Historical figures in 1759
The atlas holds 7 people and 8 moments here, in 1759. The most recorded lives are George Frideric Handel, George Washington and Voltaire. Among them Writers, Scientists and Educators.
Notable people
George Frideric Handel
in 1759
2 moments here
German-British Baroque composer. Born in Halle, he worked in Hamburg, travelled in Italy, served as Kapellmeister at Hanover, and settled in England.…
George Washington
in 1759
1 moment here
George Washington was a Virginia surveyor, planter, military commander, revolutionary leader, constitutional statesman, and the first president of…
Voltaire
in 1759
1 moment here
François-Marie Arouet, known as Voltaire, was a French Enlightenment writer, historian, dramatist, and philosopher.…
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
in 1759
1 moment here
Genevan philosopher, writer, composer, and a major figure of the European Enlightenment. Rousseau’s documented movements ranged across Geneva, Savoy,…
Benjamin Franklin
in 1759
1 moment here
American printer, scientist, civic leader, colonial agent, revolutionary statesman, and diplomat.…
James Cook
in 1759
1 moment here
British naval officer, hydrographer and explorer whose surveys of Newfoundland and three Pacific voyages transformed European geographic knowledge of…
Friedrich Schiller
in 1759
1 moment here
Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller was a German playwright, poet, philosopher, historian, and a central figure of Weimar Classicism.…
Moments
- 1759 Visit to Edinburgh Benjamin Franklin
- 1759 Establishes household at Mount Vernon George Washington
- 1759 Surveys the St Lawrence approaches to Quebec James Cook
- 1759 Residence at Château de Montmorency Jean-Jacques Rousseau
- 1759 Divides his time among border residences Voltaire
- 1759 Burial at Westminster Abbey George Frideric Handel
- 1759 Death at Brook Street George Frideric Handel
- 1759 Birth in Marbach am Neckar Friedrich Schiller