1
Benjamin Banneker
(Compiler of Almanacs)
62
12
Listed In: Activists
Birthdate: November 9, 1731
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Baltimore County
Died: October 9
2
John Graves Simcoe
(British Army General Who Founded the City of Toronto and Abolished Slavery in Canada)
29
5
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: February 25, 1752
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Cotterstock, Oundle, England
Died: October 26
3
Jean-Jacques Dessalines
(Haitian General)
29
8
Listed In: Historical Personalities
Birthdate: September 20, 1758
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Guinea
Died: August 17
4
Mungo Park
(Explorer)
29
5
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: September 11, 1771
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Selkirkshire, Scotland
Died: July 19
5
Charles Augustin De Coulomb
(French Physicist Best Known as the Discoverer of Coulomb's Law)
25
5
Listed In: Scientists
Birthdate: June 14, 1736
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Angoulême, France
Died: August 23
6
William Pitt the Younger
(The Youngest & Last Prime Minister of Great Britain and the First Prime Minister of the United Kingdom)
6
4
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: May 28, 1759
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Bromley, England, United Kingdom
Died: January 23
7
Henry Knox
(Former United States Secretary of War)
7
3
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: July 25, 1750
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Died: October 25
8
Robert Morris
(One of the Founding Fathers of the United States)
5
1
Listed In: Business People
Birthdate: January 20, 1734
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Toxteth, Liverpool, England
Died: May 8
9
Timothy Dexter
(Businessman)
4
3
Listed In: Business People
Birthdate: January 22, 1747
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Malden, Massachusetts, United States
Died: October 23
10
Michael Haydn
(Composer of the Classical period, the younger brother of Joseph Haydn)
10
1
Listed In: Musicians
Birthdate: September 14, 1737
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Rohrau, Austria
Died: August 10
11
William V, Prince of Orange
(Prince)
5
4
Listed In: Emperors & Kings
Birthdate: March 8, 1748
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: The Hague, Netherlands
Died: April 9
12
Jean-Honore Fragonard
(Painter)
3
1
Listed In: Artists & Painters
Birthdate: April 5, 1732
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Grasse, France
Died: August 22
13
Shah Alam II
(Emperor)
4
1
Listed In: Historical Personalities
Birthdate: June 25, 1728
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Delhi, India
Died: November 19
14
George Wythe
(Attorney General of Virginia (1766-67, 1754-55))
6
1
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: December 3, 1726
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Hampton, Virginia, United States
Died: June 8
15
Princess Maria Antonia of Naples and Sicily
(Princess)
5
0
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: December 14, 1784
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Royal Palace of Caserta, Caserta, Italy
Died: May 21
16
Charles Lennox, 3rd Duke of Richmond
(Politician)
3
0
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: February 22, 1735
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Westminster, London, England
Died: December 29
17
Horatio Gates
(Army General)
1
1
18
Utamaro
(painter)
0
0
19
Claude Nicolas Ledoux
(French Architect and Designer)
1
0
Listed In: Architects
Birthdate: March 21, 1736
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Dormans, France
Died: November 18
20
John Breckinridge
(American politician)
1
0
Listed In: Lawyers & Judges
Birthdate: December 2, 1760
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Staunton, Virginia
Died: December 14
21
Pierre-Charles Villeneuve
(Naval Officer)
1
1
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: December 31, 1763
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Valensole, France
Died: April 22
22
Elizabeth Carter
(English Poet, Translator, and Linguist Who Was Part of the Bluestocking Society )
2
1
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: December 16, 1717
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Deal, England
Died: February 19
23
Fra Diavolo
(Guerrilla leader)
1
0
24
Jayi Rajaguru
(Activist)
2
0
Listed In: Activists
Birthdate: October 29, 1739
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Puri, Odisha, India
Died: December 6
25
Henry Holland
(Architect)
1
0
Listed In: Architects
Birthdate: July 20, 1745
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: London, England
Died: June 17
26
Ferdinand Karl, Archduke of Austria-Este
(Emperor)
0
0
Listed In: Historical Personalities
Birthdate: June 1, 1754
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Schönbrunn Palace, Vienna, Austria
Died: December 24
27
Charles William Ferdinand, Duke of Brunswick
(Prince)
1
1
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: October 9, 1735
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Wolfenbüttel, Germany
Died: November 10
28
Mathurin Jacques Brisson
(Philosopher)
0
0
Listed In: Scientists
Birthdate: April 30, 1723
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Fontenay-le-Comte, France
Died: June 23
29
Charlotte Smith
(Writer)
0
0
30
Boisrond-Tonnerre
(Writer, Historian)
1
0
31
Robert Gray
(Explorer)
0
0
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: May 10, 1755
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Tiverton, Rhode Island, United States
Died: June 30
32
Charles James Fox
(Politician)
1
3
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: January 24, 1749
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Westminster, England
Died: September 13
33
José Clavijo y Fajardo
(Publicist)
2
1
Listed In: Media Personalities
Birthdate: March 19, 1726
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Teguise, Spain
Died: November 3
34
Nicolas-Edme Restif
(Novelist)
0
0
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: November 23, 1734
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Sacy, France
Died: February 3
35
Carlo Gozzi
(Playwright)
1
1
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: December 13, 1720
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Venice, Italy
Died: April 4
36
Isaac Backus
(American Religious Leader and Theologian)
1
0
Listed In: Spiritual & Religious Leaders
Birthdate: January 9, 1724
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Yantic, Connecticut, United States
Died: November 20
37
Nicolas Leblanc
(French Chemist Who Discovered the Process for Making Soda Ash From Common Salt)
0
0
Listed In: Scientists
Birthdate: December 6, 1742
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Ivoy-le-Pré, France
Died: January 16
38
Thomas Sheraton
(Furniture designer)
0
0
39
Michel Adanson
(Botanist)
0
0
Listed In: Scientists
Birthdate: April 7, 1727
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Aix-en-Provence, France
Died: August 3
40
James Smith
(Lawyer)
0
0
Listed In: Lawyers & Judges
Birthdate: September 17, 1719
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Ulster, Ireland
Died: July 11
41
Vicente Martín y Soler
(Composer)
0
0
Listed In: Musicians
Birthdate: May 2, 1754
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Valencia, Spain
Died: January 30
42
Johann Christoph Adelung
(Scholar)
0
0
Listed In: Intellectuals & Academics
Birthdate: August 8, 1732
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Spantekow bei Anklam, Germany
Died: September 10
43
Edward Thurlow, 1st Baron Thurlow
(Lawyer)
0
0
Listed In: Lawyers & Judges
Birthdate: December 9, 1731
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Bracon Ash, England
Died: September 12
44
Adam Laxman
(Finnish-Swedish Military Officer and Russian Envoy Who Explored Japan)
0
0
45
Jean Henri Riesener
(Ébéniste)
0
0
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: July 4, 1734
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Gladbeck, Germany
Died: January 6
46
Joseph Gottlieb Kölreuter
(Botanist)
0
0
Listed In: Scientists
Birthdate: April 27, 1733
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Sulz, Germany
Died: November 11
47
George Stubbs
(painter, non-fiction writer)
0
2
Listed In: Artists & Painters
Birthdate: August 24, 1724
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Liverpool
Died: July 10
48
Eugenios Voulgaris
(Theologian)
0
0
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: August 10, 1716
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Corfu, Greece
Died: June 12
49
Gim Hongdo
(Painter)
0
0
50
Maximilian Anton Karl, Count Baillet de Latour
(General during the French Revolutionary Wars)
0
0
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: December 14, 1737
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Virton, Belgium
Died: July 22
