mark Newman, 3rd Principal of Phillips Academy in Andover, Massachusetts. (d. 1859)
  September 27 – Martha Jefferson Randolph, Acting First Lady of the United States (1801-1809) (d. 1836)
  October 6 – Anna Maria Rüttimann-Meyer von Schauensee, politically active Swiss salonist (d. 1856)
  October 21 – Samuel Taylor Coleridge, English poet and philosopher (d. 1834)
  October 25 – Géraud Duroc, French general (d. 1813)
  November 5 – Pierre Roch Jurien de La Gravière, French admiral (d. 1849)
  November 8 – William Wirt, 9th United States Attorney General (d. 1834)
  November 18 – Louis Ferdinand of Prussia, German prince (d. 1806)
  date unknown – Tuanku Imam Bonjol, Indonesian religious and military leader (d. 1864)
  approximate date
  Charlotte Dacre, English Gothic novelist (d. 1825)
  Lalon, Bengali philosopher, Baul saint, mystic, songwriter, social reformer and thinker (d. 1890)
caption: Samuel Taylor Coleridge
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