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Who Was Alive in 1791

32 of 492 historical figures were alive in 1791

Immanuel Kant
Immanuel KantAge 67
1724–1804 · Philosophy & Thought
Critique of Pure Reason
 Catherine the Great
Catherine the GreatAge 62
1729–1796 · Politics & Leadership
Empress who expanded Russia
 George Washington
George WashingtonAge 59
1732–1799 · Politics & Leadership
First US President
 Joseph Haydn
Joseph HaydnAge 59
1732–1809 · Music
Father of the symphony and string quartet
 John Adams
John AdamsAge 56
1735–1826 · Politics & Leadership
Second US president and Founding Father
 James Watt
James WattAge 55
1736–1819 · Science & Invention
Improved the steam engine
 Thomas Jefferson
Thomas JeffersonAge 48
1743–1826 · Politics & Leadership
Author of the Declaration of Independence
 Toussaint Louverture
Toussaint LouvertureAge 48
1743–1803 · Politics & Leadership
Leader of the Haitian Revolution
 Francisco Goya
Francisco GoyaAge 45
1746–1828 · Art
Spanish Romantic painter
 Edward Jenner
Edward JennerAge 42
1749–1823 · Science & Invention
Pioneer of the smallpox vaccine
 Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Johann Wolfgang von GoetheAge 42
1749–1832 · Literature
German poet and author of Faust
 James Madison
James MadisonAge 40
1751–1836 · Politics & Leadership
Fourth US president, Father of the Constitution
 Marie Antoinette
Marie AntoinetteAge 36
1755–1793 · Politics & Leadership
Queen of France, executed in the Revolution
 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Wolfgang Amadeus MozartAge 35
1756–1791 · Music
Musical prodigy, symphonies & operas
 Mary Wollstonecraft
Mary WollstonecraftAge 32
1759–1797 · Philosophy & Thought
Vindication of the Rights of Woman, feminist pioneer
 Friedrich Schiller
Friedrich SchillerAge 32
1759–1805 · Literature
German poet of the Ode to Joy
 Hokusai
HokusaiAge 31
1760–1849 · Art
The Great Wave, Japanese master printmaker
 Andrew Jackson
Andrew JacksonAge 24
1767–1845 · Politics & Leadership
Seventh President of the United States
 John Quincy Adams
John Quincy AdamsAge 24
1767–1848 · Politics & Leadership
Sixth President of the United States
 Napoleon Bonaparte
Napoleon BonaparteAge 22
1769–1821 · Politics & Leadership
Emperor of France, military genius
 Ludwig van Beethoven
Ludwig van BeethovenAge 21
1770–1827 · Music
Symphonies composed while going deaf
 Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
Georg Wilhelm Friedrich HegelAge 21
1770–1831 · Philosophy & Thought
German idealist philosopher
 Jane Austen
Jane AustenAge 16
1775–1817 · Literature
Pride and Prejudice
 Carl Friedrich Gauss
Carl Friedrich GaussAge 14
1777–1855 · Science & Invention
Mathematician called the Prince of Mathematicians
 Niccolò Paganini
Niccolò PaganiniAge 9
1782–1840 · Music
Virtuoso violinist, the Devil's violinist
 Simón Bolívar
Simón BolívarAge 8
1783–1830 · Politics & Leadership
Liberator of South America
 Jacob Grimm
Jacob GrimmAge 6
1785–1863 · Literature
Grimm's Fairy Tales
 Shaka Zulu
Shaka ZuluAge about 4
1787–1828 · Politics & Leadership
Founder of the Zulu Kingdom
 Lord Byron
Lord ByronAge 3
1788–1824 · Literature
Romantic poet of Don Juan and Childe Harold
 Arthur Schopenhauer
Arthur SchopenhauerAge 3
1788–1860 · Philosophy & Thought
German philosopher of pessimism
 Michael Faraday
Michael FaradayAge 0
1791–1867 · Science & Invention
Electromagnetic induction
 Charles Babbage
Charles BabbageAge 0
1791–1871 · Science & Invention
Father of the computer, designed the Analytical Engine

Born in 1791

Michael Faraday
Michael Faraday
1791–1867 · Science & Invention
Electromagnetic induction
 Charles Babbage
Charles Babbage
1791–1871 · Science & Invention
Father of the computer, designed the Analytical Engine

Also Born in 1791

James Buchanan
1791–1868 · born April 23
President of the United States from 1857 to 1861
Samuel Morse
1791–1872 · born April 27
American inventor and painter (1791–1872)
Théodore Géricault
1791–1824 · born September 26
French painter (1791–1824)
Franz Grillparzer
1791–1872 · born January 15
Austrian writer (1791–1872)
Franz Bopp
1791–1867 · born September 14
German philologist (1791–1867)
Giacomo Meyerbeer
1791–1864 · born September 5
German-born opera composer (1791–1864)

Died in 1791

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
1756–1791 · Music
Musical prodigy, symphonies & operas

Also Died in 1791

John Wesley
1703–1791 · died March 2
English clergyman (1703–1791)
Honoré Gabriel Riqueti, comte de Mirabeau
1749–1791 · died April 2
French writer, orator and statesman (1749–1791)
Grigory Potemkin
1739–1791 · died October 16
Russian military leader and statesman (1739–1791)

Notable World Events in 1791

1791 Haitian Revolution begins

Sources

  1. 1791 — Wikipedia. Births, deaths and events of the year
  2. Immanuel Kant — Wikipedia
  3. Catherine the Great — Wikipedia
  4. George Washington — Wikipedia
  5. Joseph Haydn — Wikipedia
  6. John Adams — Wikipedia
  7. James Watt — Wikipedia
  8. Thomas Jefferson — Wikipedia
  9. Toussaint Louverture — Wikipedia
  10. Francisco Goya — Wikipedia
  11. Edward Jenner — Wikipedia
  12. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe — Wikipedia
  13. James Madison — Wikipedia
  14. Marie Antoinette — Wikipedia
  15. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart — Wikipedia
  16. Mary Wollstonecraft — Wikipedia
  17. Friedrich Schiller — Wikipedia
  18. Hokusai — Wikipedia
  19. Andrew Jackson — Wikipedia
  20. John Quincy Adams — Wikipedia
  21. Napoleon — Wikipedia
  22. Ludwig van Beethoven — Wikipedia
  23. Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel — Wikipedia
  24. Jane Austen — Wikipedia
  25. Carl Friedrich Gauss — Wikipedia
  26. Niccolò Paganini — Wikipedia
  27. Simón Bolívar — Wikipedia
  28. Jacob Grimm — Wikipedia
  29. Shaka — Wikipedia
  30. Lord Byron — Wikipedia
  31. Arthur Schopenhauer — Wikipedia
  32. Michael Faraday — Wikipedia
  33. Charles Babbage — Wikipedia
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