May 09
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Birthdays In History 1759

1759 François Devienne French flute player and composer (d. 1803)

1759 Friedrich August Wolf German philologist and critic (d. 1824)

1759 Johann Christian Reil German physician physiologist and anatomist (d. 1813)

1759 Jacques Widerkehr French cellist and composer (d. 1823)

1759 Maria Theresia von Paradis Austrian pianist and composer (d. 1824)

1759 William Thornton Virgin Islander-American architect designed the United States Capitol (d. 1828)

1759 Joseph Fouché French lawyer and politician (d. 1820)

1759 Alexander J. Dallas American lawyer and politician 6th United States Secretary of the Treasury (d. 1817)

1759 Marianna Auenbrugger Austrian pianist and composer (d. 1782)

1759 Seraphim of Sarov Russian monk and saint (d. 1833)

1759 Ignaz Anton von Indermauer Austrian nobleman and government official (d. 1796)

1759 Cornelio Saavedra Argentinean general and politician (d. 1829)

1759 William Kirby English priest and entomologist (d. 1850)

1759 Louis François Antoine Arbogast French mathematician and academic (d. 1803)

1759 Andrey Voronikhin Russian architect and painter (d. 1814)

1759 Chauncey Goodrich American lawyer and politician 8th Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut (d. 1815)

1759 Maria Feodorovna Russian wife of Paul I of Russia (d. 1828)

1759 Friedrich Schiller German poet and playwright (d. 1805)

1759 Franz Krommer Czech violinist and composer (d. 1831)

1759 James Edward Smith English botanist and mycologist founded the Linnean Society (d. 1828)

Georges Danton

Profession - Revolutionary

Born - Oct 26,1759

Died - Apr 05,1794

French

Mary Wollstonecraft

Profession - Author

Born - Apr 27,1759

Died - Sep 10,1797

English

Robert Burns

Profession - Poet

Born - Jan 25,1759

Died - Jul 21,1796

Scottish

William Grenville

Profession - British Prime Minister

Born - Oct 25,1759

Died - Jan 12,1834

British

William Pitt the Younger

Profession - British Prime Minister

Born - May 28,1759

Died - Jan 23,1806

English

William Wilberforce

Profession - Abolitionist

Born - Aug 24,1759

Died - Jul 29,1833

British

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