1700 - 1709
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Birthdays of famous people
Decade 1700 - 1709
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70 Carl Linnaeus
Swedish botanist, physician, and zoologist (1707–1778)
*May 23rd, 1707, Råshult †January 10th, 1778, Linnaeus Hammarby
76 Leonhard Euler
Swiss mathematician, physicist, and engineer (1707–1783)
*April 15th, 1707, Basel †September 18th, 1783, Saint Petersburg
84 Benjamin Franklin
American author, printer, political theorist, politician, postmaster, scientist, inventor, civic activist, statesman, diplomat, Founding Father (1706–1790)
*January 17th, 1706, Boston †April 17th, 1790, Philadelphia
41 Julien Offray de La Mettrie
French physician and philosopher
*December 12th, 1709, Saint-Malo †November 11th, 1751, PotsdamAnders Celsius
Swedish astronomer, physicist, and naturalist (1701-1744)
*November 27th, 1701, Uppsala †April 25th, 1744, UppsalaJohann Joachim Kändler
German artist (1706–1775)
*June 15th, 1706, Fischbach †May 18th, 1775, Meissen
75 Samuel Johnson
English writer and lexicographer (1709–1784)
*September 18th, 1709, Lichfield †December 13th, 1784, London
73 Jacques de Vaucanson
French inventor of mechanical automata
*February 24th, 1709, Grenoble †November 21st, 1782, Paris
82 Daniel Bernoulli
Swiss mathematician (1700-1782)
*February 8th, 1700, Groningen †March 17th, 1782, Basel
49 Charles Lennox, 2nd Duke of Richmond
English patron of cricket (1701-1750)
*May 18th, 1701, Chichester †August 8th, 1750, Godalming.jpg "Clement XIV")
68 Clement XIV
Pope of the Catholic Church from 1769 to 1774
*October 31st, 1705, Santarcangelo di Romagna †September 22nd, 1774, RomeÉmilie du Châtelet
French mathematician, physicist, and author (1706-1749)
*December 17th, 1706, Paris †September 10th, 1749, Lunéville_Ca_Goldoni_Venezia.jpg "Carlo Goldoni")
86 Carlo Goldoni
Italian playwright (1707-1793)
*February 25th, 1707, Venice †February 6th, 1794, Paris
47 Gabriel Cramer
Genevan mathematician (1704-1752)
*July 31st, 1704, Geneva †January 4th, 1752, Bagnols-sur-Cèze
79 Jacques Dumont le Romain
French history and portrait painter (1701-1781)
*May 10th, 1701, Paris †February 17th, 1781, ParisCharles Marie de La Condamine
French explorer, geographer, and mathematician (1701-1774)
*January 28th, 1701, Paris †February 4th, 1774, Paris
Elizabeth I of Russia
The sixth Emperor of Russia (1741–1762)
*December 18th, 1709, Kolomenskoye †December 25th, 1761, Saint Petersburg
69 William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham
Prime Minister of Great Britain from 1766 to 1768
*November 15th, 1708, London †May 11th, 1778, London Borough of Bromley
87 John Wesley
Founder of the Methodist movement (1703-1791)
*June 17th, 1703, Epworth †March 2nd, 1791, St Luke'sHenri-Louis Duhamel du Monceau
French naval engineer, botanist and agronomist (1700-1782)
*July 20th, 1700, Paris †August 22nd, 1782, ParisJoaquín de Montserrat, marqués de Cruillas
Spanish noble (1700-1771)
*June 26th, 1700, Spain †November 21st, 1771, ValenciaUlrich Frédéric Woldemar, Comte de Lowendal
German-born French soldier and statesmen (1700-1755)
*April 6th, 1700, Hamburg †May 27th, 1755, ParisJean-Esprit Isnard
French organ builder and Dominican conversational brother
*December 31st, 1706, Bédarrides †March 16th, 1781, Tarascon
44 Frederick, Prince of Wales
Heir apparent to the British throne from 1727 until his death
*January 31st, 1707, Hanover †March 20th, 1751, Leicester HouseGeorges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon
French natural historian (1707-1788)
*September 7th, 1707, Montbard †April 15th, 1788, Paris
66 Johann Christoph Gottsched
German philosopher (1700–1766)
*February 2nd, 1700, Königsberg †December 12th, 1766, Leipzig
69 Albrecht von Haller
Swiss anatomist, physiologist, naturalist and poet (1708-1777)
*October 16th, 1708, Bern †December 12th, 1777, Bern.jpg "Anna Petrovna of Russia")
20 Anna Petrovna of Russia
Elder daughter of Emperor Peter I of Russia and Catherine I of Russia
*February 27th, 1708, Moscow †May 4th, 1728, KielFrancis I, Holy Roman Emperor
Holy Roman Emperor and Grand Duke of Tuscany
*December 8th, 1708, Nancy †August 18th, 1765, InnsbruckJan de Witte
Polish architect
*January 1st, 1709, Poltava †December 24th, 1785, Kamianets-Podilskyi
78 José Francisco de Isla
Spanish writer (1703-1781)
*April 24th, 1703, Cistierna †November 2nd, 1781, Bologna.jpg "Jonathan Edwards")
54 Jonathan Edwards
Christian preacher, philosopher, and theologian (1703-1758)
*October 5th, 1703, East Windsor †March 22nd, 1758, Princeton
58 Anna Magdalena Bach
German singer and the second wife of Johann Sebastian Bach (1701-1760)
*December 22nd, 1701, Zeitz †February 27th, 1760, Leipzig