Year (''' MDCCCVI ''') was a Common Year Starting On Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Year Starting On Monday of the 12-day slower Julian Calendar ).
- January 27 - Juan Crisóstomo Arriaga , Spanish composer (d. 1826 )
- February 22 - Józef Kremer , Polish messianistic philosopher (d. 1875 )
- March 6 - Elizabeth Barrett Browning , English poet (d. 1861 )
- March 12 - Jane Pierce , First Lady Of The United States (d. 1863 )
- March 21 - Benito Juárez , Mexican statesman and folk hero (d. 1872 )
- April 3 - Ivan Kireevsky , Russian literary critic and philosopher (d. 1856 )
- April 6 - Friedrich Wilhelm Ritschl , German scholar (d. 1876 )
- April 9 - Isambard Kingdom Brunel , British engineer (d. 1859 )
- May 20 - John Stuart Mill , British philosopher (d. 1873 )
- June 12 - John Augustus Roebling , German-born architect (d. 1869 )
- June 28 - Napoleon Coste , French guitarist and composer (d. 1883 )
- July 5 - James Dawson , Aboriginal Guardian (d. 1900 )
- October 3 - Oliver Cowdery , American religious leader (d. 1850 )
- December 11 - Otto Wilhelm Hermann Von Abich , German geologist (d. 1886 )
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- January 23 - William Pitt The Younger , Prime Minister Of The United Kingdom (b. 1759 )
- February 2 - Rétif De La Bretonne , French writer (b. 1734 )
- February 19 - Elizabeth Carter , English writer (b. 1717 )
- February 20 - Lachlan McIntosh , Scottish-born American military and political leader (b. 1725 )
- March 23 - George Pinto English composer (b. 1785 )
- April 9 - William V Of Orange (b. 1748 )
- April 22 - Pierre-Charles Villeneuve , French admiral (stabbed) (b. 1763 )
- May 24 - John Campbell, 5th Duke Of Argyll , British field marshal (b. 1723 )
- June 23 - Mathurin Jacques Brisson , French naturalist (b. 1723 )
- July 10 - George Stubbs , English painter (b. 1724 )
- July 11 - James Smith , American signer of the United States Declaration Of Independence
- August 10 - Michael Haydn , Austrian composer (b. 1737 )
- August 22 - Jean-Honoré Fragonard , French painter (b. 1742 )
- August 23 - Charles-Augustin De Coulomb , French physicist (b. 1736 )
- September 9 - William Paterson , Signer of the United States Constitution , Governor Of New Jersey (b. 1745 )
- October 9 - Benjamin Banneker , American astronomer and surveyor (b. 1731 )
- October 10 - Louis Ferdinand Of Prussia , German prince (b. 1772 )
- October 25 - Henry Knox , Secretary of State under George Washington
- November 23 - Roger Newdigate , British politician (b. 1719 )
- December 22 - William Vernon , American merchant (b. 1719 )
- ''date unknown'' - Mungo Park , Scottish explorer (b. 1771 )
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