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Math History Timeline

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Enlightenment
1700-1789 A.D.
Non-mathematical history

	1700-1789	Enlightenment
Ruler	1706–90	Franklin, Benjamin
Literature	1707–54	Fielding, Henry
Phil/Rel	1711–76	Hume, David
Phil/Rel	1712–78	Rousseau, Jean Jacques
Music	1714–87	Gluck, Christoph Willibald von
Phil/Rel	1724–1804	Kant, Immanuel
Art	1727–88	Gainsborough, Thomas self portrait
Explorer	1728–79	Cook, James
Literature	1732–99	Beaumarchais, Pierre Augustin Caron de
Music	1732–1809	Haydn, Franz Joseph
Ruler	1732–99	Washington, George
Ruler	1735–1826	Adams, John
Inventor	1736–1819	Watt, James
Ruler	1738–1820	George III
Ruler	1743–1826	Jefferson, Thomas
Art	1746–1828	Goya y Lucientes, Francisco José de
Music	1750–1825	Salieri, Antonio
Ruler	1751–1836	Madison, James
Inventor	1752–1834	Jacquard, Joseph Marie
Ruler	1755–1804	Hamilton, Alexander
Music	1756–91	Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus
Explorer	1757–98	Vancouver, George
Inventor	1785–1859	Thomas, Seth
Ruler	1758–1805	Nelson, Horatio Nelson, Viscount
Phil/Rel	1762–1814	Fichte, Johann Gottlieb
Inventor	1765–1815	Fulton, Robert
Inventor	1765–1825	Whitney, Eli
Ruler	1767–1848	Adams, John Quincy
Ruler	1768?–1813	Tecumseh
Ruler	1769–1821	Napoleon I
Literature	1770–1850	Wordsworth, William
Music	1770–1827	Beethoven, Ludwig van
Phil/Rel	1770–1831	Hegel, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich
Literature	1771–1832	Scott, Sir Walter
Aviation	1773–1857	Cayley, Sir George
Phil/Rel	1775–1854	Schelling, Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph von
Ruler	1783–1830	Bolivar, Simon
Ruler	c.1784–1884?	Sacagawea
Biology	1785–1851	Audubon, John James
Literature	1785–1863	Grimm, Jakob
Music	1786–1826	Weber, Carl Maria Friedrich Ernst von
Phil/Rel	1788-1860	Schopenhauer, Arthur

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