Historical figures in 1726
The atlas holds 4 people and 7 moments here, in 1726. The most recorded lives are Voltaire, Isaac Newton and Jonathan Swift. Among them Philosophers, Writers and Historians.
Notable people
Voltaire
in 1726
4 moments here
François-Marie Arouet, known as Voltaire, was a French Enlightenment writer, historian, dramatist, and philosopher.…
Isaac Newton
in 1726
1 moment here
English mathematician, physicist, astronomer, theologian, alchemist, author, and public official.…
Jonathan Swift
in 1726
1 moment here
Anglo-Irish writer, satirist, political pamphleteer, and Church of Ireland cleric, best known for Gulliver's Travels, A Tale of a Tub, and A Modest…
Montesquieu
in 1726
1 moment here
Charles-Louis de Secondat, Baron de La Brède et de Montesquieu, was a French jurist, historian, and political philosopher.…
Moments
- 1726 Stayed with Pope at Twickenham Jonathan Swift
- 1726 Lives with Fawkener in Wandsworth Voltaire
- 1726 Takes rooms at Durham Court Voltaire
- 1726 Recounts the falling-apple insight Isaac Newton
- 1726 Second Bastille imprisonment Voltaire
- 1726 Embarks from Calais for England Voltaire
- 1726 Move to Paris after sale of office Montesquieu