Born and died in 1774

German Romantic landscape painter known for his symbolic and emotional depictions of nature, often featuring contemplative human figures against dramatic backdrops

American politician who served as Vice President and as New York Governor, noted for his personal funding of the War of 1812 effort and advocating for slave emancipation

French physicist, astronomer, and mathematician who co-discovered the Biot–Savart law, established the reality of meteorites, made an early balloon flight, and extensively studied the polarization of light

French economist and physician who founded the Physiocratic school of thought and published the pioneering 'Tableau économique', one of the first analytical descriptions of an economy

King of France and Navarre from 1715 to 1774, known as Louis the Beloved, who took sole control of the kingdom in 1743 and was a notable art collector