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1818
The battle of Maipú is the last in the Chilean struggle for independence .
Otto von Kotzebue returns to Russia with his Rurik expedition .	Jean Baptiste Bernadotte becomes King of Sweden as Charles XIV John .
1818 in other calendars
Armenian calendar	1266/67 (turn of the year July)
Ethiopian calendar	1810/11 (September 10/11)
Bengali solar calendar	1223/24 (beginning of April 14th or 15th)
Buddhist calendar	2361/62 (southern Buddhism); 2360/61 (alternative calculation according to Buddha's Parinirvana )
Chinese calendar	75th (76th) cycle Year of the Earth Tiger戊寅 ( at the beginning of the year Fire Ox 丁丑)
Chula Sakarat (Siam, Myanmar) / Dai calendar (Vietnam)	1180/81 (turn of the year April)
Dangun era (Korea)	4151/52 (October 2/3)
Iranian calendar	1196/97
Islamic calendar	1233/1234 (turn of the year 30/31 October)
Jewish calendar	5578/79 (September 30th / October 1st)
Coptic calendar	1534/35 (September 10-11)
Malayalam calendar	993/994
Seleucid era	Babylon: 2128/29 (turn of the year April) Syria: 2129/30 (turn of the year October)
Vikram Sambat (Nepalese Calendar)	1874/75 (April)

Events

Politics and world events

Aachen Congress

• September 29th : The Aachen congress of the great powers Russia , Austria , Prussia , France and Great Britain begins. The rulers and high-ranking representatives of their states advise on measures to combat revolutionary democratic development in Europe. The Aachen Congress is considered the first congress of monarchs . Participants are Tsar Alexander I accompanied by Karl Robert von Nesselrode , King Friedrich Wilhelm III. von Prussia, Emperor Franz I of Austria accompanied by Christian Günther Graf Bernstorff , Clemens Wenzel Lothar Fürst von Metternich and Karl August Fürst von Hardenberg , as representatives of England Arthur Wellesley Wellington and Robert Castlereagh and, on the part of France, Armand Emmanuel du Plessis, Duke of Richelieu
• October 9th : During the Aachen Congress, a treaty is signed with France that includes an immediate withdrawal of the occupation troops and reduces the payment of reparations from 700 to 265 million francs.
• November 15 : With the admission of France , the Holy Alliance becomes the pentarchy of the major European powers Russia , Great Britain , Austria , Prussia and France. It is declared at the Aachen Congress.
• November 21 : The Aachen Congress ends with a declaration by the five major European powers. The Congress of Monarchs proclaims the solidarity of the participants in order to guarantee peace, faith and morality.

Territory of the German Confederation

• May 26th : Bavaria receives its second constitution by edict , which replaces the one from 1808 and contains the formation of a representative body. Munich becomes the seat of the Bavarian State Parliament and the new Archdiocese of Munich-Freising.
• May 26th : With the new Prussian Customs Act of 1818 , the different excises in Prussia are replaced by a uniform external tariff.

Karl Friedrich Nebenius

• August 22nd : Baden receives a liberal constitution drawn up by Karl Friedrich Nebenius , which provides for an assembly of estates and makes the Grand Duchy a constitutional monarchy .
• December 8th : After the death of Grand Duke Karl Ludwig Friedrich , his uncle Ludwig I takes over the reign of the Grand Duchy of Baden .

Entrance portal of the Neue Wache

• The Neue Wache in Berlin is completed.

Sweden

• February 5 : After the death of Charles XIII. the former French general Jean-Baptiste Bernadotte rules as Charles XIV. Johann . He founds a new dynasty in Sweden .
• May 11th : In Stockholm, Charles XIV. John is crowned King of Sweden. The former Marshal of France founded the royal house of Bernadotte .

