Who Was Alive in 1743
18 of 492 historical figures were alive in 1743
Johann Sebastian BachAge 58
George Frideric HandelAge 58
VoltaireAge 49
Benjamin FranklinAge 37
Carl LinnaeusAge 36
Leonhard EulerAge 36
Jean-Jacques RousseauAge 31
Frederick the GreatAge 31
Adam SmithAge 20
Immanuel KantAge 19
Captain James CookAge 15
Catherine the GreatAge 14
George WashingtonAge 11
Joseph HaydnAge 11
John AdamsAge 8
James WattAge 7
Thomas JeffersonAge 0
Toussaint LouvertureAge 0
Born in 1743
Thomas Jefferson
Author of the Declaration of Independence
Toussaint Louverture
Leader of the Haitian Revolution
Also Born in 1743
French nobleman and chemist (1743–1794)
French political theorist (1743–1793)
Russian poet (1743–1816)
French philosopher and mathematician (1743–1794)
Italian composer and cellist (1743–1805)
Mistress of Louis XV, executed during the Reign of Terror (1743–1793)
German chemist (1743–1817)
Also Died in 1743
Prime Minister of Great Britain from 1742 to 1743
French baroque painter (1659–1743)
Last lineal descendant of the House of Medici
Sources
- 1743 — Wikipedia. Births, deaths and events of the year
- Johann Sebastian Bach — Wikipedia
- George Frideric Handel — Wikipedia
- Voltaire — Wikipedia
- Benjamin Franklin — Wikipedia
- Carl Linnaeus — Wikipedia
- Leonhard Euler — Wikipedia
- Jean-Jacques Rousseau — Wikipedia
- Frederick the Great — Wikipedia
- Adam Smith — Wikipedia
- Immanuel Kant — Wikipedia
- James Cook — Wikipedia
- Catherine the Great — Wikipedia
- George Washington — Wikipedia
- Joseph Haydn — Wikipedia
- John Adams — Wikipedia
- James Watt — Wikipedia
- Thomas Jefferson — Wikipedia
- Toussaint Louverture — Wikipedia