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Who Was Alive in 1774

30 of 492 historical figures were alive in 1774

Voltaire
VoltaireAge 80
1694–1778 · Philosophy & Thought
Enlightenment writer and philosopher
 Benjamin Franklin
Benjamin FranklinAge 68
1706–1790 · Science & Invention
Founding Father, electricity experiments
 Carl Linnaeus
Carl LinnaeusAge 67
1707–1778 · Science & Invention
Father of modern taxonomy
 Leonhard Euler
Leonhard EulerAge 67
1707–1783 · Science & Invention
Prolific Swiss mathematician
 Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Jean-Jacques RousseauAge 62
1712–1778 · Philosophy & Thought
Enlightenment philosopher of The Social Contract
 Frederick the Great
Frederick the GreatAge 62
1712–1786 · Politics & Leadership
King of Prussia and military strategist
 Adam Smith
Adam SmithAge 51
1723–1790 · Philosophy & Thought
Economist, author of The Wealth of Nations
 Immanuel Kant
Immanuel KantAge 50
1724–1804 · Philosophy & Thought
Critique of Pure Reason
 Captain James Cook
Captain James CookAge 46
1728–1779 · Exploration
Mapped the Pacific, reached Australia
 Catherine the Great
Catherine the GreatAge 45
1729–1796 · Politics & Leadership
Empress who expanded Russia
 George Washington
George WashingtonAge 42
1732–1799 · Politics & Leadership
First US President
 Joseph Haydn
Joseph HaydnAge 42
1732–1809 · Music
Father of the symphony and string quartet
 John Adams
John AdamsAge 39
1735–1826 · Politics & Leadership
Second US president and Founding Father
 James Watt
James WattAge 38
1736–1819 · Science & Invention
Improved the steam engine
 Thomas Jefferson
Thomas JeffersonAge 31
1743–1826 · Politics & Leadership
Author of the Declaration of Independence
 Toussaint Louverture
Toussaint LouvertureAge 31
1743–1803 · Politics & Leadership
Leader of the Haitian Revolution
 Francisco Goya
Francisco GoyaAge 28
1746–1828 · Art
Spanish Romantic painter
 Edward Jenner
Edward JennerAge 25
1749–1823 · Science & Invention
Pioneer of the smallpox vaccine
 Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Johann Wolfgang von GoetheAge 25
1749–1832 · Literature
German poet and author of Faust
 James Madison
James MadisonAge 23
1751–1836 · Politics & Leadership
Fourth US president, Father of the Constitution
 Marie Antoinette
Marie AntoinetteAge 19
1755–1793 · Politics & Leadership
Queen of France, executed in the Revolution
 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Wolfgang Amadeus MozartAge 18
1756–1791 · Music
Musical prodigy, symphonies & operas
 Mary Wollstonecraft
Mary WollstonecraftAge 15
1759–1797 · Philosophy & Thought
Vindication of the Rights of Woman, feminist pioneer
 Friedrich Schiller
Friedrich SchillerAge 15
1759–1805 · Literature
German poet of the Ode to Joy
 Hokusai
HokusaiAge 14
1760–1849 · Art
The Great Wave, Japanese master printmaker
 Andrew Jackson
Andrew JacksonAge 7
1767–1845 · Politics & Leadership
Seventh President of the United States
 John Quincy Adams
John Quincy AdamsAge 7
1767–1848 · Politics & Leadership
Sixth President of the United States
 Napoleon Bonaparte
Napoleon BonaparteAge 5
1769–1821 · Politics & Leadership
Emperor of France, military genius
 Ludwig van Beethoven
Ludwig van BeethovenAge 4
1770–1827 · Music
Symphonies composed while going deaf
 Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
Georg Wilhelm Friedrich HegelAge 4
1770–1831 · Philosophy & Thought
German idealist philosopher

Also Born in 1774

Caspar David Friedrich
1774–1840 · born September 5
German Romantic landscape painter (1774–1840)
Jean-Baptiste Biot
1774–1862 · born April 21
French physicist (1774–1862)
Robert Southey
1774–1843 · born August 12
English romantic poet (1774–1843)
Daniel D. Tompkins
1774–1825 · born June 21
Vice President of the United States from 1817 to 1825
Matthew Flinders
1774–1814 · born March 16
Royal Navy officer, navigator and cartographer (1774–1814)

Also Died in 1774

Louis XV
1710–1774 · died May 10
King of France from 1715 to 1774
Oliver Goldsmith
1728–1774 · died April 4
Anglo-Irish writer (1728–1774)
Pope Clement XIV
1705–1774 · died September 22
Head of the Catholic Church from 1769 to 1774
Mustafa III
1717–1774 · died January 21
Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1757 to 1774
François Quesnay
1694–1774 · died December 16
French physician, Physiocratic economist, and orientalist (1694–1774)
Robert Clive
1725–1774 · died November 22
British military officer (1725–1774)

Sources

  1. 1774 — 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
  29. Napoleon — Wikipedia
  30. Ludwig van Beethoven — Wikipedia
  31. Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel — Wikipedia
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