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Who Was Alive in 1784

29 of 492 historical figures were alive in 1784

Benjamin Franklin
Benjamin FranklinAge 78
1706–1790 · Science & Invention
Founding Father, electricity experiments
 Frederick the Great
Frederick the GreatAge 72
1712–1786 · Politics & Leadership
King of Prussia and military strategist
 Adam Smith
Adam SmithAge 61
1723–1790 · Philosophy & Thought
Economist, author of The Wealth of Nations
 Immanuel Kant
Immanuel KantAge 60
1724–1804 · Philosophy & Thought
Critique of Pure Reason
 Catherine the Great
Catherine the GreatAge 55
1729–1796 · Politics & Leadership
Empress who expanded Russia
 George Washington
George WashingtonAge 52
1732–1799 · Politics & Leadership
First US President
 Joseph Haydn
Joseph HaydnAge 52
1732–1809 · Music
Father of the symphony and string quartet
 John Adams
John AdamsAge 49
1735–1826 · Politics & Leadership
Second US president and Founding Father
 James Watt
James WattAge 48
1736–1819 · Science & Invention
Improved the steam engine
 Thomas Jefferson
Thomas JeffersonAge 41
1743–1826 · Politics & Leadership
Author of the Declaration of Independence
 Toussaint Louverture
Toussaint LouvertureAge 41
1743–1803 · Politics & Leadership
Leader of the Haitian Revolution
 Francisco Goya
Francisco GoyaAge 38
1746–1828 · Art
Spanish Romantic painter
 Edward Jenner
Edward JennerAge 35
1749–1823 · Science & Invention
Pioneer of the smallpox vaccine
 Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Johann Wolfgang von GoetheAge 35
1749–1832 · Literature
German poet and author of Faust
 James Madison
James MadisonAge 33
1751–1836 · Politics & Leadership
Fourth US president, Father of the Constitution
 Marie Antoinette
Marie AntoinetteAge 29
1755–1793 · Politics & Leadership
Queen of France, executed in the Revolution
 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Wolfgang Amadeus MozartAge 28
1756–1791 · Music
Musical prodigy, symphonies & operas
 Mary Wollstonecraft
Mary WollstonecraftAge 25
1759–1797 · Philosophy & Thought
Vindication of the Rights of Woman, feminist pioneer
 Friedrich Schiller
Friedrich SchillerAge 25
1759–1805 · Literature
German poet of the Ode to Joy
 Hokusai
HokusaiAge 24
1760–1849 · Art
The Great Wave, Japanese master printmaker
 Andrew Jackson
Andrew JacksonAge 17
1767–1845 · Politics & Leadership
Seventh President of the United States
 John Quincy Adams
John Quincy AdamsAge 17
1767–1848 · Politics & Leadership
Sixth President of the United States
 Napoleon Bonaparte
Napoleon BonaparteAge 15
1769–1821 · Politics & Leadership
Emperor of France, military genius
 Ludwig van Beethoven
Ludwig van BeethovenAge 14
1770–1827 · Music
Symphonies composed while going deaf
 Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
Georg Wilhelm Friedrich HegelAge 14
1770–1831 · Philosophy & Thought
German idealist philosopher
 Jane Austen
Jane AustenAge 9
1775–1817 · Literature
Pride and Prejudice
 Carl Friedrich Gauss
Carl Friedrich GaussAge 7
1777–1855 · Science & Invention
Mathematician called the Prince of Mathematicians
 Niccolò Paganini
Niccolò PaganiniAge 2
1782–1840 · Music
Virtuoso violinist, the Devil's violinist
 Simón Bolívar
Simón BolívarAge 1
1783–1830 · Politics & Leadership
Liberator of South America

Also Born in 1784

Zachary Taylor
1784–1850 · born November 24
President of the United States from 1849 to 1850
Ferdinand VII
1784–1833 · born October 14
King of Spain (1808, 1813–1833)
Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston
1784–1865 · born October 20
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1855–1858, 1859–1865)
George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen
1784–1860 · born January 28
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1852 to 1855
William Buckland
1784–1856 · born March 12
English palaeontologist (1784–1856)

Also Died in 1784

Denis Diderot
1713–1784 · died July 31
French philosopher and writer (1713–1784)
Samuel Johnson
1709–1784 · died December 13
English writer and polymath (1709–1784)
Phillis Wheatley
1753–1784 · died December 5
American writer (c. 1753–1784)
Wilhelm Friedemann Bach
1710–1784 · died July 1
German composer and musician (1710–1784)
Count of St. Germain
1712–1784 · died February 27
18th-century European adventurer and intellectual

Sources

  1. 1784 — Wikipedia. Births, deaths and events of the year
  2. Benjamin Franklin — Wikipedia
  3. Frederick the Great — Wikipedia
  4. Adam Smith — Wikipedia
  5. Immanuel Kant — Wikipedia
  6. Catherine the Great — Wikipedia
  7. George Washington — Wikipedia
  8. Joseph Haydn — Wikipedia
  9. John Adams — Wikipedia
  10. James Watt — Wikipedia
  11. Thomas Jefferson — Wikipedia
  12. Toussaint Louverture — Wikipedia
  13. Francisco Goya — Wikipedia
  14. Edward Jenner — Wikipedia
  15. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe — Wikipedia
  16. James Madison — Wikipedia
  17. Marie Antoinette — Wikipedia
  18. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart — Wikipedia
  19. Mary Wollstonecraft — Wikipedia
  20. Friedrich Schiller — Wikipedia
  21. Hokusai — Wikipedia
  22. Andrew Jackson — Wikipedia
  23. John Quincy Adams — Wikipedia
  24. Napoleon — Wikipedia
  25. Ludwig van Beethoven — Wikipedia
  26. Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel — Wikipedia
  27. Jane Austen — Wikipedia
  28. Carl Friedrich Gauss — Wikipedia
  29. Niccolò Paganini — Wikipedia
  30. Simón Bolívar — Wikipedia
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