Birth year 1743 celebrities

Birth year 1743

Alexander Gordon, 4th Duke of Gordon Facts

Alexander Gordon, 4th Duke of Gordon KT (18 June 1743 – 17 June 1827), styled Marquess of Huntly until 1752, was a Scottish nobleman, described by Kaimes as the “greatest subject in Britain”, and was also known as the Cock o’ the North, the traditi

Antoine Lavoisier Facts

Antoine-Laurent de Lavoisier (also Antoine Lavoisier after the French Revolution); (26 August 1743 – 8 May 1794); (French pronunciation: ), the “father of modern chemistry”, was a French nobleman prominent in the histories of chemistry and biolog

Lady Louisa Conolly Facts

Lady Louisa Conolly (5 December 1743 – August 1821), was an Anglo-Irish noblewoman. She was the third of the famous Lennox Sisters, and was notable among them for leading a wholly uncontroversial life filled with good works.

Princess Carolina of Orange Nassau Facts

Princess Carolina of Orange and Nassau-Dietz, Princess of Nassau-Weilburg (Karolina; 28 February 1743, Leeuwarden – 6 May 1787, Kirchheimbolanden) was the daughter of William IV, Prince of Orange, Stadtholder of the Netherlands, and Anne, Princess

Archduchess Maria Elisabeth of Austria Facts

Archduchess Maria Elisabeth Josepha of Austria (13 August 1743 – 22 September 1808) was the sixth child of Maria Theresa, Queen of Hungary, Croatia and Bohemia and Francis I, Holy Roman Emperor. She was abbess of the Convent for Noble Ladies in Inn

Sarah Franklin Bache Facts

Sarah Franklin “Sally” Bache (September 11, 1744 – October 5, 1808) was the daughter of Benjamin Franklin and Deborah Read. She was a leader in relief work during the American Revolutionary War and frequently served as her father’s political ho

Mary Jemison Facts

Mary Jemison (Deh-he-wä-mis) (1743 – September 19, 1833) was an American frontierswoman who was adopted in her teens by the Seneca. When she was in her teens, she was captured in what is now Adams County, Pennsylvania, from her home along Marsh Cr

Luigi Boccherini Facts

Luigi Rodolfo Boccherini (February 19, 1743 – May 28, 1805) was an Italian classical era composer and cellist whose music retained a courtly and galante style while he matured somewhat apart from the major European musical centers. Boccherini is m

Jean Paul Marat Facts

Jean-Paul Marat (24 May 1743 – 13 July 1793) was a Prussian-born physician, political theorist, and scienti

Madame du Barry Facts

Jeanne Bécu, comtesse du Barry (19 August 1743 – 8 December 1793) was the last Maîtresse-en-titre of Loui

Thomas Jefferson Facts

Thomas Jefferson (April 13  1743 – July 4, 1826) was an American lawyer and Founding Father, and principal