Chilean War of Independence

• February 12th : Chile , as captain general part of the viceroyalty of Peru , proclaims its independence from Spain .
• March 16 : Cancha Rayada's surprise in the Chilean War of Independence brings the Spaniards a victory over the Andean army commanded by José de San Martín . Because of the higher losses of the victorious colonial troops compared to the rebel army, the battle is rated as a Pyrrhic victory .
• April 5 : With the defeat in the Battle of Maipú against Creole patriots under the leadership of José de San Martín and Bernardo O'Higgins , the Spanish rule in Chile ends .
• June 3 : Bernardo O'Higgins decreed that the word Spaniard must be replaced by Chilean in all secular and ecclesiastical administrative acts and that the indigenous population should also be named Chileans without distinction .

United States of America

United States 1818

• October 19 : With the Treaty of Old Town , the Chickasaw ceded their northern territory, today's western Tennessee , to the USA.
• October 20 : In the London Treaty , the USA and Great Britain agree on the 49th parallel as the border between Canada and the United States up to the " Stony Mountains ". The Oregon Country to the west of it is said to be shared by the US and Canada . This leads to further disputes.

United States after the inclusion of Illinois

• December 3 : The southern part of the previous Illinois Territory is incorporated into the USA under the name Illinois as the 21st member state . The northern part is added to the Michigan Territory .

Rurik expedition

• August 3 : The Russian Rurik expedition comes to an end after three years without the hoped-for discovery of the Northwest Passage .

economy

• May 12 : Foundation of the Württembergische Landessparkasse
• June 15 : Opening of the first Berliner Sparkasse in the old Berlin City Hall on Spandauer Strasse.
• July 29th : The first French savings bank is established in Paris , Jules Paul Benjamin Delessert founds the Caisse d'Epargne et de Prévoyance .

science and technology

• January 3rd : The last occultation of one planet by another takes place until the year 2065 (Venus covers Jupiter). However, no observations of this event have survived; it could only be observed from the Pacific Ocean ( occultations ).
• January 12th : The Grand Duchy of Baden grants Karl Drais the privilege for the draisine .
• February 17th : Karl Drais receives the French patent for the draisine .
• March 2nd : Giovanni Battista Belzoni discovers the burial chamber in the Chephren pyramid , but finds only an empty sarcophagus in it .
• October 18 : King Friedrich Wilhelm III. cancels the University of Duisburg . The university scepter and significant parts of the university library go to the newly founded Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn . On the same day, the universities in Münster and Paderborn are also closed .

• Jöns Jakob Berzelius describes the mineral eukairite for the first time .

Culture

literature

• January 1 : The novel Frankenstein or The Modern Prometeus by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley appears anonymously for the time being.

Music and theater

→ Main article : Music year 1818

• March 5th : The opera Mosè in Egitto by Gioachino Rossini based on the libretto by Andrea Leone Tottola is premiered with great success at the Teatro San Carlo in Naples. Due to lack of time, the composer Michele Carafa, who is a friend of Rossini, has also contributed an aria.
• May 16 : World premiere of the opera Orestes by Conradin Kreutzer in Prague
• May 30th : World premiere of the opera Die Rosenmädchen by Peter Joseph von Lindpaintner at the Theater an der Wien in Vienna
• September 25th : World premiere of the opera Il Barone di Dolsheim by Giovanni Pacini at the Teatro alla Scala di Milano in Milan

The National Theater 1854

• October 12 : The National Theater in Munich , built according to plans by Karl von Fischer , opens after almost seven years of construction with the world premiere of Ferdinand Fränzl's opera Die Weihe .
• December 3 : The opera Ricciardo e Zoraide by Gioachino Rossini has its successful premiere at the Teatro San Carlo in Naples, several weeks late .
• December 24th : In the Schifferkirche St. Nikola in Oberndorf near Salzburg the Christmas carol Silent Night, composed by the village school teacher Franz Xaver Gruber based on a text by the vicar Joseph Mohr , is performed for the first time.

religion

• January 22nd : The Höhere Katholische Konvikt in Tübingen, which was newly established in the former Collegium illustrious , receives a statute and a library with the organic provisions .
• March 22nd : For the last time before the year 2285, Easter Sunday falls on its earliest possible date on this day. This is the fourth time since the introduction of the Gregorian calendar in 1582 , after 1598 , 1693 and 1761 .

nature and environment

• April 29 : British navigator William Scoresby observes an eruption of the Beerenberg volcano on Jan Mayen Island .

