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Who Was Alive in 1777

32 of 492 historical figures were alive in 1777

Voltaire
VoltaireAge 83
1694–1778 · Philosophy & Thought
Enlightenment writer and philosopher
 Benjamin Franklin
Benjamin FranklinAge 71
1706–1790 · Science & Invention
Founding Father, electricity experiments
 Carl Linnaeus
Carl LinnaeusAge 70
1707–1778 · Science & Invention
Father of modern taxonomy
 Leonhard Euler
Leonhard EulerAge 70
1707–1783 · Science & Invention
Prolific Swiss mathematician
 Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Jean-Jacques RousseauAge 65
1712–1778 · Philosophy & Thought
Enlightenment philosopher of The Social Contract
 Frederick the Great
Frederick the GreatAge 65
1712–1786 · Politics & Leadership
King of Prussia and military strategist
 Adam Smith
Adam SmithAge 54
1723–1790 · Philosophy & Thought
Economist, author of The Wealth of Nations
 Immanuel Kant
Immanuel KantAge 53
1724–1804 · Philosophy & Thought
Critique of Pure Reason
 Captain James Cook
Captain James CookAge 49
1728–1779 · Exploration
Mapped the Pacific, reached Australia
 Catherine the Great
Catherine the GreatAge 48
1729–1796 · Politics & Leadership
Empress who expanded Russia
 George Washington
George WashingtonAge 45
1732–1799 · Politics & Leadership
First US President
 Joseph Haydn
Joseph HaydnAge 45
1732–1809 · Music
Father of the symphony and string quartet
 John Adams
John AdamsAge 42
1735–1826 · Politics & Leadership
Second US president and Founding Father
 James Watt
James WattAge 41
1736–1819 · Science & Invention
Improved the steam engine
 Thomas Jefferson
Thomas JeffersonAge 34
1743–1826 · Politics & Leadership
Author of the Declaration of Independence
 Toussaint Louverture
Toussaint LouvertureAge 34
1743–1803 · Politics & Leadership
Leader of the Haitian Revolution
 Francisco Goya
Francisco GoyaAge 31
1746–1828 · Art
Spanish Romantic painter
 Edward Jenner
Edward JennerAge 28
1749–1823 · Science & Invention
Pioneer of the smallpox vaccine
 Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Johann Wolfgang von GoetheAge 28
1749–1832 · Literature
German poet and author of Faust
 James Madison
James MadisonAge 26
1751–1836 · Politics & Leadership
Fourth US president, Father of the Constitution
 Marie Antoinette
Marie AntoinetteAge 22
1755–1793 · Politics & Leadership
Queen of France, executed in the Revolution
 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Wolfgang Amadeus MozartAge 21
1756–1791 · Music
Musical prodigy, symphonies & operas
 Mary Wollstonecraft
Mary WollstonecraftAge 18
1759–1797 · Philosophy & Thought
Vindication of the Rights of Woman, feminist pioneer
 Friedrich Schiller
Friedrich SchillerAge 18
1759–1805 · Literature
German poet of the Ode to Joy
 Hokusai
HokusaiAge 17
1760–1849 · Art
The Great Wave, Japanese master printmaker
 Andrew Jackson
Andrew JacksonAge 10
1767–1845 · Politics & Leadership
Seventh President of the United States
 John Quincy Adams
John Quincy AdamsAge 10
1767–1848 · Politics & Leadership
Sixth President of the United States
 Napoleon Bonaparte
Napoleon BonaparteAge 8
1769–1821 · Politics & Leadership
Emperor of France, military genius
 Ludwig van Beethoven
Ludwig van BeethovenAge 7
1770–1827 · Music
Symphonies composed while going deaf
 Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
Georg Wilhelm Friedrich HegelAge 7
1770–1831 · Philosophy & Thought
German idealist philosopher
 Jane Austen
Jane AustenAge 2
1775–1817 · Literature
Pride and Prejudice
 Carl Friedrich Gauss
Carl Friedrich GaussAge 0
1777–1855 · Science & Invention
Mathematician called the Prince of Mathematicians

Born in 1777

Carl Friedrich Gauss
Carl Friedrich Gauss
1777–1855 · Science & Invention
Mathematician called the Prince of Mathematicians

Also Born in 1777

Carl Friedrich Gauss
1777–1855 · born April 30
German polymath and scholar (1777–1855)
Alexander I of Russia
1777–1825 · born December 23
Emperor of Russia from 1801 to 1825
Hans Christian Ørsted
1777–1851 · born August 14
Danish chemist and physicist (1777–1851)
Heinrich von Kleist
1777–1811 · born October 18
German Romantic writer (1777–1811)

Also Died in 1777

Johann Heinrich Lambert
1728–1777 · died September 25
Swiss polymath (1728–1777)
Joseph I of Portugal
1714–1777 · died February 24
King of Portugal from 1750 to 1777

Sources

  1. 1777 — 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
  33. Carl Friedrich Gauss — Wikipedia
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