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Who Was Alive in 1788

32 of 492 historical figures were alive in 1788

Benjamin Franklin
Benjamin FranklinAge 82
1706–1790 · Science & Invention
Founding Father, electricity experiments
 Adam Smith
Adam SmithAge 65
1723–1790 · Philosophy & Thought
Economist, author of The Wealth of Nations
 Immanuel Kant
Immanuel KantAge 64
1724–1804 · Philosophy & Thought
Critique of Pure Reason
 Catherine the Great
Catherine the GreatAge 59
1729–1796 · Politics & Leadership
Empress who expanded Russia
 George Washington
George WashingtonAge 56
1732–1799 · Politics & Leadership
First US President
 Joseph Haydn
Joseph HaydnAge 56
1732–1809 · Music
Father of the symphony and string quartet
 John Adams
John AdamsAge 53
1735–1826 · Politics & Leadership
Second US president and Founding Father
 James Watt
James WattAge 52
1736–1819 · Science & Invention
Improved the steam engine
 Thomas Jefferson
Thomas JeffersonAge 45
1743–1826 · Politics & Leadership
Author of the Declaration of Independence
 Toussaint Louverture
Toussaint LouvertureAge 45
1743–1803 · Politics & Leadership
Leader of the Haitian Revolution
 Francisco Goya
Francisco GoyaAge 42
1746–1828 · Art
Spanish Romantic painter
 Edward Jenner
Edward JennerAge 39
1749–1823 · Science & Invention
Pioneer of the smallpox vaccine
 Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Johann Wolfgang von GoetheAge 39
1749–1832 · Literature
German poet and author of Faust
 James Madison
James MadisonAge 37
1751–1836 · Politics & Leadership
Fourth US president, Father of the Constitution
 Marie Antoinette
Marie AntoinetteAge 33
1755–1793 · Politics & Leadership
Queen of France, executed in the Revolution
 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Wolfgang Amadeus MozartAge 32
1756–1791 · Music
Musical prodigy, symphonies & operas
 Mary Wollstonecraft
Mary WollstonecraftAge 29
1759–1797 · Philosophy & Thought
Vindication of the Rights of Woman, feminist pioneer
 Friedrich Schiller
Friedrich SchillerAge 29
1759–1805 · Literature
German poet of the Ode to Joy
 Hokusai
HokusaiAge 28
1760–1849 · Art
The Great Wave, Japanese master printmaker
 Andrew Jackson
Andrew JacksonAge 21
1767–1845 · Politics & Leadership
Seventh President of the United States
 John Quincy Adams
John Quincy AdamsAge 21
1767–1848 · Politics & Leadership
Sixth President of the United States
 Napoleon Bonaparte
Napoleon BonaparteAge 19
1769–1821 · Politics & Leadership
Emperor of France, military genius
 Ludwig van Beethoven
Ludwig van BeethovenAge 18
1770–1827 · Music
Symphonies composed while going deaf
 Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
Georg Wilhelm Friedrich HegelAge 18
1770–1831 · Philosophy & Thought
German idealist philosopher
 Jane Austen
Jane AustenAge 13
1775–1817 · Literature
Pride and Prejudice
 Carl Friedrich Gauss
Carl Friedrich GaussAge 11
1777–1855 · Science & Invention
Mathematician called the Prince of Mathematicians
 Niccolò Paganini
Niccolò PaganiniAge 6
1782–1840 · Music
Virtuoso violinist, the Devil's violinist
 Simón Bolívar
Simón BolívarAge 5
1783–1830 · Politics & Leadership
Liberator of South America
 Jacob Grimm
Jacob GrimmAge 3
1785–1863 · Literature
Grimm's Fairy Tales
 Shaka Zulu
Shaka ZuluAge about 1
1787–1828 · Politics & Leadership
Founder of the Zulu Kingdom
 Lord Byron
Lord ByronAge 0
1788–1824 · Literature
Romantic poet of Don Juan and Childe Harold
 Arthur Schopenhauer
Arthur SchopenhauerAge 0
1788–1860 · Philosophy & Thought
German philosopher of pessimism

Born in 1788

Lord Byron
Lord Byron
1788–1824 · Literature
Romantic poet of Don Juan and Childe Harold
 Arthur Schopenhauer
Arthur Schopenhauer
1788–1860 · Philosophy & Thought
German philosopher of pessimism

Also Born in 1788

Lord Byron
1788–1824 · born January 22
British poet (1788–1824)
Arthur Schopenhauer
1788–1860 · born February 22
German philosopher (1788–1860)
Robert Peel
1788–1850 · born February 5
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1834–1835; 1841–1846)
Augustin-Jean Fresnel
1788–1827 · born May 10
French optical physicist (1788–1827)
Joseph Freiherr von Eichendorff
1788–1857 · born March 10
German poet and novelist (1788–1857)
Friedrich Rückert
1788–1866 · born May 16
German poet, translator, and professor of Oriental languages (1788–1866)

Also Died in 1788

Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon
1707–1788 · died April 16
French naturalist, mathematician, and cosmologist (1701–1788)
Charles III of Spain
1716–1788 · died December 14
King of Spain from 1759 to 1788
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
1714–1788 · died December 14
German composer (1714–1788)
Thomas Gainsborough
1727–1788 · died August 2
English painter (1727–1788)
Giovanni Antonio Scopoli
1723–1788 · died May 8
Italian physician and naturalist
Charles Wesley
1707–1788 · died March 29
English Methodist and hymn writer (1707–1788)

Sources

  1. 1788 — Wikipedia. Births, deaths and events of the year
  2. Benjamin Franklin — Wikipedia
  3. Adam Smith — Wikipedia
  4. Immanuel Kant — Wikipedia
  5. Catherine the Great — Wikipedia
  6. George Washington — Wikipedia
  7. Joseph Haydn — Wikipedia
  8. John Adams — Wikipedia
  9. James Watt — Wikipedia
  10. Thomas Jefferson — Wikipedia
  11. Toussaint Louverture — Wikipedia
  12. Francisco Goya — Wikipedia
  13. Edward Jenner — Wikipedia
  14. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe — Wikipedia
  15. James Madison — Wikipedia
  16. Marie Antoinette — Wikipedia
  17. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart — Wikipedia
  18. Mary Wollstonecraft — Wikipedia
  19. Friedrich Schiller — Wikipedia
  20. Hokusai — Wikipedia
  21. Andrew Jackson — Wikipedia
  22. John Quincy Adams — Wikipedia
  23. Napoleon — Wikipedia
  24. Ludwig van Beethoven — Wikipedia
  25. Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel — Wikipedia
  26. Jane Austen — Wikipedia
  27. Carl Friedrich Gauss — Wikipedia
  28. Niccolò Paganini — Wikipedia
  29. Simón Bolívar — Wikipedia
  30. Jacob Grimm — Wikipedia
  31. Shaka — Wikipedia
  32. Lord Byron — Wikipedia
  33. Arthur Schopenhauer — Wikipedia
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