Sports

• In Henley-on-Thames is rowing club Leander Club founded.

Born

January February

• 0January 3 : Fritz Anneke , German revolutionary and North American officer († 1872 )
• 0January 5 : James Monroe Deems , American composer and brigadier-general in the Civil War († 1901 )
• 0January 5 : Ferdinand von Roemer , German geologist, paleontologist and mineralogist († 1891 )
• 0January 6th : Rudolph von Hertzberg , German music director and singing teacher († 1893 )
• January 10 : Ernst Ludwig Taschenberg , German entomologist († 1898 )
• January 14 : Ole Jacob Broch , Norwegian mathematician and politician († 1889 )
• January 14 : Zacharias Topelius , Finnish-Swedish poet and writer († 1898 )
• January 16 : Ferdinand Kommerell , German mathematician († 1872 )
• January 18 : Joseph Matthäus Aigner , Austrian portrait painter († 1886 )
• January 18 : Adolf Aronheim , German lawyer and politician († 1880 )
• January 18 : August Ebrard , German Protestant theologian († 1888 )
• January 25 : Théodore Mozin , French composer and music teacher († 1850 )
• January 25 : Ferdinand Schlöth , Swiss sculptor († 1891 )
• January 26 : Gustav Dresel , German-American businessman and writer († 1848 )
• January 27 : Heinrich Richard Baltzer , German mathematician († 1887 )
• January 28 : George S. Boutwell , American politician († 1905 )

• 0February 3 : Hermann Heinrich Grafe , founder of the Free Evangelical Congregations († 1869 )
• 0February 4th : Rudolf Baier , first Stralsund museum director († 1907 )
• 0February 4 : Theodor Wilhelm Danzel , German literary historian († 1850 )
• 0February 5 : Paul Meurice , French writer († 1905 )
• 0February 6 : Karl Aberle , Austrian physician († 1892 )
• 0February 6 : Henry Litolff , English piano virtuoso, composer and music publisher († 1891 )
• February 10 : Isham G. Harris , American politician († 1897 )
• February 11 : Madatya Karakaschian , Armenian linguist, teacher, publicist and mechitarist († 1903 )
• February 15 : Jan Pětr Jordan , Sorbian scientist and philosopher († 1891 )
• February 16 : Wilhelm Wider , German painter († 1884 )
• February 19 : Death of Robinson Caldwell , American politician († 1874 )
• February 20 : Wilhelm Adolph von Trützschler , Thuringian lawyer, participant in the revolution in Baden († 1849 )
• February 22 : Joseph W. McClurg , American politician († 1900 )
• February 23 : Gustav Jahn , German writer and church social worker († 1888 )

March April

• 0March 1 : John F. Lewis , American politician († 1895 )
• 0March 6 : William Claflin , American politician († 1905 )
• 0March 7 : Julian Schmidt , German literary historian († 1886 )
• 0March 8 : Heinrich Albert Hofmann , German bookseller, publisher and theater manager († 1880 )
• March 11 : Henri Etienne Sainte-Claire Deville , French chemist († 1881 )
• March 11th : Marius Petipa , French-Russian dancer and choreographer († 1910 )
• March 12 : Georges Bousquet , French composer, conductor and music critic († 1854 )
• March 12 : John S. Hager , American politician († 1890 )
• March 16 : George Paget , British politician and general († 1880 )
• March 23 : Balthasar Elischer , founder of the Elischer Collection († 1895 )
• March 24th : August Leu , German painter († 1897 )
• March 27 : Heinrich Geyer , prophet of the Catholic Apostolic Congregations (KAG) († 1896 )
• March 27 : Jacob Axel Josephson , Swedish composer († 1880 )
• March 28th : Wade Hampton III. , American general († 1902 )
• March 30 : Friedrich Wilhelm Raiffeisen , founder of the cooperative movement in Germany († 1888 )

