Silesian Wars 1740–1763

Kingdom of Prussia ⚔ Habsburg monarchy

Who lived through the Silesian Wars

Well-known people alive during 1740–1763:

• Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749–1832) — German writer, artist, natural scientist and politician (1749–1832)
• George Washington (1732–1799) — Founding Father and first U.S. president; soldier and slave owner (1732–1799)
• Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750) — German composer (1685–1750)
• Voltaire (1694–1778) — French writer, historian and philosopher (1694–1778)
• Immanuel Kant (1724–1804) — German philosopher (1724-1804)
• Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712–1778) — Genevan philosopher, writer, and composer (1712-1778)
• Thomas Jefferson (1743–1826) — Founding Father, U.S. president from 1801 to 1809 (1743–1826)
• Adam Smith (1723–1790) — Scottish moral philosopher and political economist (1723–1790)
• Benjamin Franklin (1706–1790) — American polymath and statesman (1706–1790)
• Carl Linnaeus (1707–1778) — Swedish botanist, physician, and zoologist (1707–1778)
• Leonhard Euler (1707–1783) — Swiss mathematician, physicist, and engineer (1707–1783)
• John Adams (1735–1826) — Founding Father, U.S. president from 1797 to 1801 (1735–1826)
• James Cook (1728–1779) — British explorer, cartographer and naval officer (1728–1779)
• Francisco Goya (1746–1828) — Spanish painter and printmaker (1746–1828)
• James Madison (1751–1836) — President of the United States from 1809 to 1817 (1751–1836)
• James Watt (1736–1819) — British engineer (1736–1819)
• David Hume (1711–1776) — Scottish philosopher, economist, and historian (1711-1776)
• Joseph Haydn (1732–1809) — Austrian composer (1732–1809)
• George Frideric Handel (1685–1759) — German-British Baroque composer (1685–1759)
• Montesquieu (1689–1755) — French philosopher (1689–1755)
• Catherine II of Russia (1729–1796) — eighth Emperor of Russia, called the Great, r. 1762–1796 (lived 1729-1796)
• Denis Diderot (1713–1784) — French Enlightenment philosopher writer and encyclopædist (1713–1784)
• Samuel Johnson (1709–1784) — English writer and lexicographer (1709–1784)
• Thomas Paine (1737–1809) — American Founding Father, philosopher, and political activist (1737–1809)
• Antoine Lavoisier (1743–1794) — French nobleman and chemist (1743–1794)

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