Who was born in 1737

French writer and botanist, best known for his romantic novel <i>Paul et Virginie</i> and his philosophical writings on nature

American Founding Father, philosopher, and political activist whose influential pamphlets <i>Common Sense</i> and <i>The American Crisis</i> shaped the American Revolution

Founder of the Rattanakosin Kingdom and the first King of Siam from the Chakri dynasty, known posthumously as King Phutthayotfa Chulalok the Great and by his regnal name Rama I

English historian and politician renowned for his monumental work, The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire