Public Figures & Cultural Luminaries

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Hans Egede

Hans Poulsen Egede

Norway

1686-01-31 – 1758-11-05 (72 years old)

Pioneering Dano-Norwegian missionary and explorer known as the 'Apostle of Greenland' who established the modern colony of Greenland and founded its capital Nuuk (Godthåb) in 1728.

Stubbekøbing, Denmark

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Religious Figures & Theologians

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Jonathan Edwards

Jonathan Edwards

United States

1703 – 1758 (54 years old)

Titan of American philosophical theology, revivalist of the First Great Awakening, and president of Princeton whose 'Religious Affections' and 'Freedom of the Will' shaped American intellectual life.

Princeton, New Jersey, United States

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Resistance & Human Rights

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Francois Mackandal

Francois Mackandal

Congo

c. 1730 – 1758 (28 years old)

Legendary Maroon guerrilla leader and herbalist in Saint-Domingue whose underground network of escaped slaves and botanical poisons terrorized French plantation owners for six years, inspiring the Haitian Revolution.

Cap-Haitien, Haiti

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Monarchs, Kings & Royalty

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Moulay Abdallah of Morocco

مولاي عبد الله بن إسماعيل

Morocco

1694 – 1757 (63 years old)

Alaouite Sultan who navigated the protracted mid-18th-century crisis following Moulay Ismail's death, successfully reasserting royal authority and fathering Sultan Sidi Mohammed III.

Fez, Morocco

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Arts & Music

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Domenico Scarlatti

Giuseppe Domenico Scarlatti

Italy

1685 – 1757 (71 years old)

Italian composer whose 555 brilliant keyboard sonatas pushed harpsichord virtuosity and harmonic audacity to unprecedented heights.

Madrid, Spain

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Philosophy & Thought

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Bernard Le Bovier de Fontenelle

Bernard Le Bovier de Fontenelle

France

1657 – 1757 (99 years old)

Centenarian French philosopher, man of letters, and scientist who served as Permanent Secretary of the Académie des Sciences for forty-two years, popularizing the Copernican universe in Conversations on the Plurality of Worlds.

Paris, France

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Monarchs, Kings & Royalty

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Ali I Pasha

علي الأول باشا

Tunisia

1688 – 1756 (68 years old)

Second ruler of the Husainid dynasty who governed Tunis from 1735 to 1756, known for constructing grand madrasas (Madrasa El Bachia, Madrasa Slimania) and expanding naval commerce.

Tunis, Tunisia

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Literature & Poetry

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Ludvig Holberg

Ludvig Holberg

Norway

1684-12-03 – 1754-01-28 (69 years old)

Towering Enlightenment polymath, historian, and playwright celebrated as the 'Molière of the North' who created modern Danish-Norwegian comic theatre with classics like Jeppe paa Bjerget.

Sorø, Denmark

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Philosophy & Thought

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George Berkeley

George Berkeley

Ireland

1685 – 1753 (67 years old)

Irish philosopher and Anglican bishop who formulated subjective idealism (immaterialism), asserting with the maxim 'esse est percipi' (to be is to be perceived) that material objects exist only as perceptions in minds.

Oxford, United Kingdom

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Arts & Music

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Tomaso Albinoni

Tomaso Giovanni Albinoni

Italy

1671 – 1751 (79 years old)

Venetian Baroque composer celebrated for his lyrical oboe concertos, elegant trio sonatas, and Italian operas, whose melodic genius was deeply admired and studied by J.S. Bach.

Venice, Republic of Venice

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Military Leaders & Strategists

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Maurice de Saxe (Marshal of Saxony)

Hermann Maurice de Saxe

Germany

1696 – 1750 (54 years old)

Marshal General of France and visionary military theorist whose tactical brilliance won the Battle of Fontenoy and who authored the influential treatise Mes Rêveries.

Strasbourg, France

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Arts & Music

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Rachel Ruysch

Rachel Ruysch

Netherlands

1664 – 1750 (86 years old)

Pre-eminent Dutch Golden Age flower painter whose exquisite scientific botanical accuracy, dramatic lighting, and vibrant floral bouquets earned international royal commissions across a 60-year career.

Amsterdam, Netherlands

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Arts & Music

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Johann Sebastian Bach

Johann Sebastian Bach

Germany

31 March 1685 – 28 July 1750 (65 years old)

Supreme master of Western music whose towering achievements in counterpoint, sacred cantatas, the Mass in B minor, the St Matthew Passion, and The Well-Tempered Clavier stand as the absolute summit of the Baroque era.

Leipzig (Saxony), Germany

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Politics

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Pierre Gaultier de La Vérendrye

Pierre Gaultier de Varennes

Canada

17 November 1685 – 5 December 1749 (64 years old)

intrepid French-Canadian military officer and explorer who pushed New France's frontier west, establishing forts across Manitoba and Lake Superior.

Montreal, Canada

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Sciences & Discovery

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Émilie du Châtelet

Gabrielle Émilie Le Tonnelier de Breteuil, marquise du Châtelet

France

17 December 1706 – 10 September 1749 (42 years old)

French Enlightenment mathematician and physicist whose translation and commentary on Newton's Principia remains the standard French text, and who proved that kinetic energy is proportional to mv².

Lunéville (Meurthe-et-Moselle), France

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Military

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Madeleine de Verchères

Marie-Madeleine Jarret

Canada

3 March 1678 – 8 August 1747 (69 years old)

Celebrated fourteen-year-old French-Canadian heroine who held Fort Verchères for eight days against an Iroquois raid in 1692.

Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pérade, Canada

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Military Leaders & Strategists

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Nadir Shah

نادر شاه افشار

Safavid Empire

1688 – 1747 (58 years old)

Founder of the Afsharid Dynasty of Iran celebrated as the 'Sword of Persia' and 'Napoleon of Persia', who liberated Iran from Afghan occupation and seized the Peacock Throne and Koh-i-Noor diamond in Delhi.

Mashhad (Khorasan), Iran

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Monarchs, Kings & Royalty

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Nader Shah (The Sword of Persia)

نادر شاه افشار (Nāder Qoli Beg)

Iran

1688 – 1747 (58 years old)

Founder of the Afsharid Dynasty, military genius known as the 'Napoleon of Persia' who conquered Delhi and carried off the Peacock Throne.

Mashhad, Khorasan, Iran

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