Historical figures in 1784

The atlas holds 13 people and 16 moments here, in 1784. The most recorded lives are James Monroe, Thomas Jefferson and Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. Among them Writers, Scientists and Mathematicians.

Notable people

1. Andrew Jackson

   in 1784

   1 moment here

   Andrew Jackson (1767–1845) was a U.S. army general, Tennessee politician, and seventh president of the United States.…

2. Benjamin Franklin

   in 1784

   1 moment here

   American printer, scientist, civic leader, colonial agent, revolutionary statesman, and diplomat.…

3. Carl Friedrich Gauss

   in 1784

   1 moment here

   German mathematician, astronomer, geodesist, and physicist. Gauss was born in Brunswick, studied there and at Göttingen, worked privately in…

4. George Washington

   in 1784

   1 moment here

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

5. Immanuel Kant

   in 1784

   1 moment here

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

6. James Monroe

   in 1784

   3 moments here

   James Monroe was an American Revolutionary War officer, Virginia politician, diplomat, secretary of state and war, and fifth president of the United…

7. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

   in 1784

   1 moment here

   German poet, dramatist, novelist, scientist, theatre director, and statesman. Born in Frankfurt, Goethe studied in Leipzig and Strasbourg, practiced…

8. John Quincy Adams

   in 1784

   1 moment here

   John Quincy Adams was an American diplomat, secretary of state, sixth president of the United States, and Massachusetts representative.…

9. Phillis Wheatley

   in 1784

   1 moment here

   Phillis Wheatley Peters was a poet born in West Africa, enslaved in Boston as a child, and the author of Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and…

10. Thomas Jefferson

    in 1784

    2 moments here

    Thomas Jefferson was an American lawyer, Virginia political leader, diplomat, secretary of state, vice president, and third president of the United…

11. William Blake

    in 1784

    1 moment 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.…

12. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    in 1784

    1 moment here

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

13. Zachary Taylor

    in 1784

    1 moment here

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

Moments

1. 1784 Legal study in Salisbury Andrew Jackson
2. 1784 Elementary schooling Carl Friedrich Gauss
3. 1784 Tours the Ohio Country George Washington
4. 1784 Western inspection journey through New York James Monroe
5. 1784 Western inspection journey through Pennsylvania James Monroe
6. 1784 Journey to Great Britain with John Adams John Quincy Adams
7. 1784 Parker and Blake print shop William Blake
8. 1784 Meets Haydn in Vienna Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
9. 1784 Moves into his own house Immanuel Kant
10. 1784 Confederation Congress relocation to Trenton James Monroe
11. 1784 At Boston before Atlantic departure Thomas Jefferson
12. 1784 Meeting with Mirabeau Benjamin Franklin
13. 1784 Undertakes third Harz journey Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
14. 1784 Arrival as diplomat in Paris Thomas Jefferson
15. 1784 Birth in Orange County Zachary Taylor
16. 1784 Death in Boston Phillis Wheatley

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