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Holy Roman Emperor and King of Hungary and Bohemia from 1790 to 1792, Archduke of Austria and Grand Duke of Tuscany from 1765 to 1790. He was a son of Emperor Francis I and his wife, Empress Maria Theresa , thus the brother of Marie Antoinette . Leopold was a moderate proponent of enlightened absolutism.
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Benjamin Harrison V 1726, Apr 5 1745 1791 1791, Apr 24 an American politician, planter, and merchant, a revolutionary leader and a Founding Father of th... James De Lancey [2] 1732 1758 1791 1800 a colonial politician, turfman, and the son of Lieutenant Governor James De Lancey and Anne Heath... Francis Hopkinson 1737, Sep 21 1761 1791 1791, May 9 designed the first official American flag. He was an author, a composer, and one of the signers o... William Paca 1740, Oct 31 1761 1791 1799, Oct 13 a signatory to the United States Declaration of Independence as a representative of Maryland, and... Pomare I 1753 ca 1788 1791 1803, Sep 3 the unifier and first king of Tahiti and founder of the Pomare dynasty and the Kingdom of Tahiti ... John Burgoyne 1722, Feb 24 1743 1792 1792, Aug 4 a British army officer, politician and dramatist. He first saw action during the Seven Years' War... George Mason 1725, Nov 30 1747 1792 1792, Oct 7 a Virginia planter and politician, and a delegate to the U.S. Constitutional Convention of 1787, ... Hamengkubuwono I unknown 1755 1792 1792 the first sultan of Yogyakarta, Indonesia.He ruled from February 13, 1755 to March 24, 1792. As a... Richard Henry Lee 1732, Jan 20 1757 1792 1794, Jun 19 an American statesman from Virginia best known for the motion in the Second Continental Congress ... James Wilson [2] 1742, Sep 14 1766 1792 1798, Aug 21 one of the Founding Fathers of the United States and a signatory of the United States Declaration... Nguyen Hue 1753 1788 1792 1792, Sep 16 the second emperor of the Tay Son dynasty, reigning from 1788 until 1792. He was also one of the ... Henry Clinton 1730, Apr 16 1751 1793 1795, Dec 23 a British army officer and politician, best known for his service as a general during the America... John Hancock 1736, Jan 12 1754 1793 1793, Oct 8 an American merchant, statesman, and prominent Patriot of the American Revolution. He served as p... Roger Sherman 1721, Apr 19 1754 1793 1793, Jul 23 an early American lawyer and statesman, as well as a Founding Father of the United States. He ser... Israel Jacobs 1726, Jun 9 1770 1793 1796, Dec 10 a colonial Pennsylvania Legislator and United States Representative from Pennsylvania. In 1790, J... King Louis XVI 1754, Aug 23 1774 1793 1793, Jan 21 King of France from 1774 until his deposition in 1792, although his formal title after 1791 was ... Carter Braxton 1736, Sep 10 1760 1794 1797, Oct 10 a signer of the United States Declaration of Independence, as well as a merchant, planter, and Vi... Alexandre de Beauharnais 1760, May 28 1775 1794 1794, Jul 23 a French political figure and general during the French Revolution. He was the first husband of J... Abraham Clark 1726, Feb 15 1775 1794 1794, Sep 15 an American politician and Revolutionary War figure. He was delegate for New Jersey to the Contin... Artemas Ward 1727, Nov 26 1751 1795 1800, Oct 28 an American major general in the American Revolutionary War and a Congressman from Massachusetts.... John Rutledge 1739, Sep 17 1760 1795 1800, Jul 23 the second Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. A lawyer and a judge, Rutledg... Joseph McDowell 1758, Feb 25 1776 1795 1795, May 18 an American lawyer, soldier, and statesman from Morganton, North Carolina.
