Engineers and Inventors of the Enlightenment

The atlas holds 5 people and 135 moments here, from 1687 to 1815. The most recorded lives are George Washington, Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz and Thomas Jefferson.

Notable people

  1. George Washington

    from 1732 to 1799

    44 moments here

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

  2. Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz

    from 1687 to 1716

    35 moments here

    German polymath, philosopher, mathematician, jurist, diplomat, court councillor, historian, and librarian.…

  3. Thomas Jefferson

    from 1743 to 1801

    27 moments here

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

  4. Leonhard Euler

    from 1707 to 1783

    18 moments here

    Swiss mathematician, physicist, astronomer, engineer, and polymath. Euler’s documented life moved from Basel and nearby Riehen to Saint Petersburg,…

  5. Michael Faraday

    from 1791 to 1815

    11 moments here

    English chemist and physicist whose experimental work transformed the study of electromagnetism and electrochemistry.…

Moments

  1. 1687 Stay at Rheinfels Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
  2. 1688 Hosted at Sulzbach Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
  3. 1688 Arrival in Munich Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
  4. 1688 Meeting at Graupen Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
  5. 1688 Two weeks in Regensburg Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
  6. 1688 Archival discovery in Augsburg Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
  7. 1688 First extended Vienna stay Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
  8. 1689 First Venice stay Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
  9. 1689 Arrival in Rome Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
  10. 1689 Second Rome stay Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
  11. 1689 Visit to Naples Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
  12. 1689 Florence visit Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
  13. 1689 Bologna stop Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
  14. 1689 Departure from Florence Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
  15. 1690 Este archives at Modena Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
  16. 1690 Este tombs at Vangadizza Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
  17. 1690 Second Venice stay Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
  18. 1690 Return visit to Vienna Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
  19. 1690 Returns to Hanover from Italy Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
  20. 1691 Wolfenbüttel library directorship Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
  21. 1698 Extended periods in Berlin Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
  22. 1700 Vienna church-union talks Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
  23. 1702 Residence at Lützenburg and Berlin Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
  24. 1704 Dresden scientific-society mission Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
  25. 1704 Arrival at Lützenburg Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
  26. 1706 Berlin residence Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
  27. 1707 Childhood in Riehen Leonhard Euler
  28. 1707 Baptism at St. Martin's Church Leonhard Euler
  29. 1707 Birth in Basel Leonhard Euler
  30. 1708 Vienna visit Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
  31. 1709 Short return to Leipzig Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
  32. 1711 Final Berlin sojourn Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
  33. 1711 Audience with Peter the Great at Torgau Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
  34. 1712 Audience with Peter the Great at Carlsbad Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
  35. 1712 Final extended Vienna residence Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
  36. 1714 Returns to Hanover Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
  37. 1715 Latin-school pupil in Basel Leonhard Euler
  38. 1716 Meetings with Peter the Great at Bad Pyrmont Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
  39. 1716 Death in Hanover Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
  40. 1720 Enrollment at the University of Basel Leonhard Euler
  41. 1727 Embarkation from Lübeck Leonhard Euler
  42. 1727 Post-wagon journey through Giessen Leonhard Euler
  43. 1727 Post-wagon journey through Kassel Leonhard Euler
  44. 1727 Rhine voyage to Mainz Leonhard Euler
  45. 1727 Departure from Basel for Russia Leonhard Euler
  46. 1727 Departure from Frankfurt am Main Leonhard Euler
  47. 1727 Arrival at Saint Petersburg Leonhard Euler
  48. 1732 Born at Popes Creek George Washington
  49. 1735 Lives at Little Hunting Creek George Washington
  50. 1738 Moves to Ferry Farm George Washington

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