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Who Was Alive in 1780

28 of 492 historical figures were alive in 1780

Benjamin Franklin
Benjamin FranklinAge 74
1706–1790 · Science & Invention
Founding Father, electricity experiments
 Leonhard Euler
Leonhard EulerAge 73
1707–1783 · Science & Invention
Prolific Swiss mathematician
 Frederick the Great
Frederick the GreatAge 68
1712–1786 · Politics & Leadership
King of Prussia and military strategist
 Adam Smith
Adam SmithAge 57
1723–1790 · Philosophy & Thought
Economist, author of The Wealth of Nations
 Immanuel Kant
Immanuel KantAge 56
1724–1804 · Philosophy & Thought
Critique of Pure Reason
 Catherine the Great
Catherine the GreatAge 51
1729–1796 · Politics & Leadership
Empress who expanded Russia
 George Washington
George WashingtonAge 48
1732–1799 · Politics & Leadership
First US President
 Joseph Haydn
Joseph HaydnAge 48
1732–1809 · Music
Father of the symphony and string quartet
 John Adams
John AdamsAge 45
1735–1826 · Politics & Leadership
Second US president and Founding Father
 James Watt
James WattAge 44
1736–1819 · Science & Invention
Improved the steam engine
 Thomas Jefferson
Thomas JeffersonAge 37
1743–1826 · Politics & Leadership
Author of the Declaration of Independence
 Toussaint Louverture
Toussaint LouvertureAge 37
1743–1803 · Politics & Leadership
Leader of the Haitian Revolution
 Francisco Goya
Francisco GoyaAge 34
1746–1828 · Art
Spanish Romantic painter
 Edward Jenner
Edward JennerAge 31
1749–1823 · Science & Invention
Pioneer of the smallpox vaccine
 Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Johann Wolfgang von GoetheAge 31
1749–1832 · Literature
German poet and author of Faust
 James Madison
James MadisonAge 29
1751–1836 · Politics & Leadership
Fourth US president, Father of the Constitution
 Marie Antoinette
Marie AntoinetteAge 25
1755–1793 · Politics & Leadership
Queen of France, executed in the Revolution
 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Wolfgang Amadeus MozartAge 24
1756–1791 · Music
Musical prodigy, symphonies & operas
 Mary Wollstonecraft
Mary WollstonecraftAge 21
1759–1797 · Philosophy & Thought
Vindication of the Rights of Woman, feminist pioneer
 Friedrich Schiller
Friedrich SchillerAge 21
1759–1805 · Literature
German poet of the Ode to Joy
 Hokusai
HokusaiAge 20
1760–1849 · Art
The Great Wave, Japanese master printmaker
 Andrew Jackson
Andrew JacksonAge 13
1767–1845 · Politics & Leadership
Seventh President of the United States
 John Quincy Adams
John Quincy AdamsAge 13
1767–1848 · Politics & Leadership
Sixth President of the United States
 Napoleon Bonaparte
Napoleon BonaparteAge 11
1769–1821 · Politics & Leadership
Emperor of France, military genius
 Ludwig van Beethoven
Ludwig van BeethovenAge 10
1770–1827 · Music
Symphonies composed while going deaf
 Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
Georg Wilhelm Friedrich HegelAge 10
1770–1831 · Philosophy & Thought
German idealist philosopher
 Jane Austen
Jane AustenAge 5
1775–1817 · Literature
Pride and Prejudice
 Carl Friedrich Gauss
Carl Friedrich GaussAge 3
1777–1855 · Science & Invention
Mathematician called the Prince of Mathematicians

Also Born in 1780

Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres
1780–1867 · born August 29
French painter (1780–1867)
Ranjit Singh
1780–1839 · born November 13
Sikh Maharaja from 1801 to 1839
Mary Somerville
1780–1872 · born December 26
Scottish scientist (1780–1872)
Richard Mentor Johnson
1780–1850 · born October 17
Vice President of the United States from 1837 to 1841
Johann Wolfgang Döbereiner
1780–1849 · born December 13
German chemist (1780–1849)

Also Died in 1780

Maria Theresa
1717–1780 · died November 29
Habsburg monarch from 1740 to 1780
Étienne Bonnot de Condillac
1714–1780 · died August 3
French philosopher (1714–1780)
Bernardo Bellotto
1721–1780 · died November 17
Italian painter and printmaker (c. 1721–1780)
William Blackstone
1723–1780 · died February 14
English jurist, judge, and politician (1723–1780)
Kristijonas Donelaitis
1714–1780 · died February 18
Prussian Lithuanian poet and Lutheran pastor (1714–1780)

Sources

  1. 1780 — 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. Catherine the Great — Wikipedia
  8. George Washington — Wikipedia
  9. Joseph Haydn — Wikipedia
  10. John Adams — Wikipedia
  11. James Watt — Wikipedia
  12. Thomas Jefferson — Wikipedia
  13. Toussaint Louverture — Wikipedia
  14. Francisco Goya — Wikipedia
  15. Edward Jenner — Wikipedia
  16. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe — Wikipedia
  17. James Madison — Wikipedia
  18. Marie Antoinette — Wikipedia
  19. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart — Wikipedia
  20. Mary Wollstonecraft — Wikipedia
  21. Friedrich Schiller — Wikipedia
  22. Hokusai — Wikipedia
  23. Andrew Jackson — Wikipedia
  24. John Quincy Adams — Wikipedia
  25. Napoleon — Wikipedia
  26. Ludwig van Beethoven — Wikipedia
  27. Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel — Wikipedia
  28. Jane Austen — Wikipedia
  29. Carl Friedrich Gauss — Wikipedia
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