Historical figures of the Industrial Revolution

The atlas holds 48 people and 1,118 moments here, from 1760 to 1840. The most recorded lives are Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Charles Dickens and Benjamin Franklin. Among them Writers, Scientists and Political Leaders.

Notable people

1. Jean-Jacques Rousseau

   from 1762 to 1778

   20 moments here

   Genevan philosopher, writer, composer, and a major figure of the European Enlightenment. Rousseau’s documented movements ranged across Geneva, Savoy,…

2. Charles Dickens

   from 1812 to 1840

   19 moments here

   English novelist, journalist, editor, social reformer, actor and celebrated public reader. This chronology traces documented residences, workplaces,…

3. Benjamin Franklin

   from 1762 to 1790

   19 moments here

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

4. Victor Hugo

   from 1802 to 1840

   16 moments here

   French Romantic poet, novelist, dramatist, artist, activist, and politician. This chronology traces documented physical presences from his mobile…

5. Adam Smith

   from 1764 to 1790

   16 moments here

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

6. Michael Faraday

   from 1791 to 1831

   13 moments here

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

7. Alexandre Dumas

   from 1802 to 1834

   8 moments here

   French novelist, playwright, journalist, and travel writer, also known as Alexandre Dumas père.…

8. Richard Wagner

   from 1813 to 1839

   7 moments here

   German composer, conductor, theatre director, and essayist whose movements included early work in German theatre, exile in Switzerland, stays in…

9. Karl Marx

   from 1818 to 1837

   6 moments here

   German philosopher, economist, journalist, and revolutionary socialist. Born in Trier, Marx studied in Bonn and Berlin, worked in Cologne, and…

10. Fyodor Dostoyevsky

    from 1821 to 1839

    6 moments here

    Russian novelist, journalist, essayist, and former military engineer whose life moved between Moscow, Saint Petersburg, Siberian imprisonment and…

11. Immanuel Kant

    from 1765 to 1804

    6 moments here

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

12. Otto von Bismarck

    from 1815 to 1839

    6 moments here

    Otto von Bismarck was a Prussian and German statesman, diplomat, and the first chancellor of the German Empire.…

13. Louis Pasteur

    from 1822 to 1839

    6 moments here

    French chemist and microbiologist whose work on molecular asymmetry, fermentation, germ theory, pasteurization, and vaccines transformed modern…

14. Voltaire

    from 1761 to 1778

    5 moments here

    François-Marie Arouet, known as Voltaire, was a French Enlightenment writer, historian, dramatist, and philosopher.…

15. Charles Baudelaire

    from 1821 to 1839

    5 moments here

    French poet, essayist, translator, and art critic, best known for Les Fleurs du mal. Baudelaire lived chiefly in Paris, spent formative school years…

16. James Cook

    from 1762 to 1776

    4 moments here

    British naval officer, hydrographer and explorer whose surveys of Newfoundland and three Pacific voyages transformed European geographic knowledge of…

17. Friedrich Engels

    from 1820 to 1838

    3 moments here

    German philosopher, political theorist, revolutionary socialist, businessman, and Karl Marx’s lifelong collaborator.…

18. Leonhard Euler

    from 1766 to 1783

    3 moments here

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

19. Jules Verne

    from 1828 to 1836

    3 moments here

    French novelist, playwright, and poet whose documented life included residences and work in Nantes, Paris, Amiens, Auteuil, and Le Crotoy, together…

20. Giuseppe Verdi

    from 1813 to 1834

    3 moments here

    Italian composer whose career transformed nineteenth-century opera. Born near Busseto, Verdi studied and worked in Busseto and Milan, then traveled…

21. Leo Tolstoy

    from 1828 to 1836

    2 moments here

    Russian novelist, essayist, educator, religious thinker, and social critic. Born at Yasnaya Polyana, Tolstoy studied in Kazan, served in the Caucasus…

22. Mark Twain

    from 1835 to 1839

    2 moments here

    Samuel Langhorne Clemens, known as Mark Twain, was an American writer, humorist, journalist, lecturer, riverboat pilot, and traveler.…

23. Carl Linnaeus

    from 1766 to 1778

    2 moments here

    Swedish botanist, physician, and naturalist who formalized binomial nomenclature and devised an influential system for classifying organisms.…

24. Alfred Nobel

    in 1833

    1 moment here

    Swedish chemist, engineer, inventor, and industrialist Alfred Bernhard Nobel (1833–1896) developed dynamite and other explosives, built businesses…

Moments

1. 1765 Serves in the castle library Immanuel Kant
2. 1765 Performs at Hickford's Long Room Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
3. 1765 Attends maneuvers at Krasnoye Selo Catherine II of Russia
4. 1765 Performs daily at a Cornhill tavern Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
5. 1765 Delayed by illness in Lille Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
6. 1765 Retreat on Île de Saint-Pierre Jean-Jacques Rousseau
7. 1765 Plays an organ in Ghent Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
8. 1765 Plays Antwerp Cathedral's organ Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
9. 1765 Reaches The Hague Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
10. 1765 Departure for Strasbourg Jean-Jacques Rousseau
11. 1765 Takes lodgings as a Leipzig student Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
12. 1765 Departure from Geneva for Paris Adam Smith
13. 1765 Paris stay with the Prince of Conti Jean-Jacques Rousseau
14. 1766 Return to Kirkcaldy to write Adam Smith
15. 1766 Museum construction at Hammarby Carl Linnaeus
16. 1766 Family relocation to Ludwigsburg Friedrich Schiller
17. 1766 Lives and lectures in Kanter's house Immanuel Kant
18. 1766 Arrival in London Jean-Jacques Rousseau
19. 1766 Channel crossing to Dover Jean-Jacques Rousseau
20. 1766 Crossing via Calais Jean-Jacques Rousseau
21. 1766 Stay at Chiswick Jean-Jacques Rousseau
22. 1766 Concert at the Oude Doelen Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
23. 1766 Concerts in Zurich Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
24. 1766 Concert stop in Lausanne Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
25. 1766 Performs in Lyon Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
26. 1766 Stays in Amsterdam Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
27. 1766 Second Paris residence and intellectual meetings Adam Smith
28. 1766 Residence at Wootton Hall Jean-Jacques Rousseau
29. 1766 Plays the organ at St Bavo Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
30. 1766 Returns to The Hague for court celebrations Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
31. 1766 Performs in Utrecht Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
32. 1766 Returns to Paris Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
33. 1766 Observes eclipse off Newfoundland James Cook
34. 1766 Return to Saint Petersburg Leonhard Euler
35. 1766 Concert in Dijon Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
36. 1766 Arrives in Geneva Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
37. 1766 Arrives at Donaueschingen Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
38. 1766 Return to London from France Adam Smith
39. 1766 Performs again in Munich Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
40. 1766 Returns home from the grand tour Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
41. 1767 Visits Rybinsk Catherine II of Russia
42. 1767 Lawyer living at Shadwell Thomas Jefferson
43. 1767 Arrives in Tver for Volga journey Catherine II of Russia
44. 1767 Arrives in Yaroslavl by river Catherine II of Russia
45. 1767 Visits Uglich Catherine II of Russia
46. 1767 Banquet at Amiens after reentry to France Jean-Jacques Rousseau
47. 1767 Departure from Dover for France Jean-Jacques Rousseau
48. 1767 Move to Trie-Château Jean-Jacques Rousseau
49. 1767 Visit to Paris Benjamin Franklin
50. 1767 Leaves Salzburg for Vienna Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

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