• 0April 1 : Omar D. Conger , American politician († 1898 )
• 0April 3 : Luther Whiting Mason , American music teacher († 1896 )
• 0April 4 : Carl Steffeck , German painter and graphic artist († 1890 )
• 0April 7 : Martin Hertz , German classical philologist († 1895 )
• 0April 8 : August Wilhelm von Hofmann , German chemist († 1892 )
• 0April 8 : Christian IX. , Danish King and Duke of Schleswig († 1906 )
• 0April 9 : Walther Wolfgang von Goethe , German composer († 1885 )
• April 11 : Constantin von Wurzbach , Austrian librarian, lexicographer and writer († 1893 )
• April 14th : Marie von Sachsen-Altenburg , wife of George V of Hanover († 1907 )
• April 17th : Rudolf von Apfaltern , Austrian military
• April 20 : Heinrich Göbel , German-American inventor († 1893 )
• April 22 : Ferdinand Gumbert , German composer, singing teacher, music critic († 1896 )

Emperor Alexander II of Russia

• April 29 : Alexander II , Russian tsar († 1881 )

May June

• 0May 1 : Hermann von Tresckow , Prussian general († 1900 )
• 0May 4 : Thomas Adams , American inventor († 1905 )

Karl Marx, 1875

• 0May 5 : Karl Marx , German philosopher, economist and journalist († 1883 )
• May 10 : František Hegenbarth , Czech cellist and music teacher († 1887 )
• May 15 : Bogumil Dawison , Polish-German actor († 1872 )
• May 20 : Eduard Iwanowitsch Totleben , Russian general († 1884 )
• May 20 : Jens Christian Hostrup , Danish writer († 1892 )
• May 23 : Alfred von Fabrice , Saxon military and head of government († 1891 )
• May 25 : Jacob Burckhardt , Swiss historian († 1897 )
• May 26 : Lorenzo De Medici Sweat , American politician († 1898 )
• May 26 : Georg Daniel Eduard Weyer , German mathematician († 1896 )
• May 27 : Amelia Bloomer , American suffragette († 1894 )
• May 27 : Bernhard von Lepel , Prussian officer and writer († 1885 )
• May 27 : Franz Donders , Dutch physiologist and pioneer in the field of ophthalmology († 1889 )
• May 28 : Pierre Gustave Toutant Beauregard , American general († 1893 )
• May 31 : John Albion Andrew , American politician († 1867 )
• May 31 : Václav Vladivoj Tomek , Czech historian († 1905 )

• 0June 3 : Louis Faidherbe , French general († 1889 )
• 0June 3 : Adolf Theodor Hermann Fritzsche , German classical philologist († 1878 )
• 0June 4 : Élie Abel Carrière , French botanist († 1896 )
• 0June 9 : Adolf Edvard Arppe , Finnish chemist and senator († 1894 )
• June 10 : Hubert Ferdinand Kufferath , German composer († 1896 )
• June 11 : Alexander Bain , Scottish philosopher and educator († 1903 )
• June 13 : August Ludwig Viktor , Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Koháry († 1881 )
• June 14 : Henry Gardner , American politician († 1892 )
• June 17 : Charles François Gounod , French composer († 1893 )
• June 21 : Ernst II , Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha († 1893 )
• June 23 : Simon Vissering , Dutch economist and statistician († 1888 )
• June 24 : Carl Alexander , Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach († 1901 )
• June 25 : Friedrich Alexander Graf von Bismarck-Bohlen , Prussian general († 1894 )
• June 28 : Angelo Secchi , Italian astronomer and Jesuit priest († 1878 )

