Year (''' MDCCLXXII ''') was a Leap Year Starting On Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap Year Starting On Sunday of the 11-day slower Julian Calendar ).
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- March 10 - Friedrich Von Schlegel , German poet (d. 1829 )
- April 7 - Charles Fourier , French philosopher (d. 1837 )
- April 19 - David Ricardo , British economist (d. 1823 )
- 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 )
- August 2 - Louis-Antoine-Henri De Bourbon-Condé, Duc D'Enghien (d. 1804 )
- August 15 - Johann Nepomuk Mälzel , German inventor (d. 1838 )
- August 24 - King William I Of The Netherlands (d. 1843 )
- October 21 - Samuel Taylor Coleridge , English poet and philosopher, (d. 1834 )
- October 25 - Geraud Duroc , French general (d. 1813 )
- November 18 - Louis Ferdinand Of Prussia , German prince (d. 1806 )
- ''date unknown'' - Tuanku Imam Bonjol , Indonesian religious and military leader (d. 1864 )
: ''See also .''
- February 8 - Augusta Of Saxe-Gotha , Princess of Wales (b. 1719 )
- February 18 - Johann Hartwig Ernst, Count Von Bernstorff , Danish statesman (b. 1712 )
- March 21 - Jacques-Nicolas Bellin , French cartographer (b. 1703 )
- March 22 - John Canton , English physicist (b. 1718 )
- March 26 - Charles Pinot Duclos , French writer (b. 1704 )
- March 29 - Emanuel Swedenborg , Swedish philosopher and mathematician (b. 1668 )
- May 1 - Gottfried Achenwall , German statistician (b. 1719 )
- May 22 - Durastante Natalucci , Italian historian (b. 1687 )
- June 15 - Louis Claude Daquin , French composer (b. 1694 )
- June 18 - Johann Ulrich Von Cramer , German judge and philosopher (b. 1706 )
- June 18 - Gerard Van Swieten , Dutch-born physician (b. 1700 )
- August 31 - William Borlase , English naturalist (b. 1695 )
- September 30 - James Brindley , British canal builder (b. 1716 )
- October 7 - John Woolman , American Quaker preacher and abolitionist (b. 1720 )
- October 8 - Jean Joseph De Mondonville , French violinist and composer (b. 1711 )
- November 10 - Pedro Antonio Joaquim Correa Da Serra Garção , Portuguese poet (b. 1724 )
- November 19 - William Nelson , American colonial governor of Virginia (b. 1711 )
- ''date unknown'' - Madhavrao Peshwa , ruler of India (b. 1745 )
: ''See also .''
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