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Who Was Alive in 1785

30 of 492 historical figures were alive in 1785

Benjamin Franklin
Benjamin FranklinAge 79
1706–1790 · Science & Invention
Founding Father, electricity experiments
 Frederick the Great
Frederick the GreatAge 73
1712–1786 · Politics & Leadership
King of Prussia and military strategist
 Adam Smith
Adam SmithAge 62
1723–1790 · Philosophy & Thought
Economist, author of The Wealth of Nations
 Immanuel Kant
Immanuel KantAge 61
1724–1804 · Philosophy & Thought
Critique of Pure Reason
 Catherine the Great
Catherine the GreatAge 56
1729–1796 · Politics & Leadership
Empress who expanded Russia
 George Washington
George WashingtonAge 53
1732–1799 · Politics & Leadership
First US President
 Joseph Haydn
Joseph HaydnAge 53
1732–1809 · Music
Father of the symphony and string quartet
 John Adams
John AdamsAge 50
1735–1826 · Politics & Leadership
Second US president and Founding Father
 James Watt
James WattAge 49
1736–1819 · Science & Invention
Improved the steam engine
 Thomas Jefferson
Thomas JeffersonAge 42
1743–1826 · Politics & Leadership
Author of the Declaration of Independence
 Toussaint Louverture
Toussaint LouvertureAge 42
1743–1803 · Politics & Leadership
Leader of the Haitian Revolution
 Francisco Goya
Francisco GoyaAge 39
1746–1828 · Art
Spanish Romantic painter
 Edward Jenner
Edward JennerAge 36
1749–1823 · Science & Invention
Pioneer of the smallpox vaccine
 Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Johann Wolfgang von GoetheAge 36
1749–1832 · Literature
German poet and author of Faust
 James Madison
James MadisonAge 34
1751–1836 · Politics & Leadership
Fourth US president, Father of the Constitution
 Marie Antoinette
Marie AntoinetteAge 30
1755–1793 · Politics & Leadership
Queen of France, executed in the Revolution
 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Wolfgang Amadeus MozartAge 29
1756–1791 · Music
Musical prodigy, symphonies & operas
 Mary Wollstonecraft
Mary WollstonecraftAge 26
1759–1797 · Philosophy & Thought
Vindication of the Rights of Woman, feminist pioneer
 Friedrich Schiller
Friedrich SchillerAge 26
1759–1805 · Literature
German poet of the Ode to Joy
 Hokusai
HokusaiAge 25
1760–1849 · Art
The Great Wave, Japanese master printmaker
 Andrew Jackson
Andrew JacksonAge 18
1767–1845 · Politics & Leadership
Seventh President of the United States
 John Quincy Adams
John Quincy AdamsAge 18
1767–1848 · Politics & Leadership
Sixth President of the United States
 Napoleon Bonaparte
Napoleon BonaparteAge 16
1769–1821 · Politics & Leadership
Emperor of France, military genius
 Ludwig van Beethoven
Ludwig van BeethovenAge 15
1770–1827 · Music
Symphonies composed while going deaf
 Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
Georg Wilhelm Friedrich HegelAge 15
1770–1831 · Philosophy & Thought
German idealist philosopher
 Jane Austen
Jane AustenAge 10
1775–1817 · Literature
Pride and Prejudice
 Carl Friedrich Gauss
Carl Friedrich GaussAge 8
1777–1855 · Science & Invention
Mathematician called the Prince of Mathematicians
 Niccolò Paganini
Niccolò PaganiniAge 3
1782–1840 · Music
Virtuoso violinist, the Devil's violinist
 Simón Bolívar
Simón BolívarAge 2
1783–1830 · Politics & Leadership
Liberator of South America
 Jacob Grimm
Jacob GrimmAge 0
1785–1863 · Literature
Grimm's Fairy Tales

Born in 1785

Jacob Grimm
Jacob Grimm
1785–1863 · Literature
Grimm's Fairy Tales

Also Born in 1785

Alessandro Manzoni
1785–1873 · born March 7
Italian poet and novelist (1785–1873)
John James Audubon
1785–1851 · born April 26
French-American ornithologist (1785–1851)
Louis XVII
1785–1795 · born March 27
Heir and claimant to the French throne (1785–1795)
Thomas De Quincey
1785–1859 · born August 15
English essayist, translator and political economist (1785–1859)
Bettina von Arnim
1785–1859 · born April 4
German writer (1785–1859)

Also Died in 1785

Carlo Buonaparte
1746–1785 · died February 24
Father of Napoleon Bonaparte (1746–1785)
Baldassare Galuppi
1706–1785 · died January 3
Italian composer (1706–1785)

Sources

  1. 1785 — 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
  31. Jacob Grimm — Wikipedia
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