1730 - 1739
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Birthdays of famous people
Decade 1730 - 1739
67 George Washington
President of the United States from 1789 to 1797
*February 22nd, 1732, Westmoreland County †December 14th, 1799, Mount Vernon
90 John Adams
President of the United States from 1797 to 1801
*October 30th, 1735, Braintree †July 4th, 1826, Quincy.jpg "James Watt")
83 James Watt
British engineer (1736–1819)
*January 19th, 1736, Greenock †August 25th, 1819, Heathfield Hall.jpg "Joseph Haydn")
77 Joseph-Louis Lagrange
Mathematician and astronomer (1736–1813)
*January 25th, 1736, Turin †April 10th, 1813, Paris
86 Charles Messier
18th- and 19th-century French astronomer
*June 26th, 1730, Badonviller †April 12th, 1817, Paris
83 William Herschel
German-born British astronomer and composer (1738–1822)
*November 15th, 1738, Hanover †August 15th, 1822, Slough
70 Joseph Priestley
English chemist, theologian, educator, and political theorist (1733–1804)
*March 13th, 1733, Birstall †February 6th, 1804, Northumberland
63 Patrick Henry
Attorney, planter, politician and Founding Father of the United States (1736-1799)
*May 29th, 1736, Hanover County †June 6th, 1799, Brookneal
81 George III of Great Britain
King of Great Britain and Ireland from 1760 to 1820
*May 24th, 1738, Norfolk House †January 29th, 1820, Windsor Castle
78 Henry Cavendish
British natural philosopher, scientist, and an important experimental and theoretical chemist and physicist
*October 10th, 1731, Nice †February 24th, 1810, London
56 Suzanne Curchod
French-Swiss salonist and writer
*June 2nd, 1737, Crassier †May 15th, 1794, Beaulieu Castle
70 Charles-Augustin de Coulomb
French physicist
*June 14th, 1736, Angoulême †August 23rd, 1806, Paris
Johann Georg Scheffner
German author and translator
*August 8th, 1736, Königsberg †August 16th, 1820, KönigsbergGustav Ludwig von der Marwitz
German officer (1730-1797)
*April 30th, 1730, Friedersdorf †February 23rd, 1797, Kyritz
46 Johann Christian Bach
German composer (1735–1782)
*September 5th, 1735, Leipzig †January 1st, 1782, London.jpg "Erasmus Darwin")
70 Erasmus Darwin
English physician (1731-1802)
*December 12th, 1731, Elston †April 18th, 1802, Breadsall
61 Luigi Galvani
Italian physician, physicist, and philosopher
*September 9th, 1737, Bologna †December 4th, 1798, Bologna
74 Jean-Honoré Fragonard
French painter (1732-1806)
*April 5th, 1732, Grasse †August 22nd, 1806, Paris
70 Martha Washington
First Lady of the United States from 1789 to 1797
*June 13th, 1731, Chestnut Grove †May 22nd, 1802, Mount Vernon
72 Thomas Paine
American Founding Father, philosopher, and political activist (1737–1809)
*February 9th, 1737, Thetford †June 8th, 1809, Greenwich Village
72 George Clinton
Vice president of the United States from 1805 to 1812
*July 26th, 1739, Little Britain †April 20th, 1812, Washington, D.C.
64 Josiah Wedgwood
English potter and founder of the Wedgwood company (1730–1795)
*July 12th, 1730, Burslem †January 3rd, 1795, Etruria_-001.jpg "Pierre Beaumarchais")
67 Pierre Beaumarchais
French playwright, diplomat and polymath (1732–1799)
*January 24th, 1732, Paris †May 18th, 1799, Paris
52 Grigory Potemkin
Russian military leader and politician (1739–1791)
*September 13th, 1739, Chizhevo †October 5th, 1791, Iași
79 Christoph Martin Wieland
German writer, poet and publisher (1733-1813)
*September 5th, 1733, Biberach an der Riss †January 20th, 1813, WeimarFriedrich Wilhelm Rust
German violinist and composer
*July 6th, 1739, Wörlitz †February 28th, 1796, Dessau
74 Jérôme Lalande
French astronomer (*1732 – †1807)
*July 11th, 1732, Bourg-en-Bresse †April 4th, 1807, ParisGeorges Jacob
French master joiner in seats, wood engraver, cabinet-maker 1739-1814
*July 6th, 1739, Cheny †July 5th, 1814, ParisEmanuel Philibert von Waldstein-Wartenberg
(1731-1775)
*February 2nd, 1731, Vienna †May 22nd, 1775, TřebíčEdward Gibbon
English historian and politician (1737–1794)
*April 27th, 1737, Putney †January 16th, 1794, LondonBenjamin Lincoln
Continental Army general (1733–1810)
*January 24th, 1733, Hingham †May 9th, 1810, Hingham
43 Túpac Amaru II
Leader of a large Andean uprising against the Spanish in Peru (1738-1781)
*March 10th, 1738, Tinta †May 18th, 1781, Cuzco
85 Warren Hastings
First Governor-General of Bengal (1732–1818)
*December 6th, 1732, Churchill †August 22nd, 1818, Daylesford
85 François Christophe de Kellermann
French soldier (1735-1820)
*May 28th, 1735, Strasbourg †September 23rd, 1820, Paris.jpg "Franz Anton Mesmer")