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Q28360767

1750–1820s

Born
1750
Country of birth
Russian Empire, today Russia
Died
1820s, Priozersk
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A life in time

  1. Born

    Birth

  2. Died · Priozersk

    Death, Priozersk

What was it like?

The world around 1750: who ruled, who else was alive, how people lived. This is general history, not a record about the family, and every item shows where it comes from.

Q28360767 was born around the same time as Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Vittorio Alfieri, and Lorenzo Da Ponte.

Born around the same time

  • Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

    1749 · German writer, artist, natural scientist and politician (1749–1832)

  • Vittorio Alfieri

    1749 · Italian noble, dramatist and poet (1749–1803)

  • Lorenzo Da Ponte

    1749 · Italian opera librettist, poet and Roman Catholic priest (1749–1838)

  • Pierre-Simon Laplace

    1749 · French mathematician and astronomer (1749–1827)

  • Edward Jenner

    1749 · English physician, scientist and pioneer of vaccination (1749–1823)

  • Nicolas Appert

    1749 · French inventor of airtight food preservation (1749–1841)

During their lifetime

  1. 1769

    Introduction of Paper Money

    The government introduced paper money, known as assignats, for the first time in 1769, though ordinary people initially distrusted them and preferred metal coins.

  2. 1771

    The 1771 Moscow Plague Epidemic

    A devastating bubonic plague epidemic killed between 52,000 and 100,000 people in Moscow, about one-sixth to one-third of the city's population.

  3. 1773

    The Pugachev Peasant Revolt

    A massive peasant and Cossack uprising led by Yemelyan Pugachev broke out, threatening the social structure of the empire.

  4. 1805

    State Peasant Resettlement Begins in 1805

    In 1805, the government launched a systematic state-sponsored resettlement policy, moving thousands of land-starved state peasants from crowded areas to borderland provinces with new tax exemptions.

  5. 1810

    Military Colonies Established in 1810

    Military colonies were created in 1810, aiming to combine army life with agricultural labor, which essentially turned the peasants' daily existence into a structured, barracks-like routine.

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