ON THIS DAY
Born in 1741
92 people in this dataset · ordered by Wikipedia popularity
- Benedict Arnold
merchant, apothecary
- Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor
military leader, monarch
- Joseph Warren
military physician, major general
- Henry Fuseli
draftsperson, poet
- Angelica Kauffmann
printmaker, painter
- Jean-François de Galaup, comte de La Pérouse
explorer, seafarer
- Pierre Choderlos de Laclos
military officer, prose writer
- Peter Simon Pallas
arachnologist, scientific collector
- Momozono
sovereign
- Samuel Chase
politician, judge
- Charles Willson Peale
scientist, painter
- Nana Fadnavis
politician
- John Langdon
politician
- Johann Kaspar Lavater
painter, theologian
- Hester Thrale
diarist, patron of the arts
- Princess Elizabeth of Great Britain
aristocrat
- William Brodie
criminal, politician
- George Walton
politician, governor
- Jean-Antoine Houdon
visual artist, sculptor
- Joseph Reed
judge, politician
- Yongqi
poet, politician
- Augustin Barruel
writer, canon
- André Grétry
writer, composer
- James Barry
printmaker, painter
- Carl Linnaeus the Younger
biologist, mycologist
- Arthur Young
writer, economist
- Benedetto, Prince of Savoy
military personnel
- Thomas Fitzsimons
politician
- William Withering
chemist, physician
- Georges Biassou
revolutionary, military personnel
- Sarah Trimmer
children's writer, writer
- Jean-Paul-Égide Martini
music educator, composer
- John Penn
lawyer
- Edward Edwards
naval officer, discoverer
- Charles Clerke
seafarer, sailor
- Gregorio García de la Cuesta
military personnel, military officer
- Moses Robinson
jurist, lawyer
- Ivan Gudovich
politician, military personnel
- Edmond Malone
man of letters, lawyer
- Ralph Izard
politician
- Alexander Vorontsov
diplomat
- Antoine-François Callet
painter
- George Dance the Younger
painter, surveyor
- Pigneau de Behaine
Catholic priest, Catholic bishop
- José Cadalso
writer, scholar
- Alexander Kucharsky
painter
- Johann Gottlieb Naumann
composer, conductor
- Andrea Luchesi
chapelmaster, organist
- Nathan Adler
rabbi
- Philipp von Cobenzl
diplomat, politician
- Jean-Michel Moreau
copper engraver, illustrator
- Gottlieb Stephanie
writer, stage actor
- Johann August von Starck
preacher, writer
- Theodor Gottlieb von Hippel the Elder
writer, poet lawyer
- Alberto Fortis
translator, cartographer
- Jean-Louis de Lolme
jurist, philosopher
- Karl Friedrich Bahrdt
theologian, university teacher
- Wenzel Pichl
conductor, composer
- Franciszek Karpiński
poet, translator
- Alessandro Verri
writer, philosopher
- Johann Jakob Engel
independent publisher, theatre manager
- Francis Masson
scientific collector, explorer
- Johann André
publisher, pianist
- Aagje Deken
poet, writer
- Johann Heinrich Merck
poet, critic
- Carlo Amoretti
university teacher, librarian
- Barthélemy Faujas de Saint-Fond
volcanologist, paleontologist
- Jean-Pierre Duport
cellist, composer
- Basílio da Gama
writer, poet
- Alexander Adam
lexicographer, teacher
- Carl Hindenburg
philosopher, mathematician
- Luigi Tomasini
composer
- Frederick, Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym
aristocrat, Commander
- Johan Adam Pollich
physician, botanist
- Cristfried Ganander
lexicographer, philologist
- Joseph Marie Servan de Gerbey
politician, diplomat
- Szymon Marcin Kossakowski
lieutenant general, diplomat
- Casimiro Gómez Ortega
naturalist, botanist
- Jacques de Maleville
magistrate, politician
- John Wilson
mathematician, politician
- Jean-Emmanuel Gilibert
politician, physician
- Ignác Batthyány
Catholic priest, Catholic deacon
- Paul Dietrich Giseke
botanist, teacher
- Kacper Kazimierz Cieciszowski
Christian minister, Catholic bishop
- Spiridon Lusi
diplomat, lieutenant general
- Honoré Langlé
conductor, music theorist
- Christian Schkuhr
gardener, illustrator
- Lorenzo Caleppi
Catholic priest, Catholic bishop
- Johann Philipp Du Roi
botanist, physician