Year (''' MDCCLXVI ''') was a Common Year Starting On Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Year Starting On Sunday of the 11-day slower Julian Calendar ).
- February 14 - Thomas Malthus , English demographer and economist (died 1834 )
- April 6 - Charles Louis De Fourcroy , Chevalier de la Legion D'honneur, French Mathematician and Scholar (death unknown)
- April 22 - Anne Louise Germaine De Stael , French author (died 1817 )
- May 30 - Robert Darwin , Medical doctor and father of Charles Darwin (died 1848 )
- June 13 - Jean-Frédéric Waldeck (died 1875 ).
- July 8 - Dominique Jean Larrey , French surgeon (died 1842 )
- July 21 - Thomas Charles Hope , Scottish chemist and discoverer of Strontium (died 1844 )
- August 6 - William Hyde Wollaston , English chemist (died 1828 )
- September 6 - John Dalton , English chemist and physicist (died 1844 )
- October 23 - Emmanuel, Marquis De Grouchy , French marshal (died 1847 )
- November 2 - Joseph Radetzky Von Radetz , Austrian field marshal (died 1858 )
- December 3 - Barbara Fritchie , U.S. patriot in Civil War (died 1862 )
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- January 1 - James Francis Edward Stuart , "The Old Pretender" (born 1688 )
- January 9 - Thomas Birch , English historian (born 1705 )
- January 13 - King Frederick V Of Denmark (born 1723 )
- January 19 - Giovanni Niccolo Servandoni , French architect and painter (born 1695 )
- January 21 - James Quin , English actor (born 1693 )
- February 5 - Leopold Josef Graf Daun , Austrian field marshal (born 1705 )
- February 23 - Stanislaus I Leszczyński, King Of Poland (born 1677 )
- April 4 - John Taylor , English classical scholar (born 1704 )
- April 7 - Tiberius Hemsterhuis , Dutch philologist and critic (born 1685 )
- May 5 - Jean Astruc , French physician and scholar (born 1684 )
- May 8 - Samuel Chandler , English non-conformist minister (born 1693 )
- June 24 - Adrien-Maurice, 3rd Duc De Noailles , French soldier (born 1678 )
- July 9 - Jonathan Mayhew , American minister and patriot (born 1720 )
- July 11 - Elizabeth Farnese , queen of Philip V Of Spain (born 1692 )
- July 14 - František Maxmilián Kaňka , Czech architect (born 1674 )
- September 3 - Archibald Bower , Scottish historian (born 1686 )
- September 13 - Benjamin Heath , English classical scholar (born 1704 )
- November 9 - Unico Wilhelm Van Wassenaer , Dutch composer (born 1692 )
- December 12 - Johann Christoph Gottsched , German writer (born 1700 )
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