Who Was Alive in 1778
32 of 492 historical figures were alive in 1778
VoltaireAge 84
Benjamin FranklinAge 72
Carl LinnaeusAge 71
Leonhard EulerAge 71
Jean-Jacques RousseauAge 66
Frederick the GreatAge 66
Adam SmithAge 55
Immanuel KantAge 54
Captain James CookAge 50
Catherine the GreatAge 49
George WashingtonAge 46
Joseph HaydnAge 46
John AdamsAge 43
James WattAge 42
Thomas JeffersonAge 35
Toussaint LouvertureAge 35
Francisco GoyaAge 32
Edward JennerAge 29
Johann Wolfgang von GoetheAge 29
James MadisonAge 27
Marie AntoinetteAge 23
Wolfgang Amadeus MozartAge 22
Mary WollstonecraftAge 19
Friedrich SchillerAge 19
HokusaiAge 18
Andrew JacksonAge 11
John Quincy AdamsAge 11
Napoleon BonaparteAge 9
Ludwig van BeethovenAge 8
Georg Wilhelm Friedrich HegelAge 8
Jane AustenAge 3
Carl Friedrich GaussAge 1
Also Born in 1778
British chemist and inventor (1778–1829)
Argentine general and leader (1778–1850)
French chemist and physicist (1778–1850)
Italian writer, revolutionary and poet (1778–1827)
Russian Navy officer, cartographer, and explorer (1778–1852)
King of Holland from 1806 to 1810
Chilean independence leader (1778–1842)
German poet and novelist (1778–1842)
19th-century English essayist and critic (1778-1830)
Swiss botanist (1778–1841)
King of Sweden from 1792 to 1809
Dutch zoologist (1778–1858)
Died in 1778
Voltaire
Enlightenment writer and philosopher
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Enlightenment philosopher of The Social Contract
Carl Linnaeus
Father of modern taxonomy
Also Died in 1778
Genevan philosopher (1712–1778)
Prime Minister of Great Britain 1766–1768 (1708–1778)
Italian physicist and academic (1711–1778)
Italian architect and artist (1720–1778)
English inventor of the Spinning Jenny
Sources
- 1778 — Wikipedia. Births, deaths and events of the year
- 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
- Francisco Goya — Wikipedia
- Edward Jenner — Wikipedia
- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe — Wikipedia
- James Madison — Wikipedia
- Marie Antoinette — Wikipedia
- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart — Wikipedia
- Mary Wollstonecraft — Wikipedia
- Friedrich Schiller — Wikipedia
- Hokusai — Wikipedia
- Andrew Jackson — Wikipedia
- John Quincy Adams — Wikipedia
- Napoleon — Wikipedia
- Ludwig van Beethoven — Wikipedia
- Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel — Wikipedia
- Jane Austen — Wikipedia
- Carl Friedrich Gauss — Wikipedia