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Who Was Alive in 1795

30 of 492 historical figures were alive in 1795

Immanuel Kant
Immanuel KantAge 71
1724–1804 · Philosophy & Thought
Critique of Pure Reason
 Catherine the Great
Catherine the GreatAge 66
1729–1796 · Politics & Leadership
Empress who expanded Russia
 George Washington
George WashingtonAge 63
1732–1799 · Politics & Leadership
First US President
 Joseph Haydn
Joseph HaydnAge 63
1732–1809 · Music
Father of the symphony and string quartet
 John Adams
John AdamsAge 60
1735–1826 · Politics & Leadership
Second US president and Founding Father
 James Watt
James WattAge 59
1736–1819 · Science & Invention
Improved the steam engine
 Thomas Jefferson
Thomas JeffersonAge 52
1743–1826 · Politics & Leadership
Author of the Declaration of Independence
 Toussaint Louverture
Toussaint LouvertureAge 52
1743–1803 · Politics & Leadership
Leader of the Haitian Revolution
 Francisco Goya
Francisco GoyaAge 49
1746–1828 · Art
Spanish Romantic painter
 Edward Jenner
Edward JennerAge 46
1749–1823 · Science & Invention
Pioneer of the smallpox vaccine
 Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Johann Wolfgang von GoetheAge 46
1749–1832 · Literature
German poet and author of Faust
 James Madison
James MadisonAge 44
1751–1836 · Politics & Leadership
Fourth US president, Father of the Constitution
 Mary Wollstonecraft
Mary WollstonecraftAge 36
1759–1797 · Philosophy & Thought
Vindication of the Rights of Woman, feminist pioneer
 Friedrich Schiller
Friedrich SchillerAge 36
1759–1805 · Literature
German poet of the Ode to Joy
 Hokusai
HokusaiAge 35
1760–1849 · Art
The Great Wave, Japanese master printmaker
 Andrew Jackson
Andrew JacksonAge 28
1767–1845 · Politics & Leadership
Seventh President of the United States
 John Quincy Adams
John Quincy AdamsAge 28
1767–1848 · Politics & Leadership
Sixth President of the United States
 Napoleon Bonaparte
Napoleon BonaparteAge 26
1769–1821 · Politics & Leadership
Emperor of France, military genius
 Ludwig van Beethoven
Ludwig van BeethovenAge 25
1770–1827 · Music
Symphonies composed while going deaf
 Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
Georg Wilhelm Friedrich HegelAge 25
1770–1831 · Philosophy & Thought
German idealist philosopher
 Jane Austen
Jane AustenAge 20
1775–1817 · Literature
Pride and Prejudice
 Carl Friedrich Gauss
Carl Friedrich GaussAge 18
1777–1855 · Science & Invention
Mathematician called the Prince of Mathematicians
 Niccolò Paganini
Niccolò PaganiniAge 13
1782–1840 · Music
Virtuoso violinist, the Devil's violinist
 Simón Bolívar
Simón BolívarAge 12
1783–1830 · Politics & Leadership
Liberator of South America
 Jacob Grimm
Jacob GrimmAge 10
1785–1863 · Literature
Grimm's Fairy Tales
 Shaka Zulu
Shaka ZuluAge about 8
1787–1828 · Politics & Leadership
Founder of the Zulu Kingdom
 Lord Byron
Lord ByronAge 7
1788–1824 · Literature
Romantic poet of Don Juan and Childe Harold
 Arthur Schopenhauer
Arthur SchopenhauerAge 7
1788–1860 · Philosophy & Thought
German philosopher of pessimism
 Michael Faraday
Michael FaradayAge 4
1791–1867 · Science & Invention
Electromagnetic induction
 Charles Babbage
Charles BabbageAge 4
1791–1871 · Science & Invention
Father of the computer, designed the Analytical Engine

Also Born in 1795

John Keats
1795–1821 · born October 31
English Romantic poet (1795–1821)
James K. Polk
1795–1849 · born November 2
President of the United States from 1845 to 1849
Thomas Carlyle
1795–1881 · born December 4
Scottish essayist, historian and philosopher (1795–1881)
Leopold von Ranke
1795–1886 · born December 21
German historian (1795–1886)
Alexander Griboyedov
1795–1829 · born January 15
Russian diplomat, playwright, poet and composer (1795-1829)
Antonio José de Sucre
1795–1830 · born February 3
President of Peru and Bolivia (1795–1830)

Also Died in 1795

Louis XVII
1785–1795 · died June 8
Heir and claimant to the French throne (1785–1795)
François-André Danican Philidor
1726–1795 · died August 31
French composer and chess master (1726–1795)
James Boswell
1740–1795 · died May 19
Scottish lawyer, diarist and author (1740–1795)
Johann Christoph Friedrich Bach
1732–1795 · died January 26
German musician and composer (1732-1795)
Josiah Wedgwood
1730–1795 · died January 3
English entrepreneur and abolitionist; founder, Wedgwood pottery (1730–1795)
Antonio de Ulloa
1716–1795 · died July 3
Spanish Navy officer, scientist, and colonial administrator (1716–1795)

Sources

  1. 1795 — 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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