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Louis XVIII

1755 – 1824

Politician

Louis XVIII (Louis Stanislas Xavier; 17 November 1755 – 16 September 1824), known as the Desired (French: le Désiré), was King of France from 1814 to 1824, exce…

Lord Byron

1788 – 1824

Poet, Lyricist, Politician, Autobiographer, Translator, Diarist

George Noel Gordon Byron, 6th Baron Byron (22 January 1788 – 19 April 1824), was a British poet. He was one of the major figures of the Romantic movement, and i…

Théodore Géricault

1791 – 1824

Painter, Graphic artist, Sculptor, Lithographer, Architectural drafter, Draftsperson

Jean-Louis André Théodore Géricault (French: [ʒɑ̃lwi ɑ̃dʁe teɔdɔʁ ʒeʁiko]; 26 September 1791 – 26 January 1824) was a French painter and lithographer. His best-…

David Ricardo

1772 – 1823

Economist, Stockbroker, Philosopher, Politician, Writer, Political economist

David Ricardo (18 April 1772 – 11 September 1823) was a British economist and politician. He is recognized as one of the most influential classical economists,…

Pope Pius VII

1742 – 1823

Catholic priest, Catholic bishop, Latin Catholic monk

Pope Pius VII (Italian: Pio VII; born Barnaba Niccolò Maria Luigi Chiaramonti; 14 August 1742 – 20 August 1823) was head of the Catholic Church from 14 March 18…

Edward Jenner

1749 – 1823

Physician, Naturalist, Biologist

Edward Jenner (17 May 1749 – 26 January 1823) was an English physician and scientist who pioneered the concept of vaccines and created the smallpox vaccine, the…

William Herschel

1738 – 1822

Astronomer, Composer, Oboist, Musician, Physicist

Frederick William Herschel ( HUR-shəl; German: Friedrich Wilhelm Herschel [ˈfʁiːdʁɪç ˈvɪlhɛlm ˈhɛʁʃl̩]; 15 November 1738 – 25 August 1822) was a German–British…

Percy Bysshe Shelley

1792 – 1822

Linguist, Poet, Translator, Playwright, Novelist, Writer

Percy Bysshe Shelley ( BISH; 4 August 1792 – 8 July 1822) was an English writer who is considered one of the major English Romantic poets. A radical in his poe…

E. T. A. Hoffmann

1776 – 1822

Composer, Judge, Caricaturist, Painter, Children's writer, Writer

Ernst Theodor Amadeus Hoffmann (born Ernst Theodor Wilhelm Hoffmann; 24 January 1776 – 25 June 1822) was a German Romantic author of fantasy and gothic horror,…

Napoleon

1769 – 1821

Politician, Art collector, Emperor, Sovereign, Militant, Military leader

Napoleon Bonaparte (born Napoleone di Buonaparte; 15 August 1769 – 5 May 1821), later known by his regnal name Napoleon I, was Emperor of the French from 18 May…

Joseph de Maistre

1753 – 1821

Philosopher, Politician, Writer, Historian, Diplomat, Lawyer

Joseph Marie, comte de Maistre (1 April 1753 – 26 February 1821), was a Savoyard lawyer, diplomat, and political philosopher. He is chiefly remembered as one o…

John Keats

1795 – 1821

Poet, Judge-rapporteur, Physician, Writer, Librettist

John Keats (31 October 1795 – 23 February 1821) was an English poet of the second generation of Romantic poets, along with Lord Byron and Percy Bysshe Shelley.…

George III

1738 – 1820

Art collector, Patron of the arts, Ruler, Politician, Aristocrat, Monarch

George III (George William Frederick; 4 June 1738 – 29 January 1820) was King of Great Britain and Ireland from 25 October 1760 until his death in 1820. During…

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Kamalakanta Bhattacharya

1769 – 1820

Poet, Lyricist, Songwriter

Kamalakanta Bhattacharya (Bengali: কমলাকান্ত ভট্টাচার্য; c. 1769–1821), also known as Sadhaka Kamalakanta, was a Bengali Shakta poet and yogi of India of the l…

James Watt

1736 – 1819

Engineer, Chemist, Physicist, Inventor, Entrepreneur, Mathematician

James Watt (; 30 January 1736 (19 January 1736 OS) – 25 August 1819) was a Scottish inventor, engineer and chemist who improved on Thomas Newcomen's 1712 Newcom…

Abigail Adams

1744 – 1818

Politician, Writer

Abigail Adams (née Smith; 22 November [O.S. 11 November] 1744 – October 28, 1818) was the wife and closest advisor of John Adams, the second president of the Un…

Tadeusz Kościuszko

1746 – 1817

Military officer, Engineer, Politician, Resistance fighter, Hero, Soldier

Andrzej Tadeusz Bonawentura Kościuszko (English: Andrew Thaddeus Bonaventure Kosciuszko; February 4 or 12, 1746 – October 15, 1817) was a Polish military engine…

Jane Austen

1775 – 1817

Writer, Short story writer, Novelist, Satirical novelist

Jane Austen ( OST-in, AW-stin; 16 December 1775 – 18 July 1817) was an English writer known primarily for her six novels, which implicitly interpret, critique,…

Germaine de Staël

1766 – 1817

Writer, Salonnière, Diarist, Literary critic, Politician, Correspondent

Anne Louise Germaine de Staël-Holstein (French: [an lwiz ʒɛʁmɛn də stal ɔlstajn]; née Necker; 22 April 1766 – 14 July 1817), commonly known as Madame de Staël (…

Charles Messier

1730 – 1817

Astronomer

Charles Messier (French: [ʃaʁl me.sje]; 26 June 1730 – 12 April 1817) was a French astronomer. He published an astronomical catalogue consisting of 110 nebulae…