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Who Was Alive in 1798

31 of 492 historical figures were alive in 1798

Immanuel Kant
Immanuel KantAge 74
1724–1804 · Philosophy & Thought
Critique of Pure Reason
 George Washington
George WashingtonAge 66
1732–1799 · Politics & Leadership
First US President
 Joseph Haydn
Joseph HaydnAge 66
1732–1809 · Music
Father of the symphony and string quartet
 John Adams
John AdamsAge 63
1735–1826 · Politics & Leadership
Second US president and Founding Father
 James Watt
James WattAge 62
1736–1819 · Science & Invention
Improved the steam engine
 Thomas Jefferson
Thomas JeffersonAge 55
1743–1826 · Politics & Leadership
Author of the Declaration of Independence
 Toussaint Louverture
Toussaint LouvertureAge 55
1743–1803 · Politics & Leadership
Leader of the Haitian Revolution
 Francisco Goya
Francisco GoyaAge 52
1746–1828 · Art
Spanish Romantic painter
 Edward Jenner
Edward JennerAge 49
1749–1823 · Science & Invention
Pioneer of the smallpox vaccine
 Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Johann Wolfgang von GoetheAge 49
1749–1832 · Literature
German poet and author of Faust
 James Madison
James MadisonAge 47
1751–1836 · Politics & Leadership
Fourth US president, Father of the Constitution
 Friedrich Schiller
Friedrich SchillerAge 39
1759–1805 · Literature
German poet of the Ode to Joy
 Hokusai
HokusaiAge 38
1760–1849 · Art
The Great Wave, Japanese master printmaker
 Andrew Jackson
Andrew JacksonAge 31
1767–1845 · Politics & Leadership
Seventh President of the United States
 John Quincy Adams
John Quincy AdamsAge 31
1767–1848 · Politics & Leadership
Sixth President of the United States
 Napoleon Bonaparte
Napoleon BonaparteAge 29
1769–1821 · Politics & Leadership
Emperor of France, military genius
 Ludwig van Beethoven
Ludwig van BeethovenAge 28
1770–1827 · Music
Symphonies composed while going deaf
 Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
Georg Wilhelm Friedrich HegelAge 28
1770–1831 · Philosophy & Thought
German idealist philosopher
 Jane Austen
Jane AustenAge 23
1775–1817 · Literature
Pride and Prejudice
 Carl Friedrich Gauss
Carl Friedrich GaussAge 21
1777–1855 · Science & Invention
Mathematician called the Prince of Mathematicians
 Niccolò Paganini
Niccolò PaganiniAge 16
1782–1840 · Music
Virtuoso violinist, the Devil's violinist
 Simón Bolívar
Simón BolívarAge 15
1783–1830 · Politics & Leadership
Liberator of South America
 Jacob Grimm
Jacob GrimmAge 13
1785–1863 · Literature
Grimm's Fairy Tales
 Shaka Zulu
Shaka ZuluAge about 11
1787–1828 · Politics & Leadership
Founder of the Zulu Kingdom
 Lord Byron
Lord ByronAge 10
1788–1824 · Literature
Romantic poet of Don Juan and Childe Harold
 Arthur Schopenhauer
Arthur SchopenhauerAge 10
1788–1860 · Philosophy & Thought
German philosopher of pessimism
 Michael Faraday
Michael FaradayAge 7
1791–1867 · Science & Invention
Electromagnetic induction
 Charles Babbage
Charles BabbageAge 7
1791–1871 · Science & Invention
Father of the computer, designed the Analytical Engine
 Franz Schubert
Franz SchubertAge 1
1797–1828 · Music
Composer of lieder and the Unfinished Symphony
 Mary Shelley
Mary ShelleyAge 1
1797–1851 · Literature
Author of Frankenstein
 Heinrich Heine
Heinrich HeineAge 1
1797–1856 · Literature
German Romantic poet

Also Born in 1798

Auguste Comte
1798–1857 · born January 19
French philosopher and sociologist (1798–1857)
Adam Mickiewicz
1798–1855 · born December 24
PoIish writer and activist (1798–1855)
Eugène Delacroix
1798–1863 · born April 26
French painter (1798–1863)
Giacomo Leopardi
1798–1837 · born June 29
Italian poet, philosopher, and writer (1798–1837)
Jules Michelet
1798–1874 · born August 21
French writer and historian (1798–1874)
František Palacký
1798–1876 · born June 14
Czech historian and politician (1798–1876)

Also Died in 1798

Giacomo Casanova
1725–1798 · died June 4
Venetian adventurer and writer (1725–1798)
Luigi Galvani
1737–1798 · died December 4
Italian scientist (1737–1798)
George Vancouver
1757–1798 · died May 10
Royal Navy officer and explorer (1757–1798)
Johann Reinhold Forster
1729–1798 · died December 9
German naturalist (1729–1798)

Sources

  1. 1798 — Wikipedia. Births, deaths and events of the year
  2. Immanuel Kant — Wikipedia
  3. George Washington — Wikipedia
  4. Joseph Haydn — Wikipedia
  5. John Adams — Wikipedia
  6. James Watt — Wikipedia
  7. Thomas Jefferson — Wikipedia
  8. Toussaint Louverture — Wikipedia
  9. Francisco Goya — Wikipedia
  10. Edward Jenner — Wikipedia
  11. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe — Wikipedia
  12. James Madison — Wikipedia
  13. Friedrich Schiller — Wikipedia
  14. Hokusai — Wikipedia
  15. Andrew Jackson — Wikipedia
  16. John Quincy Adams — Wikipedia
  17. Napoleon — Wikipedia
  18. Ludwig van Beethoven — Wikipedia
  19. Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel — Wikipedia
  20. Jane Austen — Wikipedia
  21. Carl Friedrich Gauss — Wikipedia
  22. Niccolò Paganini — Wikipedia
  23. Simón Bolívar — Wikipedia
  24. Jacob Grimm — Wikipedia
  25. Shaka — Wikipedia
  26. Lord Byron — Wikipedia
  27. Arthur Schopenhauer — Wikipedia
  28. Michael Faraday — Wikipedia
  29. Charles Babbage — Wikipedia
  30. Franz Schubert — Wikipedia
  31. Mary Shelley — Wikipedia
  32. Heinrich Heine — Wikipedia
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