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

1. Frédéric Chopin

   from 1810 to 1840

   30 moments here

   Polish composer and virtuoso pianist of the early Romantic period. Born in Żelazowa Wola, he grew up and trained in Warsaw, travelled through Central…

2. Friedrich Engels

   from 1820 to 1838

   3 moments here

   German philosopher, political theorist, revolutionary socialist, businessman, and Karl Marx’s lifelong collaborator.…

3. Friedrich Schiller

   from 1763 to 1805

   29 moments here

   Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller was a German playwright, poet, philosopher, historian, and a central figure of Weimar Classicism.…

4. Fyodor Dostoyevsky

   from 1821 to 1839

   6 moments here

   Russian novelist, journalist, essayist, and former military engineer whose life moved between Moscow, Saint Petersburg, Siberian imprisonment and…

5. George Eliot

   from 1819 to 1820

   3 moments here

   Mary Ann Evans, known by the pen name George Eliot, was an English novelist, translator, journalist, and poet.…

6. George Sand

   from 1804 to 1839

   17 moments here

   French novelist, memoirist, journalist, and political writer born Amantine Lucile Aurore Dupin.…

7. George Washington

   from 1775 to 1799

   37 moments here

   George Washington was a Virginia surveyor, planter, military commander, revolutionary leader, constitutional statesman, and the first president of…

8. Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel

   from 1770 to 1831

   32 moments here

   German philosopher and a central figure of German idealism. His documented movements include formative study in Stuttgart and Tübingen; tutoring…

9. Giuseppe Verdi

   from 1813 to 1834

   3 moments here

   Italian composer whose career transformed nineteenth-century opera. Born near Busseto, Verdi studied and worked in Busseto and Milan, then traveled…

10. Grover Cleveland

    in 1837

    1 moment here

    Stephen Grover Cleveland was an American lawyer and Democratic politician who served as the 22nd and 24th president of the United States.…

11. Gustave Flaubert

    from 1821 to 1840

    4 moments here

    French novelist and major exponent of literary realism, best known for Madame Bovary, Salammbô, Sentimental Education, Three Tales, and his extensive…

12. Hans Christian Andersen

    from 1805 to 1840

    31 moments here

    Danish writer renowned for literary fairy tales including “The Little Mermaid,” “The Emperor’s New Clothes,” “The Snow Queen,” and “The Ugly…

13. Harriet Beecher Stowe

    from 1811 to 1836

    6 moments here

    American author and abolitionist best known for Uncle Tom's Cabin. Her documented life included formative years in Connecticut, a long residence in…

14. Heinrich Heine

    from 1797 to 1840

    49 moments here

    German poet, essayist, journalist, and literary critic. Born in Düsseldorf, Heine studied in Bonn, Göttingen, and Berlin, traveled widely in Germany…

15. Henrik Ibsen

    from 1828 to 1835

    3 moments here

    Norwegian playwright and poet whose career took him from Telemark and coastal Norway to theatre work in Bergen and Christiania, then to long…

16. Henry David Thoreau

    from 1817 to 1839

    4 moments here

    American naturalist, essayist, poet, and philosopher associated with transcendentalism. Thoreau lived chiefly in and around Concord, Massachusetts,…

17. Honoré de Balzac

    from 1799 to 1840

    36 moments here

    French novelist and playwright, born in Tours and dead in Paris. Balzac created La Comédie humaine, an interlinked fictional panorama of…

18. Immanuel Kant

    from 1765 to 1804

    6 moments here

    German Enlightenment philosopher whose critical philosophy transformed epistemology, metaphysics, ethics, aesthetics, and political thought.…

19. James A. Garfield

    in 1831

    1 moment here

    James Abram Garfield was an Ohio educator, Union Army general, U.S. representative, and the 20th president of the United States.…

20. James Buchanan

    from 1791 to 1833

    5 moments here

    James Buchanan Jr. was an American lawyer, diplomat, senator, secretary of state, and the fifteenth president of the United States.…

21. James Clerk Maxwell

    from 1831 to 1833

    2 moments here

    Scottish physicist and mathematician whose career moved among Edinburgh, Galloway, Cambridge, Aberdeen, and London.…

22. James Cook

    from 1762 to 1776

    4 moments here

    British naval officer, hydrographer and explorer whose surveys of Newfoundland and three Pacific voyages transformed European geographic knowledge of…

23. James K. Polk

    from 1795 to 1840

    15 moments here

    James Knox Polk was the eleventh president of the United States, serving from 1845 to 1849. Born in North Carolina and raised largely in Tennessee,…

24. James Madison

    from 1769 to 1836

    28 moments here

    James Madison (1751–1836) was a Virginia planter, revolutionary politician, delegate to the Continental and Confederation congresses, architect of…

Moments

1. 1764 Second London royal engagement Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
2. 1764 Appears at Ranelagh Gardens Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
3. 1764 Performs in Grosvenor Square Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
4. 1764 Excursion to Bordeaux Adam Smith
5. 1764 Excursion to Bagnères-de-Bigorre Adam Smith
6. 1764 Moves to Frith Street Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
7. 1765 Chargé d’affaires in Paris David Hume
8. 1765 Serves in the castle library Immanuel Kant
9. 1765 Separate-condenser insight at Glasgow Green James Watt
10. 1765 Performs at Hickford's Long Room Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
11. 1765 Attends maneuvers at Krasnoye Selo Catherine II of Russia
12. 1765 Performs daily at a Cornhill tavern Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
13. 1765 Delayed by illness in Lille Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
14. 1765 Retreat on Île de Saint-Pierre Jean-Jacques Rousseau
15. 1765 Plays an organ in Ghent Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
16. 1765 Plays Antwerp Cathedral's organ Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
17. 1765 Reaches The Hague Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
18. 1765 Departure for Strasbourg Jean-Jacques Rousseau
19. 1765 Takes lodgings as a Leipzig student Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
20. 1765 Departure from Geneva for Paris Adam Smith
21. 1765 Paris stay with the Prince of Conti Jean-Jacques Rousseau
22. 1766 Return to Kirkcaldy to write Adam Smith
23. 1766 Museum construction at Hammarby Carl Linnaeus
24. 1766 Family relocation to Ludwigsburg Friedrich Schiller
25. 1766 Lives and lectures in Kanter's house Immanuel Kant
26. 1766 Arrival in London Jean-Jacques Rousseau
27. 1766 Channel crossing to Dover Jean-Jacques Rousseau
28. 1766 Crossing via Calais Jean-Jacques Rousseau
29. 1766 Stay at Chiswick Jean-Jacques Rousseau
30. 1766 Concert at the Oude Doelen Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
31. 1766 Concerts in Zurich Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
32. 1766 Concert stop in Lausanne Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
33. 1766 Performs in Lyon Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
34. 1766 Stays in Amsterdam Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
35. 1766 Second Paris residence and intellectual meetings Adam Smith
36. 1766 Letter from London David Hume
37. 1766 Residence at Wootton Hall Jean-Jacques Rousseau
38. 1766 Plays the organ at St Bavo Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
39. 1766 Returns to The Hague for court celebrations Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
40. 1766 Performs in Utrecht Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
41. 1766 Returns to Paris Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
42. 1766 Observes eclipse off Newfoundland James Cook
43. 1766 Return to Saint Petersburg Leonhard Euler
44. 1766 Concert in Dijon Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
45. 1766 Arrives in Geneva Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
46. 1766 Arrives at Donaueschingen Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
47. 1766 Return to London from France Adam Smith
48. 1766 Letter from Edinburgh David Hume
49. 1766 Performs again in Munich Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
50. 1766 Returns home from the grand tour Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

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