His estate was name... Samuel Huntington 1731, Jul 5 1754 1796 1796, Jan 5 a jurist, statesman, and Patriot in the American Revolution from Connecticut. As a delegate to th... Nathaniel Gorham 1738, May 27 1759 1796 1796 Jun 11 Starting at 15, Gorham served an apprenticeship with a merchant in New London, Connecticut, after... Catherine the Great 1729, Apr 21 1762 1796 1796, Nov 6 a Russian monarch. She was the longest-ruling female leader of Russia, reigning from 1762 until h... George Clymer 1739, Mar 16 1765 1796 1813, Jan 23 an American politician and Founding Father of the United States. He was one of the first Patriots... Anthony Wayne 1745, Jan 1 1775 1796 1796, Dec 15 a United States Army officer, statesman, and member of the United States House of Representatives... Horace Walpole 1717, Sep 24 1737 1797 1797, Mar 2 an English art historian, man of letters, antiquarian and Whig politician. He had Strawberry Hill... Oliver Wolcott 1726, Nov 20 1747 1797 1797, Dec 1 a signer of the United States Declaration of Independence and also the Articles of Confederation ... Martha Washington 1731, Jun 2 1789 1797 1802, May 22 the wife of George Washington, the first President of the United States. Although the title was n... George Washington 1732, Feb11 1789 1797 1799, Dec 14 the first President of the United States (1789–97), the Commander-in-Chief of the Continental A... Samuel Adams 1734, Jan 20 1750 1798 1806, May 8 an American statesman, political philosopher, and one of the Founding Fathers of the United State... Robert Morris Jr. 1734, Jan 20 1750 1798 1806, May 8 a Founding Father of the United States, was a Liverpool-born American merchant who financed the A... George Read 1733, Sep 18 1753 1798 1798, Sep 21 an American lawyer and politician from New Castle in New Castle County, Delaware. He was a signer... Philip Schuyler 1733, Nov 10 1761 1798 1804, Nov 18 a general in the American Revolution and a United States Senator from New York. He is usually kno... Thomas Heyward Jr. 1746, Jul 28 1775 1798 1809, Mar 6 a signer of the United States Declaration of Independence and of the Articles of Confederation as... Patrick Henry 1736, May 29 1760 1799 1799, Jun 6 an American attorney, planter and politician who became known as an orator during the movement fo... John Mare Jr. 1739 1765 1799 1802/03 an American painter, businessman, and public figure. Not much is known of Mare's training, althou... Tipu Sultan 1750, Nov 10 1766 1799 1799, May 4 a ruler of the Kingdom of Mysore. He was the eldest son of Sultan Hyder Ali of Mysore. Tipu intr... Red Jacket 1750 ca 1770 1799 1830 a Native American Seneca orator and chief of the Wolf clan. He negotiated on behalf of his nation... Daniel Morgan 1736, Jul 6 1775 1799 1802, Jul 6 an American pioneer, soldier, and United States Representative from Virginia. One of the most gif... Joseph McDowell Jr. 1756, Mar 8 1776 1799 1801, Feb 5 an American planter, soldier, and statesman from North Carolina. He was known as "Quaker Meadows ... Abigail Adams 1744, Nov 11 1764 1800 1818, Oct 28 the closest advisor and wife of John Adams[2], as well as the mother of John Quincy Adams. She i... Fisher Ames 1758, Apr 9 1774 1800 1808, Jul 4 a Representative in the United States Congress from the 1st Congressional District of Massachuset... Edward Rutledge 1749, Nov 23 1774 1800 1800, Jan 23 an American politician, and youngest signer of the United States Declaration of Independence. He ... William Blount [2] 1749, Mar 26 1776 1800 1800, Mar 21 an American statesman and land speculator, and a signer of the United States Constitution. He was... Jeremiah Wadsworth 1743, Jul 12 1761 1801 1804, Apr 30 an American sea captain, merchant, and statesman from Hartford, Connecticut who profited from his... James De Lancey [3] 1746, Sep 6 1769 1801 1804, May 2 a political figure in Nova Scotia. He represented Annapolis township in the Nova Scotia House of ... Frederick Muhlenberg 1750, Jan 1 1770 1801 1801, Jun 4 an American minister and politician who was the first Speaker of the United States House of Repre... Pieter Gerardus van Overstraten 1755, Feb 19 1780 1801 1801, Aug 22 Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies from 1796 until 1801. He was the last Governor-General... John Watts unknown 1788 1802 1802 one of the leaders of the Chickamauga Cherokee (or "Lower Cherokee") during the Cherokee-American... Robert Treat Paine 1731, Mar 11 1757 1804 1814, May 11 a Massachusetts lawyer and politician, best