Historical figures of the Industrial Revolution
The atlas holds 91 people and 1,667 moments here, from 1760 to 1840. The most recorded lives are Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe and Joséphine de Beauharnais. Among them Writers, Scientists and Political Leaders.
Notable people
Abraham Lincoln
from 1809 to 1838
25 moments here
American lawyer, Illinois legislator, congressman, and sixteenth president of the United States.…
Adam Smith
from 1764 to 1790
16 moments here
Scottish moral philosopher and political economist of the Scottish Enlightenment, author of The Theory of Moral Sentiments and An Inquiry into the…
Alexander Hamilton
from 1772 to 1804
26 moments here
American statesman, lawyer, revolutionary officer, constitutional convention delegate, and first U.S. secretary of the treasury.…
Alexander Pushkin
from 1799 to 1837
39 moments here
Russian poet, novelist, playwright, and foundational figure of modern Russian literature. This chronology traces documented physical presences from…
Alexandre Dumas
from 1802 to 1834
8 moments here
French novelist, playwright, journalist, and travel writer, also known as Alexandre Dumas père.…
Alfred Nobel
in 1833
1 moment here
Swedish chemist, engineer, inventor, and industrialist Alfred Bernhard Nobel (1833–1896) developed dynamite and other explosives, built businesses…
Andrew Jackson
from 1767 to 1840
25 moments here
Andrew Jackson (1767–1845) was a U.S. army general, Tennessee politician, and seventh president of the United States.…
Andrew Johnson
from 1808 to 1827
2 moments here
Andrew Johnson was the 17th president of the United States, serving from 1865 to 1869 after serving as vice president, U.S.…
Arthur Schopenhauer
from 1788 to 1833
35 moments here
German philosopher and writer, born in Danzig and dead in Frankfurt am Main. His documented movements included childhood residences in Hamburg and Le…
Benjamin Franklin
from 1762 to 1790
19 moments here
American printer, scientist, civic leader, colonial agent, revolutionary statesman, and diplomat.…
Carl Friedrich Gauss
from 1777 to 1833
34 moments here
German mathematician, astronomer, geodesist, and physicist. Gauss was born in Brunswick, studied there and at Göttingen, worked privately in…
Carl Linnaeus
from 1766 to 1778
2 moments here
Swedish botanist, physician, and naturalist who formalized binomial nomenclature and devised an influential system for classifying organisms.…
Catherine II of Russia
from 1762 to 1796
35 moments here
Catherine II (Catherine the Great), born Sophie Auguste Friederike of Anhalt-Zerbst, was empress of Russia from 1762 to 1796.…
Charles Baudelaire
from 1821 to 1839
5 moments here
French poet, essayist, translator, and art critic, best known for Les Fleurs du mal. Baudelaire lived chiefly in Paris, spent formative school years…
Charles Darwin
from 1809 to 1839
30 moments here
English naturalist, geologist, and biologist whose observations during the global voyage of HMS Beagle and subsequent research led to his theory of…
Charles Dickens
from 1812 to 1840
19 moments here
English novelist, journalist, editor, social reformer, actor and celebrated public reader. This chronology traces documented residences, workplaces,…
Charlotte Brontë
from 1816 to 1839
7 moments here
English novelist, poet, and governess, best known for Jane Eyre. This chronology records documented physical presences from her birth in Thornton…
David Hume
from 1762 to 1776
15 moments here
Scottish philosopher, historian, economist and essayist. Hume’s documented movements include formative stays in Bristol and France; residences at…
Edgar Allan Poe
from 1809 to 1838
22 moments here
American writer, poet, editor, and literary critic whose work helped shape Gothic fiction, detective fiction, and early science fiction.…
Émile Zola
in 1840
1 moment here
French novelist, journalist, and leading naturalist writer. Born in Paris, Zola spent formative years in Aix-en-Provence before returning to Paris;…
Emily Dickinson
from 1830 to 1840
4 moments here
American poet Emily Elizabeth Dickinson spent most of her life in Amherst, Massachusetts, with documented childhood schooling, a brief Boston…
Florence Nightingale
from 1820 to 1825
3 moments here
English social reformer, statistician, and nursing pioneer. Nightingale’s documented movements span childhood homes in England; travel and nursing…
Francisco Goya
from 1760 to 1828
26 moments here
Spanish painter and printmaker Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes was born at Fuendetodos, Aragon, and died at Bordeaux, France.…
Franz Schubert
from 1797 to 1828
19 moments here
Austrian composer of the late Classical and early Romantic eras. Schubert was born and died in Vienna, received formative education there, taught in…
Moments
- 1760 Training with José Luzán Francisco Goya
- 1761 Residence in the Wheatley household Phillis Wheatley
- 1761 College of William & Mary student Thomas Jefferson
- 1761 Settles at Château de Voltaire Voltaire
- 1761 Arrival in Boston Harbor Phillis Wheatley
- 1762 Return to Philadelphia Benjamin Franklin
- 1762 Move to James Court David Hume
- 1762 Exile at Môtiers Jean-Jacques Rousseau
- 1762 Child prodigy appears in Munich Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
- 1762 Performs for Vienna's aristocracy Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
- 1762 Plays at the imperial court Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
- 1762 Reaches Peterhof with the guards Catherine II of Russia
- 1762 Sleeps at Peterhof before the coup Catherine II of Russia
- 1762 Emperor of all the Russias Catherine II of Russia
- 1762 Secretly visits Ivan VI at Shlisselburg Catherine II of Russia
- 1762 Crowned at the Assumption Cathedral in Moscow Catherine II of Russia
- 1762 Crowned in the Assumption Cathedral Catherine II of Russia
- 1762 Enters Moscow for coronation Catherine II of Russia
- 1762 Returns to England and marries in London James Cook
- 1763 Embassy service in Paris David Hume
- 1763 Childhood and primary schooling in Lorch Friedrich Schiller
- 1763 Family move to Schwäbisch Gmünd Friedrich Schiller
- 1763 Surveys Saint-Pierre and Miquelon James Cook
- 1763 Initiation at Glasgow Royal Arch Lodge James Watt
- 1763 Amazes the Mannheim court Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
- 1763 Appears in Frankfurt concerts Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
- 1763 Gives concerts in Augsburg Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
- 1763 Grand-tour performances in Munich Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
- 1763 Passes through Bonn Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
- 1763 Performs for a Prussian princess Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
- 1763 Performs in Mainz Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
- 1763 Plays the organ at Wasserburg Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
- 1763 Stops in Cologne Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
- 1763 Travels down the Rhine Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
- 1763 Visits Yaroslavl Catherine II of Russia
- 1763 Letter from Fontainebleau David Hume
- 1763 Arrives in Brussels Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
- 1763 Arrives in Paris Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
- 1763 Performs before Charles of Lorraine Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
- 1763 Moves to Versailles Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
- 1764 Departure from Glasgow for London Adam Smith
- 1764 Visit to Montpellier Adam Smith
- 1764 Second London mission Benjamin Franklin
- 1764 Plays for the French royal family Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
- 1764 Stays at Ebury Street Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
- 1764 First arrival in Paris Adam Smith
- 1764 Residence in Toulouse Adam Smith
- 1764 Arrives in London Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
- 1764 Lodges in Cecil Court Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
- 1764 Performs before George III Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart