Celebrity Deaths 1700-1799

Paying tribute to the famous people we've lost from 1700-1799 – in memoriam

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Hint	Year	Answer
Scottish pirate whose real name was William	1701	Captain Kidd
English philosopher and the Father of Classical Liberalism	1704	John Locke
The mathematician who said God created the best of all possible worlds	1716	Gottfried Leibniz
King of France known as the Sun King	1716	Louis XIV
English pirate known as Black Sam and Prince of Pirates	1717	Samuel Bellamy
Famous pirate whose real name was Edward Teach	1718	Blackbeard
English pirate commonly known as Calico Jack	1720	John Rackham
Welsh pirate known as Black Bart	1722	Bartholomew Roberts
The czar who modernized 18th century Russia	1725	Peter the Great
English genius who explained gravity	1727	Isaac Newton
The author of Robinson Crusoe	1731	Daniel Defoe
Scientist after who is first standardized temperature scale name	1736	Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit
Craftsman of string instruments from Lombardy	1737	Antonio Stradivari
Composer of The Four Seasons	1741	Antonio Vivaldi
Discoverer of a famous comet	1742	Edmond Halley
The satirical Irish author of Gulliver's Travels	1745	Jonathan Swift
German composer known for Brandenburg Concertos	1750	Johann Sebastian Bach
Witty playwright and author of Candide	1778	Voltaire
Political philosopher known for his ‘Social Contract‘	1778	Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Swedish botanist who formalised binomial nomenclature	1778	Carl Linnaeus
English explorer of the Pacific	1779	James Cook
The only female ruler of the Habsburg Empire	1780	Maria Theresa
One of the Founding Fathers of the United States	1790	Benjamin Franklin
Composer of Eine kleine Nachtmusik	1791	Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
The Queen of France during French revolution	1793	Marie Antoinette
The King of France during French revolution	1793	Louis XVI
French revolutionary leader during the Reign of Terror	1794	Maximilien Robespierre
Longest-ruling female leader of Russia	1796	Catherine the Great
Italian adventurer whose name is now synonymous with "womanizer"	1798	Giacomo Casanova
The first President of the United States	1799	George Washington

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