Who was alive at the same time as Marie Antoinette?

Last Queen of France prior to the French Revolution

Marie Antoinette lived 1755–1793. Here are the famous people whose lives overlapped with theirs.

Lived: 1755–1793
Lifespan: about 38 years
Born in, as it was then: ViennaArchduchy of Austria (Holy Roman Empire)
On today’s map: Austria

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Did you know?

When Marie Antoinette was born, Immanuel Kant was already about 31 years old.
Marie Antoinette was about 1 when Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was born.
Marie Antoinette and Napoleon (French military leader, French Emperor 1804–1814 and again in 1815) shared about 24 years on Earth, one born in the Archduchy of Austria (Holy Roman Empire) and the other in the Kingdom of France.
Ludwig van Beethoven outlived Marie Antoinette by about 34 years.

Famous contemporaries of Marie Antoinette

Rulers and commanders

Napoleon 1769–1821 · 24 yrs shared
Benjamin Franklin 1706–1790 · 35 yrs shared
George Washington 1732–1799 · 38 yrs shared
Louis XVI 1754–1793 · 38 yrs shared
Thomas Jefferson 1743–1826 · 38 yrs shared
Catherine the Great 1729–1796 · 38 yrs shared

Philosophers and scientists

Immanuel Kant 1724–1804 · 38 yrs shared
Jean-Jacques Rousseau 1712–1778 · 23 yrs shared
Adam Smith 1723–1790 · 35 yrs shared
Carl Friedrich Gauss 1777–1855 · 16 yrs shared
Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel 1770–1831 · 23 yrs shared
Carl Linnaeus 1707–1778 · 23 yrs shared

Writers and artists

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart 1756–1791 · 35 yrs shared
Ludwig van Beethoven c. 1770–1827 · 23 yrs shared
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe 1749–1832 · 38 yrs shared
Voltaire 1694–1778 · 23 yrs shared
Francisco Goya 1746–1828 · 38 yrs shared
George Frideric Handel 1685–1759 · 4 yrs shared

Explorers and others

James Cook 1728–1779 · 24 yrs shared
Madame de Pompadour 1721–1764 · 9 yrs shared

Born within five years of Marie Antoinette

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756) · Louis XVI (1754) · Friedrich Schiller (1759) · Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson (1758) · William Blake (1757) · Hokusai (1760) · Maximilien Robespierre (1758) · Antonio Salieri (1750)

About Marie Antoinette

Marie Antoinette was the last queen of France before the abolition of the monarchy during the French Revolution. She served from 1774 to 1792, as the wife of King Louis XVI.

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