Historical figures of the Enlightenment

The atlas holds 51 people and 1,112 moments here, from 1685 to 1815. Among them Writers, Political Leaders and Philosophers.

Moments

  1. 1745 Childhood at Tuckahoe Plantation Thomas Jefferson
  2. 1745 Marries Peter at the Cathedral of Our Lady of Kazan Catherine II of Russia
  3. 1745 Marries Peter in Saint Petersburg Catherine II of Russia
  4. 1745 Death in Dublin Jonathan Swift
  5. 1746 Return and convalescence in Kirkcaldy Adam Smith
  6. 1746 Begins Whitby apprenticeship James Cook
  7. 1746 Birth at Fuendetodos Francisco Goya
  8. 1746 Västergötland expedition Carl Linnaeus
  9. 1747 Played before Frederick the Great Johann Sebastian Bach
  10. 1748 Public lectures in Edinburgh Adam Smith
  11. 1748 Tutors the Andersch family in Judtschen Immanuel Kant
  12. 1749 Scanian journey Carl Linnaeus
  13. 1749 Visits to Diderot at Vincennes Jean-Jacques Rousseau
  14. 1749 Foundling Hospital benefit concert George Frideric Handel
  15. 1749 Born at the Goethe family house Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
  16. 1749 Returns briefly to Paris after du Châtelet’s death Voltaire
  17. 1750 Schooling in Zaragoza Francisco Goya
  18. 1750 Return to Foundling Hospital George Frideric Handel
  19. 1750 Surveys from Winchester George Washington
  20. 1750 Works as a tutor at Groß-Arnsdorf Immanuel Kant
  21. 1750 Moves to Potsdam Voltaire
  22. 1750 Occupies rooms at Charlottenburg Palace Voltaire
  23. 1750 Occupies rooms at Sanssouci Voltaire
  24. 1750 Died in Leipzig Johann Sebastian Bach
  25. 1750 Carriage accident in the Netherlands George Frideric Handel
  26. 1751 Professor of Logic at Glasgow Adam Smith
  27. 1751 Entered Harvard College John Adams
  28. 1751 Birth at Belle Grove James Madison
  29. 1752 Professor of Moral Philosophy at Glasgow Adam Smith
  30. 1752 Opera performed before Louis XV Jean-Jacques Rousseau
  31. 1753 Family home in Charlottenburg Leonhard Euler
  32. 1753 Return to Shadwell Thomas Jefferson
  33. 1753 Establishes a residence in Colmar Voltaire
  34. 1753 Lives on Strasbourg’s Île Jars Voltaire
  35. 1753 Passes through Mainz Voltaire
  36. 1753 Passes through Mannheim Voltaire
  37. 1753 Stays at Gotha Voltaire
  38. 1753 Stays at Schwetzingen Voltaire
  39. 1753 Stays in Kassel Voltaire
  40. 1753 Stops in Leipzig after leaving Prussia Voltaire
  41. 1753 Withdraws to Luttenbach Voltaire
  42. 1753 Arrives and is detained in Frankfurt Voltaire
  43. 1753 College planning meeting Benjamin Franklin
  44. 1753 Reaches Fort Le Boeuf George Washington
  45. 1754 Return to Geneva and reconversion Jean-Jacques Rousseau
  46. 1754 Final visit to Paris Montesquieu
  47. 1754 Albany Congress opening Benjamin Franklin
  48. 1754 Works at Senones Abbey Voltaire
  49. 1754 Takes the waters at Plombières Voltaire
  50. 1754 Returns to Königsberg Immanuel Kant

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