1786 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar).
Events
Births
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January 8 - Nicholas Biddle, President of the Second Bank of the United States (d. 1844)
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January 12 - Sir Robert Inglis, Bt, English politician (d. 1855)
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January 23 - Auguste de Montferrand, architect (d. 1858)
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February 24 - Wilhelm Grimm, philologist, folklorist (d. 1859)
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March 22 - Joachim Lelewel, Polish nationalist historian (d. 1861)
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June 13 - Winfield Scott, American general and presidential candidate (d. 1866)
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August 17 - David "Davy" Crockett (d. 1836)
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August 25 - Ludwig I, King of Bavaria (d. 1868)
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September 18 - King Christian VIII of Denmark
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September 24 - Charles Bianconi, Italian-Irish entrepreneur.
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November 18/December 18 - Carl Maria von Weber, German composer
- Henry Bishop , English composer
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September 11 - Friedrich Kuhlau, German composer
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December 12 - William L. Marcy, American statesman (d. 1857)
- Balusvami Dikshitar , brother of composer Muttuswami Dikshitar and introducer of the violin into Carnatic music
Deaths