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Joseph Ocskay von Ocsko 1740–1805 · Austrian general Sir Charles Thompson, 1st Baronet 1740–1799 · Royal Navy admiral Archduchess Maria Carolina of Austria (born 1740) 1740–1741 · Austrian princess John Sullivan 1740–1795 · American general, politician and judge from New Hampshire Bernard-René Jourdan de Launay 1740–1789 Karl Philipp Sebottendorf 1740–1818 · Austrian general Ivan VI of Russia 1740–1764 · Infant Emperor of Russia (1740-1741), deposed by Elizabeth and imprisoned for the rest of his life. Princess Hwayu 1740–1777 · Daughter of Yeongjo of Joseon. Frederick Augustus, Prince of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel-Oels 1740–1805 · Duke of Oels and Bernstadt William Paca 1740–1799 · American judge George Walton 1741–1804 · American politician Benedict Arnold 1741–1801 · American Revolutionary War general who defected to the British in 1780 after plotting to surrender West Point. James Wood 1741–1813 · Governor (1741-1813). Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor 1741–1790 · Holy Roman Emperor from 1765 to 1790 and an enlightened absolutist reformer in the Habsburg lands. Samuel Chase 1741–1811 · American lawyer and politician, signatory of the Declaration of Independence Gregorio García de la Cuesta 1741–1811 · Spanish general and noble John Penn 1741–1788 · Signer of the United States Declaration of Independence and the Articles of Confederation Joseph Warren 1741–1775 · American doctor Princess Isabella of Parma 1741–1763 · Archduchess of Austria Gerhard Rosselmini 1742–1796 · Austrian general Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville 1742–1811 · Scottish advocate and politician (1742-1811). Maria Christina, Duchess of Teschen 1742–1798 · Duchess of Teschen Arthur Middleton 1742–1787 · American politician, signer of the Declaration of Independence William Hooper 1742–1790 · American politician John Tayler 1742–1829 · American politician (1742-1829). Nathanael Greene 1742–1786 · Nathanael Greene (1742-1786) was a major general in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary ... Hugh Percy, 2nd Duke of Northumberland 1742–1817 · British Army general Pope Pius VII 1742–1823 · Pope from 1800 to 1823, who signed the Concordat of 1801 with Napoleon, attended his coronation, and was la... James Wilson 1742–1798 · Justice on the US Supreme Court Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher 1742–1819 · Prussian field marshal who led the Prussian army against Napoleon in 1813-1815, including at Waterloo. Thomas Stone 1743–1787 · American planter and lawyer who signed the United States Declaration of Independence Agonglo 1743–1797 · King of Dahomey from 1789 to 1797, who eased trade rules for Europeans and was assassinated in a palace plot. Safranbolulu Izzet Mehmet Pasha 1743–1812 · Ottoman statesman, grand vizier (1794-1798). Thomas Jefferson 1743–1826 · Thomas Jefferson (1743–1826) was a Founding Father and the third president of the United States, serving fr... John Page 1743–1808 · American politician (1743-1808). Seth Warner 1743–1784 · Continental Army officer Toussaint Louverture 1743–1803 · Leader of the Haitian Revolution, a former slave who became governor of Saint-Domingue. He was captured by ... William I, Elector of Hesse 1743–1821 · Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel who became an Elector in 1803, lost his lands to Napoleon's Kingdom of Westphalia... Archduchess Maria Elisabeth of Austria (born 1743) 1743–1808 · Princess Thomas Henderson 1743–1824 · American politician from New Jersey (1743-1824). Eugen von Argentau 1743–1819 · Austrian general David Emanuel 1744–1808 · American governor of Georgia (1744-1808). James Sullivan 1744–1808 · Massachusetts lawyer, politician, and governor (1744 – 1808). Patrick Ferguson 1744–1780 · British Army officer Elbridge Gerry 1744–1814 · Elbridge Gerry (1744–1814) was an American Founding Father, merchant, politician, and diplomat who served a... Frederick William II of Prussia 1744–1797 · King of Prussia from 1786 to 1797, who fought revolutionary France and took part in the partitions of Poland. Antal Lipthay 1745–1800 · Hungarian-Austrian general Anton Ferdinand Mittrowsky 1745–1809 · Austrian general Anthony Wayne 1745–1796 · Continental Army general Gigar 1745–1832 · Ethiopian Emperor (1745-1832). Mihrişah Sultan (mother of Selim III) 1745–1805 · Valide Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1789 to 1805 William Campbell 1745–1781 · Revolutionary War General Caleb Strong 1745–1819 · Massachusetts lawyer, governor, and US senator 1745-1819. Archduke