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Who Was Alive in 1789

32 of 492 historical figures were alive in 1789

Benjamin Franklin
Benjamin FranklinAge 83
1706–1790 · Science & Invention
Founding Father, electricity experiments
 Adam Smith
Adam SmithAge 66
1723–1790 · Philosophy & Thought
Economist, author of The Wealth of Nations
 Immanuel Kant
Immanuel KantAge 65
1724–1804 · Philosophy & Thought
Critique of Pure Reason
 Catherine the Great
Catherine the GreatAge 60
1729–1796 · Politics & Leadership
Empress who expanded Russia
 George Washington
George WashingtonAge 57
1732–1799 · Politics & Leadership
First US President
 Joseph Haydn
Joseph HaydnAge 57
1732–1809 · Music
Father of the symphony and string quartet
 John Adams
John AdamsAge 54
1735–1826 · Politics & Leadership
Second US president and Founding Father
 James Watt
James WattAge 53
1736–1819 · Science & Invention
Improved the steam engine
 Thomas Jefferson
Thomas JeffersonAge 46
1743–1826 · Politics & Leadership
Author of the Declaration of Independence
 Toussaint Louverture
Toussaint LouvertureAge 46
1743–1803 · Politics & Leadership
Leader of the Haitian Revolution
 Francisco Goya
Francisco GoyaAge 43
1746–1828 · Art
Spanish Romantic painter
 Edward Jenner
Edward JennerAge 40
1749–1823 · Science & Invention
Pioneer of the smallpox vaccine
 Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Johann Wolfgang von GoetheAge 40
1749–1832 · Literature
German poet and author of Faust
 James Madison
James MadisonAge 38
1751–1836 · Politics & Leadership
Fourth US president, Father of the Constitution
 Marie Antoinette
Marie AntoinetteAge 34
1755–1793 · Politics & Leadership
Queen of France, executed in the Revolution
 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Wolfgang Amadeus MozartAge 33
1756–1791 · Music
Musical prodigy, symphonies & operas
 Mary Wollstonecraft
Mary WollstonecraftAge 30
1759–1797 · Philosophy & Thought
Vindication of the Rights of Woman, feminist pioneer
 Friedrich Schiller
Friedrich SchillerAge 30
1759–1805 · Literature
German poet of the Ode to Joy
 Hokusai
HokusaiAge 29
1760–1849 · Art
The Great Wave, Japanese master printmaker
 Andrew Jackson
Andrew JacksonAge 22
1767–1845 · Politics & Leadership
Seventh President of the United States
 John Quincy Adams
John Quincy AdamsAge 22
1767–1848 · Politics & Leadership
Sixth President of the United States
 Napoleon Bonaparte
Napoleon BonaparteAge 20
1769–1821 · Politics & Leadership
Emperor of France, military genius
 Ludwig van Beethoven
Ludwig van BeethovenAge 19
1770–1827 · Music
Symphonies composed while going deaf
 Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
Georg Wilhelm Friedrich HegelAge 19
1770–1831 · Philosophy & Thought
German idealist philosopher
 Jane Austen
Jane AustenAge 14
1775–1817 · Literature
Pride and Prejudice
 Carl Friedrich Gauss
Carl Friedrich GaussAge 12
1777–1855 · Science & Invention
Mathematician called the Prince of Mathematicians
 Niccolò Paganini
Niccolò PaganiniAge 7
1782–1840 · Music
Virtuoso violinist, the Devil's violinist
 Simón Bolívar
Simón BolívarAge 6
1783–1830 · Politics & Leadership
Liberator of South America
 Jacob Grimm
Jacob GrimmAge 4
1785–1863 · Literature
Grimm's Fairy Tales
 Shaka Zulu
Shaka ZuluAge about 2
1787–1828 · Politics & Leadership
Founder of the Zulu Kingdom
 Lord Byron
Lord ByronAge 1
1788–1824 · Literature
Romantic poet of Don Juan and Childe Harold
 Arthur Schopenhauer
Arthur SchopenhauerAge 1
1788–1860 · Philosophy & Thought
German philosopher of pessimism

Also Born in 1789

Georg Ohm
1789–1854 · born March 16
German mathematician and physicist (1789–1854)
James Fenimore Cooper
1789–1851 · born September 15
American writer (1789–1851)
Augustin-Louis Cauchy
1789–1857 · born August 21
French mathematician (1789–1857)
Mahmud II
1789–1839 · born July 20
Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1808 to 1839

Also Died in 1789

Baron d'Holbach
1723–1789 · died January 21
German-born French philosopher (1723–1789)
Abdul Hamid I
1725–1789 · died April 7
Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1774 to 1789
Charles-Michel de l'Épée
1712–1789 · died December 23
French priest and educator of the deaf (1712–1789)

Notable World Events in 1789

1789 French Revolution begins

Sources

  1. 1789 — 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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