Birthdays in Sport
- Mar 1 Andrew Strath, Scottish golfer (British Open 1865), born in St. Andrews, Fife (d. 1868)
- May 9 Adam Opel, German automobile manufacturer (Adam Opel AG), born in Rüsselsheim, Hesse, Prussia (d. 1895)
- Jun 22 Paul Morphy, greatest chess player of all time (1857-61), born in New Orleans, Louisiana
- Dec 26 Morgan Bulkeley, American politician and baseball commissioner (d. 1922)