Historical figures of the Enlightenment

The atlas holds 77 people and 1,409 moments here, from 1685 to 1815. The most recorded lives are Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe and Joséphine de Beauharnais. Among them Writers, Political Leaders and Philosophers.

Notable people

1. Voltaire

   from 1694 to 1778

   51 moments here

   François-Marie Arouet, known as Voltaire, was a French Enlightenment writer, historian, dramatist, and philosopher.…

2. William Blake

   from 1757 to 1809

   17 moments here

   English poet, painter, and printmaker. Blake spent nearly all of his life in London, apart from his 1800–1803 residence at Felpham in Sussex.…

3. William Henry Harrison

   from 1773 to 1815

   18 moments here

   William Henry Harrison was an American army officer, territorial governor, diplomat, Whig politician, and the ninth president of the United States.…

4. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

   from 1756 to 1791

   121 moments here

   Austrian composer and performer of the Classical era. Born in Salzburg, Mozart toured Europe as a child prodigy, made three formative journeys to…

5. Zachary Taylor

   from 1784 to 1814

   8 moments here

   Zachary Taylor was a United States Army officer, Mexican–American War commander, and the 12th president of the United States.…

Moments

1. 1717 Water Music river party George Frideric Handel
2. 1717 Resident composer at Cannons George Frideric Handel
3. 1717 Return to Saint Petersburg Peter the Great
4. 1717 Imprisoned in Weimar Johann Sebastian Bach
5. 1717 Inspected Leipzig university organ Johann Sebastian Bach
6. 1717 Started work at Köthen court Johann Sebastian Bach
7. 1718 Court appointment in Mantua Antonio Vivaldi
8. 1718 Traveled to Berlin for a harpsichord Johann Sebastian Bach
9. 1718 Accompanied Prince Leopold to Carlsbad Johann Sebastian Bach
10. 1719 Recruiting singers in Dresden George Frideric Handel
11. 1720 Return to Venice from Mantua Antonio Vivaldi
12. 1720 Auditioned in Hamburg Johann Sebastian Bach
13. 1720 Returned to Carlsbad with the court Johann Sebastian Bach
14. 1720 Enrollment at the University of Basel Leonhard Euler
15. 1721 Opera work in Milan Antonio Vivaldi
16. 1721 Married Anna Magdalena at home Johann Sebastian Bach
17. 1722 Move to Rome Antonio Vivaldi
18. 1722 Boarding at Bossey Jean-Jacques Rousseau
19. 1722 Arranges clandestine publication in Rouen Voltaire
20. 1722 Finds a publisher at The Hague Voltaire
21. 1722 Meets Rousseau in Brussels Voltaire
22. 1722 Triumphal entry into Moscow Peter the Great
23. 1723 Move to Philadelphia Benjamin Franklin
24. 1723 Brook Street residence George Frideric Handel
25. 1723 Moved household to Leipzig Johann Sebastian Bach
26. 1723 Baptism at Kirkcaldy Old Kirk Adam Smith
27. 1724 Journeyman printer in London Benjamin Franklin
28. 1724 House at Stoke Newington Daniel Defoe
29. 1724 Apprenticeship in Geneva Jean-Jacques Rousseau
30. 1724 Born in Königsberg Immanuel Kant
31. 1724 Returned to perform at Köthen Johann Sebastian Bach
32. 1725 Moves to Kensington for his health Isaac Newton
33. 1725 Death in Saint Petersburg Peter the Great
34. 1726 Stayed with Pope at Twickenham Jonathan Swift
35. 1726 Lives with Fawkener in Wandsworth Voltaire
36. 1726 Takes rooms at Durham Court Voltaire
37. 1726 Recounts the falling-apple insight Isaac Newton
38. 1726 Second Bastille imprisonment Voltaire
39. 1726 Embarks from Calais for England Voltaire
40. 1726 Move to Paris after sale of office Montesquieu
41. 1727 Junto founded Benjamin Franklin
42. 1727 Studies at Lund University Carl Linnaeus
43. 1727 Embarkation from Lübeck Leonhard Euler
44. 1727 Post-wagon journey through Giessen Leonhard Euler
45. 1727 Post-wagon journey through Kassel Leonhard Euler
46. 1727 Rhine voyage to Mainz Leonhard Euler
47. 1727 Letter from Paris Montesquieu
48. 1727 Dies at Kensington Isaac Newton
49. 1727 Departure from Basel for Russia Leonhard Euler
50. 1727 Departure from Frankfurt am Main Leonhard Euler

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