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James Watt
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The world in their lifetime
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Thinkers, teachers, and rulers whose lives overlapped with James Watt’s — a glimpse of the wider world they lived in. Drawn purely from recorded birth and death years.
Scientists
- Roger Joseph Boscovich· 1711 CE–1787 CE
- Jean le Rond d'Alembert· 1717 CE–1783 CE
- Maria Gaetana Agnesi· 1718 CE–1799 CE
- Joseph Black· 1728 CE–1799 CE
- Charles Messier· 1730 CE–1817 CE
- Henry Cavendish· 1731 CE–1810 CE
- Nevil Maskelyne· 1732 CE–1811 CE
- Jérôme Lalande· 1732 CE–1807 CE
- Joseph Priestley· 1733 CE–1804 CE
- Joseph-Louis Lagrange· 1736 CE–1813 CE
- William Herschel· 1738 CE–1822 CE
- Carl Wilhelm Scheele· 1742 CE–1786 CE
- Antoine Lavoisier· 1743 CE–1794 CE
- Jean-Baptiste Lamarck· 1744 CE–1829 CE
- Alessandro Volta· 1745 CE–1827 CE
- Edward Jenner· 1749 CE–1823 CE
- Pierre-Simon Laplace· 1749 CE–1827 CE
- Caroline Herschel· 1750 CE–1848 CE
- John Dalton· 1766 CE–1844 CE
- Joseph Fourier· 1768 CE–1830 CE
- Georges Cuvier· 1769 CE–1832 CE
- Thomas Young· 1773 CE–1829 CE
- André-Marie Ampère· 1775 CE–1836 CE
- Humphry Davy· 1778 CE–1829 CE
Luminaries & Explorers world
Jewish world
Islamic world
Buddhist world
Christian world
Rulers world
- Paul I· 1754 CE–1801 CE
- George III· 1738 CE–1820 CE
- Jeongjo of Joseon· 1752 CE–1800 CE
- Little Turtle (Mihšihkinaahkwa)· 1747 CE–1812 CE
- Joseph Brant (Thayendanegea)· 1743 CE–1807 CE
- Tipu Sultan· 1751 CE–1799 CE
- Andrianampoinimerina· –1810 CE
- John Adams· 1735 CE–1826 CE
- Rama I· 1737 CE–1809 CE
- Toussaint Louverture· 1743 CE–1803 CE
- Bodawpaya· 1745 CE–1819 CE
- Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla· 1753 CE–1811 CE
- William Pitt the Younger· 1759 CE–1806 CE
- Thomas Jefferson· 1743 CE–1826 CE
Works
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