CGCarlo Goldoni17071793Italian playwright and librettist celebrated for his witty comedies that mirrored the lives and values of 18th-century Venetian society
Henry Fielding17071754English novelist, dramatist, and judge known for pioneering the traditional English novel and founding London's first professional police force, the Bow Street Runners
Carl Linnaeus17071778Swedish botanist and physician who formalized binomial nomenclature and is known as the 'father of modern taxonomy'
Louis I of Spain17071724King of Spain known for one of the shortest reigns in history, ruling for just over seven months
Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon17071788French natural historian, mathematician, and cosmologist who directed the Jardin du Roi and authored the influential Histoire naturelle, générale et particulière