• June: Cesare Ciardi , Italian flautist and composer († 1877 )

July August

• 0July 1 : Johanna Gabillon , German actress († 1875 )
• 0July 1 : Ignaz Semmelweis , Austrian doctor and hygiene pioneer († 1865 )
• 0July 3 : Johann Ludwig Hinrichs , co-founder of the German Baptist congregations († 1901 )
• 0July 6th : Adolf Anderssen , German chess master († 1879 )
• 0July 7 : Peter Early Love , American politician († 1866 )
• July 18 : Celadon Daboll , inventor of the foghorn († 1866 )
• July 21 : Charles L. Robinson , American politician († 1894 )
• July 22 : J. Gregory Smith , American politician († 1891 )
• July 25 : Albert Abdullah David Sassoon , British-Indian merchant († 1896 )
• July 28 : Kuno Thassilo von Auer , Prussian major general († 1895 )
• July 30 : Emily Brontë , British writer († 1848 )
• July 30 : Jan Heemskerk , Dutch statesman († 1897 )
• July 31 : Heinrich Kiepert , German geographer and cartographer († 1899 )

• 0August 1 : Maria Mitchell , American astronomer and suffragette († 1889 )
• 0August 3 : Katharina Weißgerber , received the Iron Cross († 1886 )
• 0August 8 : Johann Baptist Häner , Swiss politician († 1885 )
• August 13 : Lucy Stone , American suffragette and abolitionist († 1893 )
• August 14 : François d'Orléans , French admiral († 1900 )
• August 17 : Heinrich Hirzel , Swiss Protestant clergyman († 1871 )
• August 18 : William Farquhar Barry , American general († 1879 )
• August 18 : Henri Le Secq , French photographer († 1882 )
• August 18 : Václav Bolemír Nebeský , Czech poet and philosopher († 1882 )
• August 20 : John Ball , Irish politician († 1889 )
• August 22 : Carlo Pisacane , Italian politician († 1857 )
• August 22 : Rudolf von Jhering , German lawyer († 1892 )
• August 23 : Johann Georg Eccarius , German worker activist and trade unionist († 1889 )
• August 23 : Wilhelm Rudolf Kutter , engineer for hydraulic engineering and sewer systems († 1888 )
• August 23 : Max Schmidt , German painter († 1901 )
• August 25 : Shiv Dayal Singh (alias Soamiji Maharaj), Indian mystic († 1878 )
• August 25 : Thomas Wade , British sinologist († 1895 )
• August 30th : Friedrich Ladegast , German organ builder († 1905 )

September October

• 0September 1 : Johan Thomas Lundbye , Danish painter († 1848 )
• 0September 3 : Karl von Vogelsang , Catholic publicist, politician and social reformer († 1890 )
• 0September 7 : Miroslav Vilhar , Slovenian author, composer and politician († 1871 )
• 0September 7 : Thomas Talbot , American politician († 1886 )
• 0September 8 : David Fries , Swiss Protestant clergyman and politician († 1875 )
• 0September 8 : Karl Viktor Müllenhoff , German philologist († 1884 )
• September 10 : Carl Julius von Abel , Württemberg railway engineer († 1883 )
• September 12 : Richard Gatling , American inventor († 1903 )
• September 12 : Theodor Kullak , German pianist and composer († 1882 )
• September 13 : Gustave Aimard , French writer († 1883 )
• September 14 : José Güell y Renté , Cuban-Spanish politician and writer († 1884 )
• September 17 : William Henry Barnum , American politician and industrialist († 1889 )
• September 18 : Vincent Heinrich Mann , German lawyer († 1889 )

Adolph Wilhelm Hermann Kolbe

• September 27 : Adolph Wilhelm Hermann Kolbe , German chemist († 1884 )
• September 28 : George W. Ladd , American politician († 1892 )
• September 29 : Nathaniel B. Baker , American politician († 1876 )

• 0October 2 : Conrad Wilhelm Hase , German architect († 1902 )
• 0October 8 : John Walter III , publisher of "The Times" magazine († 1894 )
• 0October 9 : Henry Lippitt , American politician († 1891 )
• October 13 : Louis Appia , surgeon and co-founder of the International Committee of the Red Cross († 1898 )
• October 15 : Alexander Dreyschock , Bohemian piano virtuoso and composer († 1869 )
• October 15 : Johann Gungl , Hungarian-German violinist, composer and conductor († 1883 )
• October 15 : Franz von Löher , German lawyer, historian and politician († 1892 )
• October 15 : Ludwig von Wittich , Prussian general († 1884 )
• October 17th : Tassilo von Heydebrand and the Lasa , German chess master († 1899 )
• October 18 : Carl Hugo Hahn , German Protestant missionary († 1895 )
• October 18 : Charles Christian Nahl , German-American painter († 1878 )
• October 19 : Friedrich Mergner , Protestant theologian and composer († 1891 )
• October 22 : Charles Leconte de Lisle , French poet († 1894 )
• October 26 : Ludwig Häusser , German historian and liberal politician († 1867 )
• October 29 : Catherine Hayes , Irish opera soprano († 1861 )

November December

• 0November 5 : Benjamin Franklin Butler , American general († 1893 )
• 0November 6 : Joseph Lajeunesse , Canadian musician and music teacher († 1904 )
• 0November 7th : Emil Du Bois-Reymond , physiologist and mathematician († 1896 )
• 0November 9 : Ivan Sergeyevich Turgenev , Russian writer († 1883 )
• November 10 : Karl Gustav Amelung , German mining official († 1866 )
• November 10 : James Pike , American politician († 1895 )
• November 13 : Wilhelm Herchenbach , German writer († 1889 )
• November 16 : Sidney Dean , American politician († 1901 )
• November 18 : Marco Minghetti , Italian politician († 1886 )
• November 20 : Karol Szajnocha , Polish writer and historian († 1868 )
• November 21 : Lewis Henry Morgan , American anthropologist († 1881 )
• November 22nd : Caesar Achatius von Auerswald , German judge and administrative lawyer († 1883 )
• November 23 : Joseph von Egle , Württemberg architect and construction clerk († 1899 )
• November 24th : August Dächsel , German Protestant pastor and theologian († 1901 )
• November 24 : William Woods Holden , American politician († 1892 )
• November 25 : Lambert Heinrich von Babo , German chemist († 1899 )
• November 26 : Louis Lacombe , French composer († 1884 )
• November 28 : Karl Maximilian von Bauernfeind , German engineer and geodesist († 1894 )
• 0December 2 : Diedrich Wilhelm Andreas Augspurg , German politician († 1898 )
• 0December 3 : Max von Pettenkofer , German chemist and hygienist († 1901 )
• 0December 7th : Luise Neumann , German actress († 1905 )
• 0December 8 : Charles III. , Prince of Monaco († 1889 )
• December 10 : František Ladislav Rieger , Czech publicist and politician († 1903 )
• December 10 : William W. Welch , American politician († 1892 )
• December 12 : Paul Octave Hébert , American politician († 1880 )
• December 18 : Daniel Heinrich Mumm von Schwarzenstein , German Lord Mayor of Frankfurt am Main († 1890 )
• December 18 : William Moon , British teacher for the blind, developer of the Braille Moon alphabet († 1894 )
• December 20 : Ludwig Brüel , German lawyer and politician († 1896 )
• December 21 : Amalie Marie Friederike , Duchess of Oldenburg, Princess of Bavaria and Queen of Greece († 1875 )
• December 22nd : Konrad von Parzham , Bavarian lay brother from the Capuchin order, saint of the Catholic Church († 1894 )

