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Who Was Alive in 1779

29 of 492 historical figures were alive in 1779

Benjamin Franklin
Benjamin FranklinAge 73
1706–1790 · Science & Invention
Founding Father, electricity experiments
 Leonhard Euler
Leonhard EulerAge 72
1707–1783 · Science & Invention
Prolific Swiss mathematician
 Frederick the Great
Frederick the GreatAge 67
1712–1786 · Politics & Leadership
King of Prussia and military strategist
 Adam Smith
Adam SmithAge 56
1723–1790 · Philosophy & Thought
Economist, author of The Wealth of Nations
 Immanuel Kant
Immanuel KantAge 55
1724–1804 · Philosophy & Thought
Critique of Pure Reason
 Captain James Cook
Captain James CookAge 51
1728–1779 · Exploration
Mapped the Pacific, reached Australia
 Catherine the Great
Catherine the GreatAge 50
1729–1796 · Politics & Leadership
Empress who expanded Russia
 George Washington
George WashingtonAge 47
1732–1799 · Politics & Leadership
First US President
 Joseph Haydn
Joseph HaydnAge 47
1732–1809 · Music
Father of the symphony and string quartet
 John Adams
John AdamsAge 44
1735–1826 · Politics & Leadership
Second US president and Founding Father
 James Watt
James WattAge 43
1736–1819 · Science & Invention
Improved the steam engine
 Thomas Jefferson
Thomas JeffersonAge 36
1743–1826 · Politics & Leadership
Author of the Declaration of Independence
 Toussaint Louverture
Toussaint LouvertureAge 36
1743–1803 · Politics & Leadership
Leader of the Haitian Revolution
 Francisco Goya
Francisco GoyaAge 33
1746–1828 · Art
Spanish Romantic painter
 Edward Jenner
Edward JennerAge 30
1749–1823 · Science & Invention
Pioneer of the smallpox vaccine
 Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Johann Wolfgang von GoetheAge 30
1749–1832 · Literature
German poet and author of Faust
 James Madison
James MadisonAge 28
1751–1836 · Politics & Leadership
Fourth US president, Father of the Constitution
 Marie Antoinette
Marie AntoinetteAge 24
1755–1793 · Politics & Leadership
Queen of France, executed in the Revolution
 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Wolfgang Amadeus MozartAge 23
1756–1791 · Music
Musical prodigy, symphonies & operas
 Mary Wollstonecraft
Mary WollstonecraftAge 20
1759–1797 · Philosophy & Thought
Vindication of the Rights of Woman, feminist pioneer
 Friedrich Schiller
Friedrich SchillerAge 20
1759–1805 · Literature
German poet of the Ode to Joy
 Hokusai
HokusaiAge 19
1760–1849 · Art
The Great Wave, Japanese master printmaker
 Andrew Jackson
Andrew JacksonAge 12
1767–1845 · Politics & Leadership
Seventh President of the United States
 John Quincy Adams
John Quincy AdamsAge 12
1767–1848 · Politics & Leadership
Sixth President of the United States
 Napoleon Bonaparte
Napoleon BonaparteAge 10
1769–1821 · Politics & Leadership
Emperor of France, military genius
 Ludwig van Beethoven
Ludwig van BeethovenAge 9
1770–1827 · Music
Symphonies composed while going deaf
 Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
Georg Wilhelm Friedrich HegelAge 9
1770–1831 · Philosophy & Thought
German idealist philosopher
 Jane Austen
Jane AustenAge 4
1775–1817 · Literature
Pride and Prejudice
 Carl Friedrich Gauss
Carl Friedrich GaussAge 2
1777–1855 · Science & Invention
Mathematician called the Prince of Mathematicians

Also Born in 1779

Jöns Jacob Berzelius
1779–1848 · born August 20
Swedish chemist (1779–1848)
Thomas Moore
1779–1852 · born May 28
Irish poet, singer and songwriter (1779–1852)
Mustafa IV
1779–1808 · born September 8
Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1807 to 1808
Carl Ritter
1779–1859 · born August 7
German geographer (1779–1859)
William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne
1779–1848 · born March 15
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1834; 1835–1841)

Died in 1779

Captain James Cook
Captain James Cook
1728–1779 · Exploration
Mapped the Pacific, reached Australia

Also Died in 1779

David Garrick
1717–1779 · died January 20
English actor, playwright, theatre manager and producer (1716-1779)
Anton Raphael Mengs
1728–1779 · died June 29
German painter (1728–1779)

Sources

  1. 1779 — Wikipedia. Births, deaths and events of the year
  2. Benjamin Franklin — Wikipedia
  3. Leonhard Euler — Wikipedia
  4. Frederick the Great — Wikipedia
  5. Adam Smith — Wikipedia
  6. Immanuel Kant — Wikipedia
  7. James Cook — Wikipedia
  8. Catherine the Great — Wikipedia
  9. George Washington — Wikipedia
  10. Joseph Haydn — Wikipedia
  11. John Adams — Wikipedia
  12. James Watt — Wikipedia
  13. Thomas Jefferson — Wikipedia
  14. Toussaint Louverture — Wikipedia
  15. Francisco Goya — Wikipedia
  16. Edward Jenner — Wikipedia
  17. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe — Wikipedia
  18. James Madison — Wikipedia
  19. Marie Antoinette — Wikipedia
  20. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart — Wikipedia
  21. Mary Wollstonecraft — Wikipedia
  22. Friedrich Schiller — Wikipedia
  23. Hokusai — Wikipedia
  24. Andrew Jackson — Wikipedia
  25. John Quincy Adams — Wikipedia
  26. Napoleon — Wikipedia
  27. Ludwig van Beethoven — Wikipedia
  28. Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel — Wikipedia
  29. Jane Austen — Wikipedia
  30. Carl Friedrich Gauss — Wikipedia
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