Coalition Wars 1792–1815

Belligerents: Kingdom of Prussia, Russian Empire, Holy Roman Empire, French First Republic, First French Empire, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Austrian Empire, Kingdom of Great Britain

Who lived through the Coalition Wars

Well-known people alive during 1792–1815:

• Napoleon (1769–1821) — French military leader, French Emperor 1804–1814 and again in 1815 (1769–1821)
• Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749–1832) — German writer, artist, natural scientist and politician (1749–1832)
• Ludwig van Beethoven (1770–1827) — German composer (1770-1827)
• Victor Hugo (1802–1885) — French novelist, poet, dramatist and politician (1802–1885)
• Immanuel Kant (1724–1804) — German philosopher (1724-1804)
• Alexander Pushkin (1799–1837) — Russian poet, playwright, and novelist (1799–1837)
• Hans Christian Andersen (1805–1875) — Danish writer and poet (1805–1875)
• Thomas Jefferson (1743–1826) — Founding Father, U.S. president from 1801 to 1809 (1743–1826)
• Lord Byron (1788–1824) — English Romantic poet and lyricist (1788–1824)
• Jane Austen (1775–1817) — English novelist (1775–1817)
• Carl Friedrich Gauss (1777–1855) — German mathematician and physicist (1777–1855)
• Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel (1770–1831) — German philosopher and theologian (1770–1831)
• John Adams (1735–1826) — Founding Father, U.S. president from 1797 to 1801 (1735–1826)
• Francisco Goya (1746–1828) — Spanish painter and printmaker (1746–1828)
• Friedrich Schiller (1759–1805) — German playwright, poet, philosopher and historian (1759–1805)
• Michael Faraday (1791–1867) — British scientist (1791–1867)
• Katsushika Hokusai (1760–1849) — Japanese artist (1760-1849)
• Simón Bolívar (1783–1830) — Venezuelan statesman and military officer (1783–1830)
• Alexandre Dumas (1802–1870) — French writer and dramatist (1802–1870)
• James Madison (1751–1836) — President of the United States from 1809 to 1817 (1751–1836)
• Arthur Schopenhauer (1788–1860) — German philosopher (1788-1860)
• Honoré de Balzac (1799–1850) — French novelist and playwright (1799–1850)
• Franz Schubert (1797–1828) — Austrian composer (1797–1828)
• Heinrich Heine (1797–1856) — German poet, writer and literary critic (1797–1856)
• John Quincy Adams (1767–1848) — President of the United States from 1825 to 1829

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