known as a signer of the Declaration of Independence ... John Pickering 1737, Sep 22 1761 1804 1805, Apr 11 served as chief justice of the New Hampshire Superior Court of Judicature, and as judge for the U... Alexander Hamilton 1755/57, Jan 11 1770 1804 1804, Jul 12 an American statesman and one of the Founding Fathers of the United States. He was an influential... George Walton 1749 1774 1804 1804, Feb 2 signed the United States Declaration of Independence as a representative of Georgia and also serv... George Wythe 1726 1746 1806 1806, Jun 8 the first American law professor, a noted classics scholar, and a Virginia judge. The first of th... Peter Muhlenberg 1746, Oct 1 1768 1807 1807, Oct 1 an American clergyman, Continental Army soldier during the American Revolutionary War, and politi... Selim III 1761, Dec 24 1789 1807 1808, Jul 28 the reform-minded Sultan and Islam Caliph of the Ottoman Empire from 1789 to 1807. The Janissarie... John Page 1743, Apr 28 1763 1808 1808, Oct 11 a figure in early United States history. He served in the U.S. Congress and as the 13th Governor ... Christian VII 1749, Jan 29 1766 1808 1808, Mar 13 a monarch of the House of Oldenburg who was King of Denmark-Norway and Duke of Schleswig and Hols... Aaron Burr 1756, Feb 6 1775 1808 1836, Sep 14 an American politician. He was the third Vice President of the United States (1801–1805), servi... Jean-Nicolas Demeunier 1751, Mar 15 1789 1808 1814, Feb 2 a French author and politician. It was as a member of the Constitutional Committee that Démeunie... Joseph Brant 1743 ca 1750 1809 1807 a Mohawk military and political leader, based in present-day New York, who was closely associated... Blue Jacket 1743 ca 1770 1809 1810 ca a war chief of the Shawnee people, known for his militant defense of Shawnee lands in the Ohio Co... Buckongahelas 1720 ca 1770 1809 1805 a regionally and nationally renowned Lenape chief, councilor and warrior. He was active from the ... Charles Willson Peale 1741, Apr 15 1770 1810 1827, Feb 22 an American painter, soldier, scientist, inventor, politician and naturalist. He is best remember... Samuel Chase 1741, Apr 17 1761 1811 1811, Jun 19 an Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court and earlier was a signatory to the United... Robert R. Livingston 1746, Nov 16 1770 1811 1813, Feb 26 an American lawyer, politician, diplomat from New York, and a Founding Father of the United State... William Williams [3] 1731, Apr 23 1771 1811 1811, Aug 2 a merchant, and a delegate for Connecticut to the Continental Congress in 1776, and a signatory o... George Clinton [2] 1739, Jul 26 1754 1812 1812, Apr 20 an American soldier and statesman, considered one of the Founding Fathers of the United States. H... Thomas McKean 1734, Mar 19 1755 1812 1817, Jun 24 an American lawyer and politician from New Castle, in New Castle County, Delaware and Philadelphi... Benjamin Rush 1745, Dec 24 1769 1812 1813, Apr 19 a Founding Father of the United States. Rush was a civic leader in Philadelphia, where he was a p... Joel Barlow 1754, Mar 24 1778 1812 1812, Dec 26 an American poet and diplomat, and French politician. In politics, he supported the French Revolu... Samuel Osgood 1747, Feb 3 1771 1813 1813, Aug 12 an American merchant and statesman born in Andover, Massachusetts, currently a part of North Ando... William Bligh 1754, Sep 9 1761 1814 1817, Dec 7 an officer of the British Royal Navy and a colonial administrator. He is best remembered for the ... Elbridge Gerry 1744, Jul 6 1765 1814 1814, Nov 23 an American statesman and diplomat. As a Democratic-Republican he was selected as the fifth Vice ... Gouverneur Morris 1752, Jan 31 1775 1814 1816, Nov 6 an American statesman, a Founding Father of the United States, and a native of New York City who ... David Ramsay 1749, Apr 2 1773 1815 1815, May 8 an American physician, public official, and historian from Charleston, South Carolina. He was one... Joachim Murat 1767, Mar 25 1790 1815 1815, Oct 13 a Marshal of France and Admiral of France under the reign of Napoleon. He was also the 1st Prince... Timothy