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NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Robert Burns
Poet
25-Jan-1759 21-Jul-1796 Most beloved Scottish poet
Catherine the Great
Royalty
2-May-1729 17-Nov-1796 Tsarina of Russia, 1762-96
Sir William Chambers
Architect
1723 8-Mar-1796 Treatise of Civil Architecture
James Macpherson
Hoaxer
27-Oct-1736 17-Feb-1796 So-called translations of Ossian
Thomas Reid
Philosopher
26-Apr-1710 7-Oct-1796 Epistemologist, Common Sense school
David Rittenhouse
Astronomer
8-Apr-1732 26-Jun-1796 Early Pennsylvania scientist and statesman
Stephen Storace
Composer
4-Apr-1762 19-Mar-1796 The Haunted Tower
Anthony Wayne
Military
1-Jan-1745 15-Dec-1796 Revolutionary War general


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