Charles Joseph of Austria (born 1745) 1745–1761 · Austrian archduke Levin August von Bennigsen 1745–1826 · German-born Russian general who fought Napoleon at Eylau and lost at Friedland in 1807. Casimir Pulaski 1745–1779 · Polish nobleman, general in the American Revolutionary War Oliver Ellsworth 1745–1807 · Oliver Ellsworth (1745-1807) was an American Founding Father, attorney, jurist, and diplomat who was the th... Timothy Pickering 1745–1829 · Timothy Pickering (1745–1829) was an American statesman who served as Postmaster General (1791–1795), brief... Mikhail Kutuzov 1745–1813 · Russian field marshal who commanded at Austerlitz and led the Russian army against Napoleon's invasion of 1... John Sevier 1745–1815 · Soldier, frontiersman and politician (1745-1815). Princess Philippine of Brandenburg-Schwedt 1745–1800 · German noble Thomas Sim Lee 1745–1819 · American politician (1745-1819). Maria Luisa of Spain 1745–1792 · Empress Consort of the Holy Roman Empire Queen Jeongsun 1745–1805 · Queen consort of Yeongjo of Joseon. John Jay 1745–1829 · John Jay (1745–1829) was an American statesman, diplomat, and Founding Father who signed the Treaty of Pari... William Paterson 1745–1806 · Governor of New Jersey (1745-1806). Elisha Lawrence 1746–1799 · American politician (1746-1799). Benjamin Rush 1746–1813 · American physician, educator, and author Gustav III 1746–1792 · King of Sweden from 1771 who restored royal power in a coup and was shot at a masked ball in Stockholm. Tadeusz Kościuszko 1746–1817 · Polish-Lithuanian military engineer who fought for the Americans in the Revolutionary War and led the 1794 ... John Lambert 1746–1823 · American politician from New Jersey (1746-1823). Maria Amalia, Duchess of Parma 1746–1804 · Austrian archduchess Bernardo de Gálvez 1746–1786 · Spanish general and governor of Louisiana Thomas Heyward Jr. 1746–1809 · Signer of the US Decleration of Independence James Brice 1746–1801 · American politician (1746-1801). Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Crown Princess of Prussia 1746–1840 · Crown Princess of Prussia Jacques Ferrand 1746–1804 · French general Increase Sumner 1746–1799 · Governor of Massachusetts; Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Associate Justice. Julius von Grawert 1746–1821 · German general Kör Yusuf Ziyaüddin Pasha 1747–c. 1818 · Ottoman statesman, grand vizier (1798-1805, 1809-1811). John Tyler Sr. 1747–1813 · United States federal judge (1747-1813). Leopold II, Holy Roman Emperor 1747–1792 · Holy Roman Emperor from 1790 to 1792 and brother of Marie Antoinette. Anton von Zach 1747–1826 · Austrian general John Paul Jones 1747–1792 · Continental Navy captain in the American Revolutionary War Abraham Buford 1747–1833 · American Army officer Roger Ducos 1747–1816 Barthélemy Louis Joseph Schérer 1747–1804 · French general Prince Henry of Prussia (1747–1767) 1747–1767 · Prussian prince Adilşah Kadın 1748–1803 · Slave concubine of Sultan Mustafa III William V, Prince of Orange 1748–1806 · Prince of Orange, General Stadtholder of the United Provinces Emmanuel Joseph Sieyès 1748–1836 · French clergyman and political theorist whose pamphlet 'What Is the Third Estate?' shaped the 1789 revoluti... Peleg Wadsworth 1748–1829 · Continental Army officer; Congressman from Massachusetts Archduchess Maria Carolina of Austria (stillborn 1748) 1748–1748 · Possibly stillborn daughter of Empress Maria Theresa and Holy Roman Emperor Francis I Stephen Asaf-ud-Daula 1748–1797 · Nawab of Awadh from 1775 who moved the capital from Faizabad to Lucknow and built its Bara Imambara, while ... Cuthbert Collingwood 1748–1810 · British admiral, Nelson's second in command at Trafalgar, who took over the fleet after Nelson's death. Charles XIII 1748–1818 · King of Sweden from 1809 and of Norway from 1814; he adopted the French marshal Bernadotte as his heir. Thomas Graham, 1st Baron Lynedoch 1748–1843 · British Army general Charles IV of Spain 1748–1819 · King of Spain from 1788 until he abdicated in 1808, when Napoleon took control of Spain. Benjamin Ogle 1749–1809 · American politician (1749-1809). Levi Lincoln Sr. 1749–1820 · United States attorney general and acting governor of Massachusetts (1749–1820). Edward Jenner 1749–1823 · English physician who developed the smallpox vaccine in 1796, the first vaccine. Thomas Lynch Jr. 1749–1779 · Signer of the United States Declaration of Independence from South Carolina Augusta Dorothea, Abbess of Gandersheim 1749–1810 · German politician (1749-1810), Abbess of Gandersheim Edward Rutledge 1749–1800 · American politician, youngest signer of the Declaration of Independence