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.

Moments

  1. 1743 Embassy secretary in Venice Jean-Jacques Rousseau
  2. 1743 Birth at Shadwell Plantation Thomas Jefferson
  3. 1744 Departs Zerbst for Russia Catherine II of Russia
  4. 1744 Visits Paris and begins relationship with Denis Voltaire
  5. 1744 Meets Peter again in Moscow Catherine II of Russia
  6. 1744 Received into the Russian Orthodox Church Catherine II of Russia
  7. 1745 Companion to the Marquess of Annandale David Hume
  8. 1745 Return to Paris and relationship with Thérèse Jean-Jacques Rousseau
  9. 1745 Childhood at Tuckahoe Plantation Thomas Jefferson
  10. 1745 Marries Peter at the Cathedral of Our Lady of Kazan Catherine II of Russia
  11. 1745 Marries Peter in Saint Petersburg Catherine II of Russia
  12. 1745 Death in Dublin Jonathan Swift
  13. 1746 Return and convalescence in Kirkcaldy Adam Smith
  14. 1746 Begins Whitby apprenticeship James Cook
  15. 1746 Birth at Fuendetodos Francisco Goya
  16. 1746 Västergötland expedition Carl Linnaeus
  17. 1746 Raid on Lorient David Hume
  18. 1747 Military embassy at Turin David Hume
  19. 1747 Military embassy at Vienna David Hume
  20. 1747 Played before Frederick the Great Johann Sebastian Bach
  21. 1748 Public lectures in Edinburgh Adam Smith
  22. 1748 Tutors the Andersch family in Judtschen Immanuel Kant
  23. 1749 Scanian journey Carl Linnaeus
  24. 1749 Return to Ninewells David Hume
  25. 1749 Visits to Diderot at Vincennes Jean-Jacques Rousseau
  26. 1749 Foundling Hospital benefit concert George Frideric Handel
  27. 1749 Born at the Goethe family house Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
  28. 1749 Returns briefly to Paris after du Châtelet’s death Voltaire
  29. 1750 Schooling in Zaragoza Francisco Goya
  30. 1750 Return to Foundling Hospital George Frideric Handel
  31. 1750 Surveys from Winchester George Washington
  32. 1750 Works as a tutor at Groß-Arnsdorf Immanuel Kant
  33. 1750 Moves to Potsdam Voltaire
  34. 1750 Occupies rooms at Charlottenburg Palace Voltaire
  35. 1750 Occupies rooms at Sanssouci Voltaire
  36. 1750 Died in Leipzig Johann Sebastian Bach
  37. 1750 Carriage accident in the Netherlands George Frideric Handel
  38. 1751 Professor of Logic at Glasgow Adam Smith
  39. 1751 Residence at Riddles Court David Hume
  40. 1751 Entered Harvard College John Adams
  41. 1751 Birth at Belle Grove James Madison
  42. 1752 Professor of Moral Philosophy at Glasgow Adam Smith
  43. 1752 Opera performed before Louis XV Jean-Jacques Rousseau
  44. 1753 Move to Jack’s Land David Hume
  45. 1753 Family home in Charlottenburg Leonhard Euler
  46. 1753 Return to Shadwell Thomas Jefferson
  47. 1753 Establishes a residence in Colmar Voltaire
  48. 1753 Lives on Strasbourg’s Île Jars Voltaire
  49. 1753 Passes through Mainz Voltaire
  50. 1753 Passes through Mannheim Voltaire

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