James Prescott Joule

• December 24 : James Prescott Joule , British physicist († 1889 )
• December 26 : Moritz Baumert , German medic and chemist († 1865 )

Carl Remigius Fresenius

• December 28 : Carl Remigius Fresenius , German chemist († 1897 )

Exact date of birth unknown

• Carl Wilhelm von Ahlefeldt , lord of the noble estate Treuholz and provost of the Uetersen monastery († 1897 )
• John McDougal , American politician († 1866 )
• Caroline Reinagle , English composer, pianist and music teacher († 1892 )

Died

First half of the year

• 0January 5th : Marcello Bacciarelli , Italian Baroque painter (* 1731 )
• 0January 5th : Christoph Bernhard Verspoell , Catholic priest, publicist and hymn poet (* 1743 )
• 0January 8 : Robert Bowie , American politician (* 1750 )
• January 11 : Johann David Wyss , Swiss author (* 1743 )
• January 15 : Matwei Platow , Russian general and hetman of the Don Cossacks (* 1753 )
• January 16 : Heinrich Guttenberg , German engraver (* 1749 )
• 0February 5 : Charles XIII. , King of Sweden and King of Norway (* 1748 )
• 0February 9 : John Milledge , American politician (* 1757 )
• February 13 : George Rogers Clark , American pioneer (* 1752 )
• February 15 : Prince Friedrich Ludwig zu Hohenlohe-Ingelfingen , Prussian general (* 1746 )
• February 17th : Juan Rodríguez Ballesteros , Spanish judge, colonial administrator and governor of Chile (* 1738 )

• 0March 1 : Jared Irwin , American politician (* 1750 )
• March 11th : Maria Luise Albertine zu Leiningen-Dagsburg-Falkenburg , grandmother of the Prussian Queen Luise (* 1729 )
• March 15 : Karel Postl , Czech classical landscape painter, draftsman and graphic artist (* 1769 )
• March 17 : Johann Christoph Bathe , German legal scholar (* 1754 )
• March 20 : Johann Nikolaus Forkel , German musician and music historian (* 1749 )
• March 23 : Nicolas Isouard , Maltese composer (* 1775 )
• March 25 : Henry Lee , American cavalry officer, major general and politician (* 1756 )
• March 28 : Antonio Capuzzi , Italian violinist and composer (* 1755 )
• March 29 : Alexandre Sabès Pétion , President of Haiti (* 1770 )
• March 29 : Thomas Posey , American politician, governor of the Indiana Territory (* 1750 )

• April 11 : Carl Andreas Göpfert , German composer (* 1768 )
• April 14 : Robert Glutz von Blotzheim , Swiss writer and journalist (* 1786 )
• April 18 : Ernst Christian Trapp , first German holder of a chair for pedagogy (* 1745 )
• April 23 : Wilhelm Leberecht Götzinger , German Lutheran theologian and author (* 1758 )
• April 25 : George Armistead , American Lieutenant Colonel (* 1780 )
• April 27 : Christopher Greenup , American politician (* 1750 )

• 0May 2 : Herman Willem Daendels , Dutch General and Governor General of the Dutch East Indies (* 1762 )
• 0May 2 : Alexander Graydon , American lawyer, writer and military (* 1752 )
• 0May 2 : Friedrich von Wendt , German medic (* 1738 )
• 0May 7 : Leopold Koželuh , Bohemian composer (* 1747 )
• May 10 : Paul Revere , American independence fighter (* 1735 )
• May 13 : Michael Andreas Barclay de Tolly , Russian general and minister of war (* 1761 )
• May 13 : Louis V. Joseph , Prince of Condé (* 1736 )
• May 13 : Emanuel Merian , Swiss Protestant clergyman (* 1732 )
• May 14 : Matthew Lewis , English writer (* 1775 )
• May 18 : Lemuel Benton , American politician (* 1754 )
• May 26 : Howell Cobb , American politician (* 1772 )
• May 29 : Johann Amadeus Franz von Thugut , Austrian statesman and Minister for Foreign Affairs (* 1736 )

