1750 - 1759
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Decade 1750 - 1759
35 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Austrian composer of the Classical period (1756-1791)
*January 27th, 1756, Salzburg †December 5th, 1791, Vienna
45 Friedrich Schiller
German poet, philosopher, historian and playwright (1759–1805)
*November 10th, 1759, Marbach am Neckar †May 9th, 1805, Weimar
85 James Madison
President of the United States from 1809 to 1817
*March 16th, 1751, Port Conway †June 28th, 1836, Montpelier
73 James Monroe
President of the United States from 1817 to 1825
*April 28th, 1758, Monroe Hall †July 4th, 1831, New York City
37 Robert Burns
Scottish poet and lyricist (1759–1796)
*January 25th, 1759, Alloway †July 21st, 1796, Dumfries
89 Christophine Reinwald
German artist (1757–1847)
*September 4th, 1757, Marbach am Neckar †August 31st, 1847, Meiningen
38 Mary Wollstonecraft
English writer and intellectual (1759–1797)
*April 27th, 1759, Spitalfields †September 10th, 1797, Somers Town
38 Louis XVI of France
King of France and Navarre (1754-1793)
*August 23rd, 1754, Palace of Versailles †January 21st, 1793, place de la Concorde
36 Maximilien Robespierre
French revolutionary lawyer and politician (1758–1794)
*May 6th, 1758, Arras †July 28th, 1794, Paris
64 Richard Brinsley Sheridan
Irish-British politician, playwright and writer (1751-1816)
*October 30th, 1751, Dublin †July 7th, 1816, Seoul
64 Johann Matthäus Bechstein
German naturalist, forester, ornithologist, entomologist, and herpetologist (1757-1822)
*July 11th, 1757, Waltershausen †February 23rd, 1822, Dreißigacker.jpg "Marie Antoinette")
37 Marie Antoinette
Last Queen of France prior to the French Revolution
*November 2nd, 1755, Hofburg Palace †October 16th, 1793, place de la Concorde.jpg "William Blake")
69 William Blake
English poet and artist (1757–1827)
*November 28th, 1757, London †August 12th, 1827, Charing CrossJohannes von Müller
Swiss historian (1752–1809)
*January 3rd, 1752, Schaffhausen †May 29th, 1809, Kassel
79 Antoine Isaac Silvestre de Sacy
French linguist and orientalist (1758–1838)
*September 21st, 1758, Paris †February 21st, 1838, Paris
47 Alexander Hamilton
American Founding Father and statesman (1755/1757–1804)
*January 11th, 1757, Charlestown †July 12th, 1804, New York City
97 Elizabeth Schuyler Hamilton
American philanthropist and wife of Alexander Hamilton (1757–1854)
*August 9th, 1757, Albany †November 9th, 1854, Washington, D.C.
85 Bruno Franz Leopold Liebermann
German theologian
*October 12th, 1759, Molsheim †November 15th, 1844, Strasbourg
68 Louis XVIII of France
Bourbon King of France and of Navarre (1755-1824)
*November 17th, 1755, Palace of Versailles †September 16th, 1824, Tuileries Palace
40 Jean-Baptiste Annibal Aubert du Bayet
French diplomat (1757-1797)
*August 19th, 1757, Baton Rouge †December 17th, 1797, Constantinople
58 Donatien-Marie-Joseph de Rochambeau
French soldier
*April 7th, 1755, Paris †September 20th, 1813, Leipzig
80 Aaron Burr
Vice president of the United States from 1801 to 1805, lived (1756–1836)
*February 6th, 1756, Newark †September 14th, 1836, Port Richmond
58 Angelica Schuyler Church
American socialite (1756–1814)
*February 20th, 1756, Albany †March 6th, 1814, New York City
47 Horatio Nelson
British Royal Navy admiral (1758–1805)
*September 29th, 1758, Burnham Thorpe †October 21st, 1805, Cape Trafalgar
76 Louis-Philippe de Ségur
French diplomat (1753-1830)
*December 10th, 1753, Paris †August 27th, 1830, Paris,_Prince_de_Talleyrand_MET_DP148275.jpg "Charles-Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord")
85 Charles-Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord
French diplomat (1754-1838)
*February 2nd, 1754, Paris †May 17th, 1839, Paris
81 Benjamin Pierce
American politician (1757–1839)
*December 25th, 1757, Chelmsford †April 1st, 1839, Hillsborough County
79 Charles X of France
King of France from 1824 to 1830
*October 9th, 1757, Versailles †November 6th, 1836, Gorizia
34 Georges Danton
French revolutionary (1759–1794)
*October 26th, 1759, Arcis-sur-Aube †April 5th, 1794, Paris
80 William Godwin
English journalist, political philosopher and novelist
*March 3rd, 1756, Wisbech †April 7th, 1836, London
97 Caroline Herschel
German-British astronomer (*1750 – †1848)
*March 16th, 1750, Hanover †January 9th, 1848, Hanover
76 Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette
French general and politician (1757–1834)
*September 6th, 1757, Chavaniac-Lafayette †May 20th, 1834, former 1st arrondissement of Paris
74 Antonio Salieri
Italian composer and teacher (1750–1825)
*August 18th, 1750, Legnago †May 7th, 1825, Vienna
81 Heinrich Wilhelm Olbers
German physician and astronomer (1758-1840)
*October 11th, 1758, Hemelingen †March 2nd, 1840, BremenPaul François Jean Nicolas, vicomte de Barras
French politician (1755-1829)
*June 30th, 1755, Fox-Amphoux †January 29th, 1829, ChaillotHenry Lee III
American politician, governor, and representative (1756–1818)
*January 29th, 1756, Dumfries †March 25th, 1818, Cumberland IslandJean-François Pilatre de Rozier
French balloonist
*March 30th, 1754, Metz †June 15th, 1785, Wimereux
88 Samuel Hahnemann
German physician known for creating homeopathy
*April 10th, 1755, Meissen †July 2nd, 1843, former 1st arrondissement of Paris