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Who Was Alive in 1804

35 of 492 historical figures were alive in 1804

Immanuel Kant
Immanuel KantAge 80
1724–1804 · Philosophy & Thought
Critique of Pure Reason
Joseph Haydn
Joseph HaydnAge 72
1732–1809 · Music
Father of the symphony and string quartet
John Adams
John AdamsAge 69
1735–1826 · Politics & Leadership
Second US president and Founding Father
James Watt
James WattAge 68
1736–1819 · Science & Invention
Improved the steam engine
Thomas Jefferson
Thomas JeffersonAge 61
1743–1826 · Politics & Leadership
Author of the Declaration of Independence
Francisco Goya
Francisco GoyaAge 58
1746–1828 · Art
Spanish Romantic painter
Edward Jenner
Edward JennerAge 55
1749–1823 · Science & Invention
Pioneer of the smallpox vaccine
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Johann Wolfgang von GoetheAge 55
1749–1832 · Literature
German poet and author of Faust
James Madison
James MadisonAge 53
1751–1836 · Politics & Leadership
Fourth US president, Father of the Constitution
Friedrich Schiller
Friedrich SchillerAge 45
1759–1805 · Literature
German poet of the Ode to Joy
Hokusai
HokusaiAge 44
1760–1849 · Art
The Great Wave, Japanese master printmaker
Andrew Jackson
Andrew JacksonAge 37
1767–1845 · Politics & Leadership
Seventh President of the United States
John Quincy Adams
John Quincy AdamsAge 37
1767–1848 · Politics & Leadership
Sixth President of the United States
Napoleon Bonaparte
Napoleon BonaparteAge 35
1769–1821 · Politics & Leadership
Emperor of France, military genius
Ludwig van Beethoven
Ludwig van BeethovenAge 34
1770–1827 · Music
Symphonies composed while going deaf
Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
Georg Wilhelm Friedrich HegelAge 34
1770–1831 · Philosophy & Thought
German idealist philosopher
Jane Austen
Jane AustenAge 29
1775–1817 · Literature
Pride and Prejudice
Carl Friedrich Gauss
Carl Friedrich GaussAge 27
1777–1855 · Science & Invention
Mathematician called the Prince of Mathematicians
Niccolò Paganini
Niccolò PaganiniAge 22
1782–1840 · Music
Virtuoso violinist, the Devil's violinist
Simón Bolívar
Simón BolívarAge 21
1783–1830 · Politics & Leadership
Liberator of South America
Jacob Grimm
Jacob GrimmAge 19
1785–1863 · Literature
Grimm's Fairy Tales
Shaka Zulu
Shaka ZuluAge about 17
1787–1828 · Politics & Leadership
Founder of the Zulu Kingdom
Lord Byron
Lord ByronAge 16
1788–1824 · Literature
Romantic poet of Don Juan and Childe Harold
Arthur Schopenhauer
Arthur SchopenhauerAge 16
1788–1860 · Philosophy & Thought
German philosopher of pessimism
Michael Faraday
Michael FaradayAge 13
1791–1867 · Science & Invention
Electromagnetic induction
Charles Babbage
Charles BabbageAge 13
1791–1871 · Science & Invention
Father of the computer, designed the Analytical Engine
Franz Schubert
Franz SchubertAge 7
1797–1828 · Music
Composer of lieder and the Unfinished Symphony
Mary Shelley
Mary ShelleyAge 7
1797–1851 · Literature
Author of Frankenstein
Heinrich Heine
Heinrich HeineAge 7
1797–1856 · Literature
German Romantic poet
Alexander Pushkin
Alexander PushkinAge 5
1799–1837 · Literature
Father of Russian literature
Honoré de Balzac
Honoré de BalzacAge 5
1799–1850 · Literature
French novelist of La Comédie humaine
Victor Hugo
Victor HugoAge 2
1802–1885 · Literature
Les Misérables, The Hunchback of Notre-Dame
Alexandre Dumas
Alexandre DumasAge 2
1802–1870 · Literature
Author of The Three Musketeers
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Ralph Waldo EmersonAge 1
1803–1882 · Philosophy & Thought
Transcendentalist essayist of Self-Reliance
George Sand
George SandAge 0
1804–1876 · Literature
French novelist famous under a male pen name

Born in 1804

George Sand
George Sand
1804–1876 · Literature
French novelist famous under a male pen name

Also Born in 1804

1804–1869 · born November 23
President of the United States from 1853 to 1857
1804–1881 · born December 21
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1868; 1874–1880)
1804–1876 · born July 1
French novelist and memoirist (1804–1876)
1804–1864 · born July 4
American author (1804–1864)
1804–1872 · born July 28
German philosopher and anthropologist (1804–1872)
1804–1857 · born June 1
Russian composer (1804–1857)
1804–1891 · born October 24
German physicist (1804–1891)
1804–1851 · born December 10
German mathematician (1804–1851)
1804–1892 · born July 20
English biologist and palaeontologist (1804–1892)
1804–1869 · born December 23
French literary critic (1804–1869)
1804–1877 · born February 5
Finnish poet (1804–1877)
1804–1849 · born March 14
Austrian composer (1804–1849)

Died in 1804

Immanuel Kant
Immanuel Kant
1724–1804 · Philosophy & Thought
Critique of Pure Reason

Also Died in 1804

1757–1804 · died July 12
American Founding Father (died 1804)
1733–1804 · died February 6
English chemist and polymath (1733–1804)
1732–1804 · died April 9
French statesman (1732–1804)
1725–1804 · died October 2
French inventor (1725-1804)

Notable World Events in 1804

Sources

  1. 1804 — Wikipedia. Births, deaths and events of the year
  2. Immanuel Kant — Wikipedia
  3. Joseph Haydn — Wikipedia
  4. John Adams — Wikipedia
  5. James Watt — Wikipedia
  6. Thomas Jefferson — Wikipedia
  7. Francisco Goya — Wikipedia
  8. Edward Jenner — Wikipedia
  9. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe — Wikipedia
  10. James Madison — Wikipedia
  11. Friedrich Schiller — Wikipedia
  12. Hokusai — Wikipedia
  13. Andrew Jackson — Wikipedia
  14. John Quincy Adams — Wikipedia
  15. Napoleon — Wikipedia
  16. Ludwig van Beethoven — Wikipedia
  17. Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel — Wikipedia
  18. Jane Austen — Wikipedia
  19. Carl Friedrich Gauss — Wikipedia
  20. Niccolò Paganini — Wikipedia
  21. Simón Bolívar — Wikipedia
  22. Jacob Grimm — Wikipedia
  23. Shaka — Wikipedia
  24. Lord Byron — Wikipedia
  25. Arthur Schopenhauer — Wikipedia
  26. Michael Faraday — Wikipedia
  27. Charles Babbage — Wikipedia
  28. Franz Schubert — Wikipedia
  29. Mary Shelley — Wikipedia
  30. Heinrich Heine — Wikipedia
  31. Alexander Pushkin — Wikipedia
  32. Honoré de Balzac — Wikipedia
  33. Victor Hugo — Wikipedia
  34. Alexandre Dumas — Wikipedia
  35. Ralph Waldo Emerson — Wikipedia
  36. George Sand — Wikipedia
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