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Who Was Alive in 1768

27 of 492 historical figures were alive in 1768

Voltaire
VoltaireAge 74
1694–1778 · Philosophy & Thought
Enlightenment writer and philosopher
 Benjamin Franklin
Benjamin FranklinAge 62
1706–1790 · Science & Invention
Founding Father, electricity experiments
 Carl Linnaeus
Carl LinnaeusAge 61
1707–1778 · Science & Invention
Father of modern taxonomy
 Leonhard Euler
Leonhard EulerAge 61
1707–1783 · Science & Invention
Prolific Swiss mathematician
 Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Jean-Jacques RousseauAge 56
1712–1778 · Philosophy & Thought
Enlightenment philosopher of The Social Contract
 Frederick the Great
Frederick the GreatAge 56
1712–1786 · Politics & Leadership
King of Prussia and military strategist
 Adam Smith
Adam SmithAge 45
1723–1790 · Philosophy & Thought
Economist, author of The Wealth of Nations
 Immanuel Kant
Immanuel KantAge 44
1724–1804 · Philosophy & Thought
Critique of Pure Reason
 Captain James Cook
Captain James CookAge 40
1728–1779 · Exploration
Mapped the Pacific, reached Australia
 Catherine the Great
Catherine the GreatAge 39
1729–1796 · Politics & Leadership
Empress who expanded Russia
 George Washington
George WashingtonAge 36
1732–1799 · Politics & Leadership
First US President
 Joseph Haydn
Joseph HaydnAge 36
1732–1809 · Music
Father of the symphony and string quartet
 John Adams
John AdamsAge 33
1735–1826 · Politics & Leadership
Second US president and Founding Father
 James Watt
James WattAge 32
1736–1819 · Science & Invention
Improved the steam engine
 Thomas Jefferson
Thomas JeffersonAge 25
1743–1826 · Politics & Leadership
Author of the Declaration of Independence
 Toussaint Louverture
Toussaint LouvertureAge 25
1743–1803 · Politics & Leadership
Leader of the Haitian Revolution
 Francisco Goya
Francisco GoyaAge 22
1746–1828 · Art
Spanish Romantic painter
 Edward Jenner
Edward JennerAge 19
1749–1823 · Science & Invention
Pioneer of the smallpox vaccine
 Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Johann Wolfgang von GoetheAge 19
1749–1832 · Literature
German poet and author of Faust
 James Madison
James MadisonAge 17
1751–1836 · Politics & Leadership
Fourth US president, Father of the Constitution
 Marie Antoinette
Marie AntoinetteAge 13
1755–1793 · Politics & Leadership
Queen of France, executed in the Revolution
 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Wolfgang Amadeus MozartAge 12
1756–1791 · Music
Musical prodigy, symphonies & operas
 Mary Wollstonecraft
Mary WollstonecraftAge 9
1759–1797 · Philosophy & Thought
Vindication of the Rights of Woman, feminist pioneer
 Friedrich Schiller
Friedrich SchillerAge 9
1759–1805 · Literature
German poet of the Ode to Joy
 Hokusai
HokusaiAge 8
1760–1849 · Art
The Great Wave, Japanese master printmaker
 Andrew Jackson
Andrew JacksonAge 1
1767–1845 · Politics & Leadership
Seventh President of the United States
 John Quincy Adams
John Quincy AdamsAge 1
1767–1848 · Politics & Leadership
Sixth President of the United States

Also Born in 1768

Joseph Fourier
1768–1830 · born March 21
French mathematician and physicist (1768–1830)
François-René de Chateaubriand
1768–1848 · born September 4
French writer, politician and historian (1768–1848)
Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor
1768–1835 · born February 12
Holy Roman Emperor (1792–1806), Emperor of Austria (1804–1835)
Joseph Bonaparte
1768–1844 · born January 7
King of Naples (1806–08) and Spain (1808–13)
Friedrich Schleiermacher
1768–1834 · born November 21
German theologian, philosopher, and biblical scholar (1768–1834)
Charlotte Corday
1768–1793 · born July 27
French assassin (1768–1793)

Also Died in 1768

Laurence Sterne
1713–1768 · died March 18
Anglo-Irish writer and cleric (1713–1768)
Canaletto
1697–1768 · died April 19
Italian painter of landscapes (1697–1768)
Johann Joachim Winckelmann
1717–1768 · died June 8
German art historian (1717–1768)
Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle
1693–1768 · died November 17
Prime Minister of Great Britain (1754–1756; 1757–1762)
Nicola Porpora
1686–1768 · died March 3
Italian composer (1686–1768)
Georg Brandt
1694–1768 · died April 29
Swedish scientist (1694–1768)

Sources

  1. 1768 — Wikipedia. Births, deaths and events of the year
  2. Voltaire — Wikipedia
  3. Benjamin Franklin — Wikipedia
  4. Carl Linnaeus — Wikipedia
  5. Leonhard Euler — Wikipedia
  6. Jean-Jacques Rousseau — Wikipedia
  7. Frederick the Great — Wikipedia
  8. Adam Smith — Wikipedia
  9. Immanuel Kant — Wikipedia
  10. James Cook — Wikipedia
  11. Catherine the Great — Wikipedia
  12. George Washington — Wikipedia
  13. Joseph Haydn — Wikipedia
  14. John Adams — Wikipedia
  15. James Watt — Wikipedia
  16. Thomas Jefferson — Wikipedia
  17. Toussaint Louverture — Wikipedia
  18. Francisco Goya — Wikipedia
  19. Edward Jenner — Wikipedia
  20. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe — Wikipedia
  21. James Madison — Wikipedia
  22. Marie Antoinette — Wikipedia
  23. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart — Wikipedia
  24. Mary Wollstonecraft — Wikipedia
  25. Friedrich Schiller — Wikipedia
  26. Hokusai — Wikipedia
  27. Andrew Jackson — Wikipedia
  28. John Quincy Adams — Wikipedia
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