Births
- 1771: March 10 - Georg Friedrich Creuzer, German Greek philologist and archaeologist (d. 1858)
- 1776: January 4 - Bernardino Drovetti, Italian antiquarian and Egyptologist (d. 1852)
- 1778: November 5 - Giovanni Battista Belzoni, Italian explorer and Egyptologist (d. 1823)
- 1779: May 29 - John Disney, English barrister, antiquarian and archaeological benefactor (d. 1857)
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