• 0June 3 : Egwala Seyon , Ethiopian Emperor since 1801
• 0June 6 : Jan Henryk Dąbrowski , Polish general (* 1755 )
• 0June 7th : Emanuel Bardou , Swiss sculptor (* 1744 )
• 0June 8 : Franziska von Arnstein , Austrian salonière (* 1758 )
• June 16 : Ferdinand von Wintzingerode , Russian general (* 1770 )
• June 16 : Daniel Smith , American surveyor and politician (* 1748 )
• June 20 : Hedwig von Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorf , Queen of Sweden and Norway (* 1759 )
• June 28 : Henry Smith , American politician (* 1766 )
• June 29 : Karl Philipp Fohr , German romantic landscape painter (* 1795 )

Second half of the year

• 0July 1 : Christian Ludwig Wilhelm Stark , German Protestant theologian (* 1790 )
• July 28th : Gaspard Monge , French mathematician and physicist (* 1746 )

• August 21 : James Lucas Yeo , British naval officer (* 1782 )
• August 22nd : Warren Hastings , British Governor General of the British East Indies (* 1732 )
• August 31 : Arthur St. Clair , British-American soldier (* 1736 )

• 0October 4 : Josef Abel , Austrian painter (* 1764 )
• 0October 8 : George Truitt , American politician (* 1756 )
• October 22 : Joachim Heinrich Campe , German linguist and pedagogue (* 1746 )
• October 22nd : Dennis Smelt , American politician (* 1763 )
• October 25 : Joseph Freiherr von Aichen , Austrian diplomat and lawyer (* 1745 )
• October 26 : Ludwig Gotthard Kosegarten , pastor of the church in Altenkirchen on Rügen and writer (* 1758 )
• October 28 : Abigail Adams , American First Lady (* 1744 )
• October 28 : Henri Clarke d'Hunebourg , French general and statesman (* 1765 )
• October 30 : Eberhard Ernst Gotthard von Vegesack , Swedish general (* 1763 )

• 0November 1 : Marie-Gabrielle Capet , French painter (* 1761 )
• 0November 5 : Heinrich Friedrich Füger , German painter (* 1751 )

Charlotte's coat of arms as queen

• November 17 : Karl Gottlob Anton , German lawyer, politician and historian (* 1751 )
• November 17th : Sophie Charlotte von Mecklenburg-Strelitz , German princess, Queen of Great Britain and Hanover (* 1744 )
• November 26th : Joseph Colloredo-Mels and Wallsee , son of the first prince of Colloredo-Mels and Wallsee (* 1735 )
• November 26th : Salomon Landolt , Swiss politician (* 1741 )
• November 29 : Johann Wilhelm Wolfgang Breithaupt , German Protestant theologian and song writer (* 1738 )

• 0December 8 : Karl Ludwig Friedrich , Grand Duke of Baden (* 1786 )
• December 14th : Johann Michael Hudtwalcker , entrepreneur, scout (* 1747 )
• December 15 : Joseph Ludwig Colmar , Bishop of Mainz (* 1760 )
• December 17th : Abdallah I ibn Saud , Imam of the Wahhabis
• December 19 : Richard Winn , American politician (* 1750 )
• December 22nd : Johann Alois Schneider , German bishop (* 1752 )
• December 25 : Catherine-Dominique de Pérignon , French Revolutionary General, Marshal and Peer of France (* 1754 )
• December 27th : Ernst Platner , anthropologist, physician and philosopher (* 1744 )

Exact date of death unknown

• Carl Adolph Schultze , Mayor of Weimar and court advocate (* 1758 )
• Iwan Pratsch , Czech composer (* around 1750)

Web links

Commons : 1818  - Collection of Images, Videos and Audio Files

• Digitized newspapers from 1818 in the newspaper information system (ZEFYS) of the Berlin State Library