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Born in 1712

60 people in this dataset · ordered by Wikipedia popularity

  1. Jean-Jacques Rousseau

    political scientist, correspondent

    1712–1778 · aged 66

    June 28 · 1712

    Source: Vegetti Catalog of Fantastic Literature

  2. Frederick II of Prussia

    monarch, composer

    1712–1786 · aged 74

    January 24 · 1712

    Source: Encyclopædia Britannica Online

  3. Count of St. Germain

    philosopher, mystic

    Date disputed

    1712

    Source: sacred-texts.com

  4. George Grenville

    politician

    1712–1770 · aged 58

    October 14 · 1712

    Source: SNAC

  5. Louis-Joseph de Montcalm

    military officer, military personnel

    1712–1759 · aged 47

    February 28 · 1712

    Source: GeneaStar

  6. Sayat-Nova

    singer, troubadour

    1712–1795

    June 14 · 1712

    Source: SNAC

  7. Empress Xiaoxianchun

    consort

    1712–1748 · aged 36

    March 28 · 1712

    No external source identified

  8. Prince Charles Alexander of Lorraine

    military leader, philosopher

    1712–1780 · aged 67

    December 12 · 1712

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  9. Devasahayam Pillai

    civil servant, court official

    1712–1752 · aged 39

    April 23 · 1712

    Source: Ökumenisches Heiligenlexikon

  10. Tokugawa Ieshige

    samurai

    1712–1761 · aged 49

    January 28 · 1712

    No external source identified

  11. Ludwig van Beethoven

    chapelmaster, singer

    1712–1773 · aged 61

    January 5 · 1712

    No external source identified

  12. Francesco Guardi

    graphic artist, painter

    1712–1793

    October 5 · 1712

    Source: BeWeB

  13. Joanna Elisabeth of Holstein-Gottorp

    regent

    1712–1760 · aged 47

    October 24 · 1712

    Source: The Peerage

  14. Francesco Algarotti

    count, writer

    1712–1764

    December 11 · 1712

    Source: Artists of the World Online

  15. Marie Louise Mignot

    writer, musician

    Date disputed

    February 12 · 1712

    No external source identified

  16. Toriyama Sekien

    writer, haiku poet

    1712–1788

    1712

    Source: ARTIC

  17. Charles-Michel de l'Épée

    educator, presbyter

    Date disputed

    November 24 · 1712

    Source: BnF authorities

  18. Nasir Jang Mir Ahmad

    monarch

    1712–1750 · aged 38

    February 26 · 1712

    No external source identified

  19. Jonas Hanway

    philanthropist, traveler

    1712–1786 · aged 74

    August 12 · 1712

    Source: SNAC

  20. John Stanley

    composer, organist

    1712–1786 · aged 74

    January 17 · 1712

    Source: SNAC

  21. Azad Khan Afghan

    1712–1781

    1712

    No external source identified

  22. Ekaterina Alekseyevna Dolgorukova

    lady-in-waiting

    1712–1747

    1712

    Source: Genealogics

  23. Sir Francis Bernard, 1st Baronet

    colonial administrator, politician

    1712–1779 · aged 66

    July 12 · 1712

    No external source identified

  24. James Steuart

    economist, jurist

    1712–1780 · aged 68

    October 21 · 1712

    Source: The Peerage

  25. John Fothergill

    plantation owner, abolitionist

    1712–1780 · aged 68

    March 8 · 1712

    Source: Base biographique

  26. Claude Bourgelat

    encyclopédistes, veterinarian

    1712–1779 · aged 66

    March 27 · 1712

    Source: BnF authorities

  27. Frederick Cornwallis

    Anglican priest

    Date disputed

    February 22 · 1712

    Source: The Peerage

  28. Pauline Félicité de Mailly

    lady-in-waiting, royal mistress

    1712–1741 · aged 29

    August 1 · 1712

    No external source identified

  29. Charles of Nassau-Usingen

    regent

    1712–1775 · aged 63

    January 1 · 1712

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  30. Charles William Frederick, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach

    aristocrat

    1712–1757 · aged 45

    May 12 · 1712

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  31. William Brownrigg

    physician, chemist

    Date disputed

    March 24 · 1712

    Source: SNAC

  32. Pierre Simon Fournier

    xylographer, typographer

    1712–1768 · aged 56

    September 15 · 1712

    Source: International Music Score Library Project

  33. Vincent de Gournay

    economist, philosopher

    1712–1759 · aged 47

    May 28 · 1712

    Source: BnF authorities

  34. Count Johann Hartwig Ernst von Bernstorff

    diplomat, banker

    1712–1772

    May 13 · 1712

    Source: Dansk Biografisk Leksikon, 3rd edition

  35. Prince Moritz of Anhalt-Dessau

    military personnel

    1712–1760 · aged 47

    October 31 · 1712

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  36. Christian Wilhelm Ernst Dietrich

    painter, draftsperson

    1712–1774 · aged 61

    October 30 · 1712

    Source: Dietrich [Dietricy], Christian Wilhelm Ernst

  37. Infante Felipe Pedro of Spain

    aristocrat

    1712–1719 · aged 7

    June 7 · 1712

    No external source identified

  38. Ali II ibn Hussein

    politician

    1712–1782 · aged 69

    November 24 · 1712

    No external source identified

  39. George VII of Imereti

    royalty, monarch

    1712–1778

    1712

    No external source identified

  40. Karl Weber

    classical archaeologist, military engineer

    1712–1764 · aged 51

    August 12 · 1712

    Source: SNAC

  41. Margravine Albertine of Brandenburg-Schwedt

    aristocrat

    1712–1750

    1712

    Source: CERL Thesaurus

  42. Johann Samuel König

    librarian, philosopher

    1712–1757

    July 31 · 1712

    Source: MacTutor History of Mathematics archive

  43. Andrew Gordon

    physicist, philosopher

    1712–1751 · aged 39

    June 15 · 1712

    Source: BnF authorities

  44. Dominique de La Rochefoucauld

    Catholic priest, archbishop

    1712–1800 · aged 87

    September 26 · 1712

    Source: Find a Grave

  45. Carl Heinrich von Wedel

    politician

    Date disputed

    June 12 · 1712

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  46. Atike Sultan

    aristocrat

    1712–1738 · aged 26

    March 29 · 1712

    No external source identified

  47. Richard Glover

    poet, playwright

    1712–1785

    1712

    Source: Oxford Dictionary of National Biography

  48. Alison Cockburn

    socialite, poet

    1712–1794 · aged 82

    October 8 · 1712

    No external source identified

  49. Edward Moore

    poet, writer

    1712–1757 · aged 44

    March 22 · 1712

    Source: Concise Literary Encyclopedia

  50. César Gabriel de Choiseul

    military officer, military personnel

    1712–1785 · aged 73

    August 15 · 1712

    Source: RKDartists

  51. Georg Friedrich Schmidt

    engraver, illustrator

    1712–1775 · aged 63

    January 24 · 1712

    Source: The Fine Art Archive

  52. Anders Johan von Höpken

    civil servant, politician

    1712–1789 · aged 77

    March 31 · 1712

    Source: Nordisk familjebok : Hyperemi - Johan

  53. Charles Frederick, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen

    aristocrat

    1712–1743 · aged 30

    July 18 · 1712

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  54. Johann Andreas Silbermann

    organ builder, harpsichord maker

    1712–1783 · aged 70

    June 26 · 1712

    Source: RKDartists

  55. Pietro Chiari

    librettist, composer

    1712–1785

    December 25 · 1712

    Source: SNAC

  56. Johann Karl Philipp von Cobenzl

    politician, diplomat

    1712–1770 · aged 57

    July 21 · 1712

    Source: Cobenzl, Johann Karl Philipp (BLKÖ)

  57. Giovanni Targioni Tozzetti

    physician, naturalist

    1712–1783 · aged 70

    September 11 · 1712

    Source: SNAC

  58. Fernando de Sousa e Silva

    Catholic bishop, Catholic priest

    1712–1786 · aged 73

    November 27 · 1712

    Source: webdept.fiu.edu

  59. Carlo Vittorio Amedeo delle Lanze

    Catholic deacon, Catholic bishop

    1712–1784 · aged 71

    September 1 · 1712

    No external source identified

  60. Landgravine Eleonore of Hesse-Rotenburg

    1712–1759 · aged 46

    October 17 · 1712

    No external source identified

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