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Who Was Alive in 1794

30 of 492 historical figures were alive in 1794

Immanuel Kant
Immanuel KantAge 70
1724–1804 · Philosophy & Thought
Critique of Pure Reason
 Catherine the Great
Catherine the GreatAge 65
1729–1796 · Politics & Leadership
Empress who expanded Russia
 George Washington
George WashingtonAge 62
1732–1799 · Politics & Leadership
First US President
 Joseph Haydn
Joseph HaydnAge 62
1732–1809 · Music
Father of the symphony and string quartet
 John Adams
John AdamsAge 59
1735–1826 · Politics & Leadership
Second US president and Founding Father
 James Watt
James WattAge 58
1736–1819 · Science & Invention
Improved the steam engine
 Thomas Jefferson
Thomas JeffersonAge 51
1743–1826 · Politics & Leadership
Author of the Declaration of Independence
 Toussaint Louverture
Toussaint LouvertureAge 51
1743–1803 · Politics & Leadership
Leader of the Haitian Revolution
 Francisco Goya
Francisco GoyaAge 48
1746–1828 · Art
Spanish Romantic painter
 Edward Jenner
Edward JennerAge 45
1749–1823 · Science & Invention
Pioneer of the smallpox vaccine
 Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Johann Wolfgang von GoetheAge 45
1749–1832 · Literature
German poet and author of Faust
 James Madison
James MadisonAge 43
1751–1836 · Politics & Leadership
Fourth US president, Father of the Constitution
 Mary Wollstonecraft
Mary WollstonecraftAge 35
1759–1797 · Philosophy & Thought
Vindication of the Rights of Woman, feminist pioneer
 Friedrich Schiller
Friedrich SchillerAge 35
1759–1805 · Literature
German poet of the Ode to Joy
 Hokusai
HokusaiAge 34
1760–1849 · Art
The Great Wave, Japanese master printmaker
 Andrew Jackson
Andrew JacksonAge 27
1767–1845 · Politics & Leadership
Seventh President of the United States
 John Quincy Adams
John Quincy AdamsAge 27
1767–1848 · Politics & Leadership
Sixth President of the United States
 Napoleon Bonaparte
Napoleon BonaparteAge 25
1769–1821 · Politics & Leadership
Emperor of France, military genius
 Ludwig van Beethoven
Ludwig van BeethovenAge 24
1770–1827 · Music
Symphonies composed while going deaf
 Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
Georg Wilhelm Friedrich HegelAge 24
1770–1831 · Philosophy & Thought
German idealist philosopher
 Jane Austen
Jane AustenAge 19
1775–1817 · Literature
Pride and Prejudice
 Carl Friedrich Gauss
Carl Friedrich GaussAge 17
1777–1855 · Science & Invention
Mathematician called the Prince of Mathematicians
 Niccolò Paganini
Niccolò PaganiniAge 12
1782–1840 · Music
Virtuoso violinist, the Devil's violinist
 Simón Bolívar
Simón BolívarAge 11
1783–1830 · Politics & Leadership
Liberator of South America
 Jacob Grimm
Jacob GrimmAge 9
1785–1863 · Literature
Grimm's Fairy Tales
 Shaka Zulu
Shaka ZuluAge about 7
1787–1828 · Politics & Leadership
Founder of the Zulu Kingdom
 Lord Byron
Lord ByronAge 6
1788–1824 · Literature
Romantic poet of Don Juan and Childe Harold
 Arthur Schopenhauer
Arthur SchopenhauerAge 6
1788–1860 · Philosophy & Thought
German philosopher of pessimism
 Michael Faraday
Michael FaradayAge 3
1791–1867 · Science & Invention
Electromagnetic induction
 Charles Babbage
Charles BabbageAge 3
1791–1871 · Science & Invention
Father of the computer, designed the Analytical Engine

Also Born in 1794

Antonio López de Santa Anna
1794–1876 · born February 21
President of Mexico many times, 1833 to 1855
Cornelius Vanderbilt
1794–1877 · born May 27
American business tycoon (1794–1877)

Also Died in 1794

Maximilien Robespierre
1758–1794 · died July 28
French revolutionary, lawyer and politician (1758–1794)
Antoine Lavoisier
1743–1794 · died May 8
French nobleman and chemist (1743–1794)
Edward Gibbon
1737–1794 · died January 16
British essayist, historian and politician (1737–1794)
Georges Danton
1759–1794 · died April 5
French revolutionary (1759–1794)
André Chénier
1762–1794 · died July 25
French poet (1762–1794)
Nicolas Chamfort
1740–1794 · died April 13
French writer
Louis Antoine de Saint-Just
1767–1794 · died July 28
French revolutionary politician (1767–1794)
Camille Desmoulins
1760–1794 · died April 5
18th-century French journalist, politician, and revolutionary
Georg Forster
1754–1794 · died January 10
German naturalist, ethnologist, travel writer, journalist, and revolutionary (1754-1794)

Sources

  1. 1794 — 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. Mary Wollstonecraft — Wikipedia
  15. Friedrich Schiller — Wikipedia
  16. Hokusai — Wikipedia
  17. Andrew Jackson — Wikipedia
  18. John Quincy Adams — Wikipedia
  19. Napoleon — Wikipedia
  20. Ludwig van Beethoven — Wikipedia
  21. Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel — Wikipedia
  22. Jane Austen — Wikipedia
  23. Carl Friedrich Gauss — Wikipedia
  24. Niccolò Paganini — Wikipedia
  25. Simón Bolívar — Wikipedia
  26. Jacob Grimm — Wikipedia
  27. Shaka — Wikipedia
  28. Lord Byron — Wikipedia
  29. Arthur Schopenhauer — Wikipedia
  30. Michael Faraday — Wikipedia
  31. Charles Babbage — Wikipedia
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