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.
Moments
- 1782 Flight from Stuttgart Friedrich Schiller
- 1782 Retreat to Oggersheim Friedrich Schiller
- 1782 Refuge at Bauerbach Friedrich Schiller
- 1782 Birth in Kinderhook Martin Van Buren
- 1783 Postwar law practice Alexander Hamilton
- 1783 Literary residence at Bauerbach Friedrich Schiller
- 1783 Education in Oxford Jane Austen
- 1783 Illness while schooling in Southampton Jane Austen
- 1783 Family residence in Madrid José de San Martín
- 1783 Performed for the stadtholder Ludwig van Beethoven
- 1783 Visits family in Salzburg with Constanze Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
- 1783 Stranded en route through Copenhagen John Quincy Adams
- 1783 Congress relocates to Princeton Alexander Hamilton
- 1783 Hydrogen-balloon flight witness Benjamin Franklin
- 1783 Stay at the Palace of Arenas de San Pedro Francisco Goya
- 1783 Signed Treaty of Paris John Adams
- 1783 Death in Saint Petersburg Leonhard Euler
- 1783 Service in the Confederation Congress at Annapolis James Monroe
- 1783 Residence at Pentemont Abbey Joséphine de Beauharnais
- 1783 Manned balloon launch Benjamin Franklin
- 1783 Bids farewell at Fraunces Tavern George Washington
- 1783 Resigns command in Annapolis George Washington
- 1783 Returns home after the Revolution George Washington
- 1784 Legal study in Salisbury Andrew Jackson
- 1784 Elementary schooling Carl Friedrich Gauss
- 1784 Tours the Ohio Country George Washington
- 1784 Western inspection journey through New York James Monroe
- 1784 Western inspection journey through Pennsylvania James Monroe
- 1784 Journey to Great Britain with John Adams John Quincy Adams
- 1784 Parker and Blake print shop William Blake
- 1784 Meets Haydn in Vienna Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
- 1784 Moves into his own house Immanuel Kant
- 1784 Confederation Congress relocation to Trenton James Monroe
- 1784 At Boston before Atlantic departure Thomas Jefferson
- 1784 Meeting with Mirabeau Benjamin Franklin
- 1784 Undertakes third Harz journey Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
- 1784 Arrival as diplomat in Paris Thomas Jefferson
- 1784 Birth in Orange County Zachary Taylor
- 1784 Death in Boston Phillis Wheatley
- 1785 Visits Staraya Russa Catherine II of Russia
- 1785 Virginia Assembly session James Madison
- 1785 Boarding school at Reading Abbey Jane Austen
- 1785 Schooling in Málaga José de San Martín
- 1785 Poland Street residence William Blake
- 1785 Return from Richmond to Orange James Madison
- 1785 Invitation and move to Leipzig Friedrich Schiller
- 1785 First audience with George III John Adams
- 1785 Arrival home in Philadelphia Benjamin Franklin
- 1785 Arrival in Cambridge after return to Massachusetts John Quincy Adams
- 1785 Move to Fontainebleau Joséphine de Beauharnais