Pickering 1745, Jul 17 1768 1816 1829, Jan 29 a politician from Massachusetts who served in a variety of roles, most notably as the third Unite... John Clopton 1756, Feb 7 1776 1816 1816, Sep 11 a United States Representative from Virginia. He served as first lieutenant and as captain in the... Emperor Kokaku 1771, Sep 23 1780 1817 1840, Dec 11 Given name, Tomohito, the 119th emperor of Japan, according to the traditional order of successio... Isaac Shelby 1750, Dec 11 1774 1818 1826, Jul 18 the first and fifth Governor of Kentucky and served in the state legislatures of Virginia and Nor... William Ellery 1727, Dec 2 1748 1820 1820, Feb 15 a signer of the United States Declaration of Independence as a representative of Rhode Island. In... King George III 1738, Jun 4 1760 1820 1820, Jan 29 King of Great Britain and Ireland from 25 October 1760 until the union of the two countries on 1 ... William Floyd 1734, Dec 17 1774 1820 1821. Aug 4 an American politician from New York, and a signer of the United States Declaration of Independen... Elias Boudinot 1740, May 2 1760 1821 1821, Oct 24 a lawyer and statesman from Elizabeth, New Jersey who was a delegate to the Continental Congress ... Joseph Bloomfield 1753, Oct 18 1775 1823 1823, Oct 3 the fourth Governor of New Jersey. The township of Bloomfield, New Jersey is named for him. He at... Thomas Jefferson 1743, Apr 2 1767 1824 1826, Jul 4 an American Founding Father, the principal author of the Declaration of Independence (1776), and ... Charles Cotesworth Pinckney 1746, Feb 25 1769 1825 1825, Aug 16 an early American statesman of South Carolina, Revolutionary War veteran, and delegate to the Con... William Hull 1753, Jun 24 1775 1825 1825, Nov 29 an American soldier and politician. He fought in the American Revolution and was appointed as Gov... Pierre-Simon Laplace 1749, Mar 23 1771 1827 1827, Mar 5 an influential French scholar whose work was important to the development of mathematics, statist... Charles Carroll III 1737, Sep 19 1772 1828 1832, Nov 14 a wealthy Maryland planter and an early advocate of independence from the Kingdom of Great Britai... Manuel Quimper 1757 1770 1829 1844, Apr a Spanish Peruvian explorer, cartographer, naval officer, and colonial official. He participated ... Daniel Sargent Jr. 1764, Jan 15 1780 1829 1842, Apr 2 a successful American merchant and politician in Boston, Massachusetts. He was a successful merch... William Clark [2] 1770, Aug 1 1789 1829 1838, Sep 1 an American explorer, soldier, Indian agent, and territorial governor. Along with Meriwether Lewi... Petar I Petrovic-Njegos 1747/48 1782 1830 1830, Oct 31 the ruler of the Prince-Bishopric of Montenegro as the Metropolitan (vladika) of Cetinje, and Exa... William H. Crawford 1772, Feb 24 1788 1832 1834, Sep 15 an American politician and judge during the early 19th century. He served as United States Secret... William Wilberforce 1759, Aug 24 1780 1833 1833, Jul 29 an English politician, philanthropist, and a leader of the movement to stop the slave trade. A na... Charles Grey 1764, Mar 13 1786 1834 1845, Jul 17 Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from November 1830 to July 1834. A member of the Whig Party,... Noah Webster 1758, Oct 16 1781 1843 1843, May 28 an American lexicographer, textbook pioneer, English-language spelling reformer, political writer... Morgan Lewis 1754, Oct 16 1774 1844 1844, Apr 7 an American lawyer, politician, and military commander. The second son of Francis Lewis, a signer... Artemas Ward Jr. 1762, Jan 9 1783 1844 1847, Oct 7 like his father, Artemas Ward, he was a United States Representative from Massachusetts. He serve... Albert Gallatin 1761, Jan 29 1788 1849 1849, Aug 12 a Swiss-American politician, diplomat, ethnologist and linguist. He was an important leader of th... Cornstalk 1720 ca 1760 186 1777 a prominent leader of the Shawnee nation just prior to the American Revolution. Cornstalk opposed... Major Ridge 1771 ca 1790 192 1839 a Cherokee leader, a member of the tribal council, and a lawmaker. As a warrior, he fought in the...
