Historical figures in 1777

The atlas holds 7 people and 10 moments here, in 1777. The most recorded lives are Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, James Cook and Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. Among them Scientists, Writers and Educators.

Notable people

  1. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    in 1777

    3 moments here

    Austrian composer and performer of the Classical era. Born in Salzburg, Mozart toured Europe as a child prodigy, made three formative journeys to…

  2. James Cook

    in 1777

    2 moments here

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

  3. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

    in 1777

    1 moment here

    German poet, dramatist, novelist, scientist, theatre director, and statesman. Born in Frankfurt, Goethe studied in Leipzig and Strasbourg, practiced…

  4. George Washington

    in 1777

    1 moment here

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

  5. Ludwig van Beethoven

    in 1777

    1 moment here

    German composer and pianist whose life was centered first in Bonn and, from 1792, in Vienna.…

  6. Adam Smith

    in 1777

    1 moment here

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

  7. Carl Friedrich Gauss

    in 1777

    1 moment here

    German mathematician, astronomer, geodesist, and physicist. Gauss was born in Brunswick, studied there and at Göttingen, worked privately in…

Moments

  1. 1777 London lodgings in Suffolk Street Adam Smith
  2. 1777 Anchors in Adventure Bay James Cook
  3. 1777 Returns to Queen Charlotte Sound James Cook
  4. 1777 Childhood home in Rheingasse Ludwig van Beethoven
  5. 1777 Birth in Brunswick Carl Friedrich Gauss
  6. 1777 Leaves Salzburg in search of work Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  7. 1777 Arrives in Mannheim Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  8. 1777 Moves on to Augsburg Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  9. 1777 Enters winter quarters at Valley Forge George Washington
  10. 1777 Makes his winter Harz journey Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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