Historical figures in 1790

The atlas holds 13 people and 19 moments here, in 1790. The most recorded lives are Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe and George Washington. Among them Writers, Political Leaders and Scientists.

Notable people

1. Adam Smith

   in 1790

   1 moment here

   Scottish moral philosopher and political economist of the Scottish Enlightenment, author of The Theory of Moral Sentiments and An Inquiry into the…

2. Benjamin Franklin

   in 1790

   1 moment here

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

3. Friedrich Schiller

   in 1790

   1 moment here

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

4. George Washington

   in 1790

   2 moments here

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

5. James Watt

   in 1790

   1 moment here

   Scottish inventor, mechanical engineer, and chemist whose separate-condenser improvement to the steam engine was foundational to industrialization.…

6. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

   in 1790

   2 moments here

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

7. John Quincy Adams

   in 1790

   1 moment here

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

8. John Tyler

   in 1790

   1 moment here

   John Tyler was an American lawyer, Virginia politician, tenth vice president, and tenth president of the United States.…

9. Joséphine de Beauharnais

   in 1790

   2 moments here

   Marie-Josèphe-Rose Tascher de La Pagerie, known as Joséphine, was Napoleon Bonaparte’s first wife and Empress of the French from 1804 until the…

10. Lord Byron

    in 1790

    1 moment here

    George Gordon Noel Byron, 6th Baron Byron (1788–1824), was a British poet, peer, and political speaker.…

11. William Blake

    in 1790

    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. William Henry Harrison

    in 1790

    1 moment here

    William Henry Harrison was an American army officer, territorial governor, diplomat, Whig politician, and the ninth president of the United States.…

13. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    in 1790

    4 moments here

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

Moments

1. 1790 Opening a Boston law practice John Quincy Adams
2. 1790 Childhood in Aberdeen Lord Byron
3. 1790 Hercules Buildings residence William Blake
4. 1790 Medical student in Philadelphia William Henry Harrison
5. 1790 Marriage to Charlotte von Lengefeld Friedrich Schiller
6. 1790 Makes second Italian journey Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
7. 1790 Birth at Greenway John Tyler
8. 1790 Death in Philadelphia Benjamin Franklin
9. 1790 Move to Heathfield James Watt
10. 1790 Death at Panmure House Adam Smith
11. 1790 Travels through Silesia Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
12. 1790 Returns to Newport as president George Washington
13. 1790 Travels to Frankfurt for the coronation Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
14. 1790 Arrival at Toulon from Martinique Joséphine de Beauharnais
15. 1790 Residence in Fontainebleau after return from Martinique Joséphine de Beauharnais
16. 1790 Returns through Mannheim Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
17. 1790 Writes from Mainz on the return journey Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
18. 1790 Lives in the Philadelphia President's House George Washington
19. 1790 Stops in Munich Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

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