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Who Was Alive in 1776

31 of 492 historical figures were alive in 1776

Voltaire
VoltaireAge 82
1694–1778 · Philosophy & Thought
Enlightenment writer and philosopher
 Benjamin Franklin
Benjamin FranklinAge 70
1706–1790 · Science & Invention
Founding Father, electricity experiments
 Carl Linnaeus
Carl LinnaeusAge 69
1707–1778 · Science & Invention
Father of modern taxonomy
 Leonhard Euler
Leonhard EulerAge 69
1707–1783 · Science & Invention
Prolific Swiss mathematician
 Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Jean-Jacques RousseauAge 64
1712–1778 · Philosophy & Thought
Enlightenment philosopher of The Social Contract
 Frederick the Great
Frederick the GreatAge 64
1712–1786 · Politics & Leadership
King of Prussia and military strategist
 Adam Smith
Adam SmithAge 53
1723–1790 · Philosophy & Thought
Economist, author of The Wealth of Nations
 Immanuel Kant
Immanuel KantAge 52
1724–1804 · Philosophy & Thought
Critique of Pure Reason
 Captain James Cook
Captain James CookAge 48
1728–1779 · Exploration
Mapped the Pacific, reached Australia
 Catherine the Great
Catherine the GreatAge 47
1729–1796 · Politics & Leadership
Empress who expanded Russia
 George Washington
George WashingtonAge 44
1732–1799 · Politics & Leadership
First US President
 Joseph Haydn
Joseph HaydnAge 44
1732–1809 · Music
Father of the symphony and string quartet
 John Adams
John AdamsAge 41
1735–1826 · Politics & Leadership
Second US president and Founding Father
 James Watt
James WattAge 40
1736–1819 · Science & Invention
Improved the steam engine
 Thomas Jefferson
Thomas JeffersonAge 33
1743–1826 · Politics & Leadership
Author of the Declaration of Independence
 Toussaint Louverture
Toussaint LouvertureAge 33
1743–1803 · Politics & Leadership
Leader of the Haitian Revolution
 Francisco Goya
Francisco GoyaAge 30
1746–1828 · Art
Spanish Romantic painter
 Edward Jenner
Edward JennerAge 27
1749–1823 · Science & Invention
Pioneer of the smallpox vaccine
 Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Johann Wolfgang von GoetheAge 27
1749–1832 · Literature
German poet and author of Faust
 James Madison
James MadisonAge 25
1751–1836 · Politics & Leadership
Fourth US president, Father of the Constitution
 Marie Antoinette
Marie AntoinetteAge 21
1755–1793 · Politics & Leadership
Queen of France, executed in the Revolution
 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Wolfgang Amadeus MozartAge 20
1756–1791 · Music
Musical prodigy, symphonies & operas
 Mary Wollstonecraft
Mary WollstonecraftAge 17
1759–1797 · Philosophy & Thought
Vindication of the Rights of Woman, feminist pioneer
 Friedrich Schiller
Friedrich SchillerAge 17
1759–1805 · Literature
German poet of the Ode to Joy
 Hokusai
HokusaiAge 16
1760–1849 · Art
The Great Wave, Japanese master printmaker
 Andrew Jackson
Andrew JacksonAge 9
1767–1845 · Politics & Leadership
Seventh President of the United States
 John Quincy Adams
John Quincy AdamsAge 9
1767–1848 · Politics & Leadership
Sixth President of the United States
 Napoleon Bonaparte
Napoleon BonaparteAge 7
1769–1821 · Politics & Leadership
Emperor of France, military genius
 Ludwig van Beethoven
Ludwig van BeethovenAge 6
1770–1827 · Music
Symphonies composed while going deaf
 Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
Georg Wilhelm Friedrich HegelAge 6
1770–1831 · Philosophy & Thought
German idealist philosopher
 Jane Austen
Jane AustenAge 1
1775–1817 · Literature
Pride and Prejudice

Also Born in 1776

Amedeo Avogadro
1776–1856 · born August 9
Italian scientist (1776–1856)
E. T. A. Hoffmann
1776–1822 · born January 24
German author (1776–1822)
John Constable
1776–1837 · born June 11
English painter (1776–1837)
Sophie Germain
1776–1831 · born April 1
French mathematician, physicist, and philosopher (1776–1831)

Also Died in 1776

David Hume
1711–1776 · died August 25
Scottish philosopher, historian, economist and essayist (1711–1776)
John Harrison
1693–1776 · died March 24
English clockmaker (1693–1776)

Notable World Events in 1776

1776 American Declaration of Independence

Sources

  1. 1776 — 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
  32. Jane Austen — Wikipedia
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