1730 - 1739
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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 "Joseph Haydn")
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83 James Watt
British engineer (1736–1819)
*January 19th, 1736, Greenock †August 25th, 1819, Heathfield Hall
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
74 Jean-Honoré Fragonard
French painter (1732–1806)
*April 5th, 1732, Grasse †August 22nd, 1806, Paris
83 William Herschel
German-born British astronomer and composer (1738–1822)
*November 15th, 1738, Hanover †August 15th, 1822, Slough
72 Thomas Paine
American Founding Father, philosopher, and political activist (1737–1809)
*February 9th, 1737, Thetford †June 8th, 1809, Greenwich Village
63 Patrick Henry
American Founding Father, orator and politician (1736 – 1799)
*May 29th, 1736, Hanover County †June 6th, 1799, Campbell County
70 Joseph Priestley
English chemist, theologian, educator, and political theorist (1733–1804)
*March 13th, 1733, Birstall †February 6th, 1804, Northumberland
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
70 Charles-Augustin de Coulomb
French physicist
*June 14th, 1736, Angoulême †August 23rd, 1806, ParisGeorg August von Breitenbauch
German writer (1731–1817)
*August 28th, 1731, Wilsdruff †September 15th, 1817, BuchaJohann Georg Scheffner
German author and translator
*August 8th, 1736, Königsberg †August 16th, 1820, Königsberg
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 CastleGustav Ludwig von der Marwitz
German officer (1730-1797)
*April 30th, 1730, Friedersdorf †February 23rd, 1797, Kyritz
56 Friedrich Wilhelm Rust
German violinist and composer (1739-1796)
*July 6th, 1739, Wörlitz †February 28th, 1796, Dessau
77 Benjamin Lincoln
Continental Army general (1733–1810)
*January 24th, 1733, Hingham †May 9th, 1810, Hingham
72 George Clinton
Vice president of the United States from 1805 to 1812
*July 26th, 1739, Little Britain †April 20th, 1812, Washington, D.C.
61 Luigi Galvani
Italian physician, physicist, and philosopher
*September 9th, 1737, Bologna †December 4th, 1798, Bologna.jpg "Erasmus Darwin")
70 Erasmus Darwin
English physician (1731-1802)
*December 12th, 1731, Elston †April 18th, 1802, Breadsall
46 Johann Christian Bach
German composer (1735–1782)
*September 5th, 1735, Leipzig †January 1st, 1782, London
76 Petrus Abresch
Dutch author, theologian and university professor
*January 26th, 1736, Middelburg †December 11th, 1812, Groningen
70 Martha Washington
First Lady of the United States from 1789 to 1797
*June 13th, 1731, Chestnut Grove †May 22nd, 1802, Mount Vernon_-001.jpg "Pierre Beaumarchais")
67 Pierre Beaumarchais
French playwright, diplomat and polymath (1732–1799)
*January 24th, 1732, Paris †May 18th, 1799, Paris
64 Josiah Wedgwood
English potter and founder of the Wedgwood company (1730–1795)
*July 12th, 1730, Burslem †January 3rd, 1795, Etruria
52 Grigory Potemkin
Russian military leader and politician (1739–1791)
*September 13th, 1739, Chizhevo †October 5th, 1791, Rădenii VechiEmanuel 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, LondonGeorges Jacob
French master joiner in seats, wood engraver, cabinet-maker 1739-1814
*July 6th, 1739, Cheny †July 5th, 1814, Paris.jpg "Jacques-Henri Bernardin de Saint-Pierre")
77 Jacques-Henri Bernardin de Saint-Pierre
Writer and botanist from France (1737-1814)
*January 19th, 1737, Le Havre †January 21st, 1814, Éragny
79 Christoph Martin Wieland
German poet and writer (1733–1813)
*September 5th, 1733, Biberach an der Riss †January 20th, 1813, Weimar
72 Buddha Yodfa Chulaloke
King of Siam (1737–1809)
*March 20th, 1737, Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya †September 7th, 1809, Bangkok
62 Johann Christoph Friedrich Bach
German musician and composer
*June 21st, 1732, Leipzig †January 26th, 1795, Bückeburg
74 Jérôme Lalande
French astronomer (*1732 – †1807)
*July 11th, 1732, Bourg-en-Bresse †April 4th, 1807, ParisAlexander Suvorov
Russian marshal (1730–1800)
*November 13th, 1730, Moscow †May 6th, 1800, Saint Petersburg