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King George III
1738-1820 |
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King of England during the American Revolution, the first Hanoverian king to have English as his first language. |
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Queen Charlotte
1744-1818 |
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Royal consort of George III, she had 15 children and a harmonious marriage. She supportred numerious charities. |
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Marie Antoinette
1755-1793 |
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Married at 14 to the French king, Louis XVI, she lived extravently and after the French Revolution was convicted of treason and guillotined. |
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Josephine de Beauharnais
1763-1814 |
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Was the first wife of Napoleon, he crowned her Empress of France in 1804 and divorced her in 1810. |
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Napoleon Bonaparte
1769-1821 |
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A French military commander, became the French Emperor. He lost the major Battle of Waterloo and was later exiled to Saint Helena where he died. |
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Maria Cosway
1760-1838 |
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English born in Italy. Was a successful painter, became friends with Thomas Jeferson in Paris. |
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Jane Austen
1775 - 1817 |
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English novelist whose realism and social commentary have gained her historical importance and a following of fans of the Regency Period. |
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Ludwig VonBeethoven
1770-1827 |
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German composer. Settled in Vienna, studied with Joseph Haydn and quickly became a virtuoso pianist. He is regarded as one of the greatest masters of musical construction,
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Wolfgang Mozart
1756-1791 |
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Composer and musician born in Salzburg. He was a profilic composer whose music is part of the standard concert repertoire. |
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Franz Joseph Haydn
1732-1809 |
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Austrian musician and composer. Chiefly wrote instrumental music, religious and secular. He is regarded as the father of the symphony.
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Jean-Jacques Rousseau
1712-1778 |
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Swiss born philosopher, he thought that politics and morality should not be separated. |
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Joseph Priestley
1733-1804 |
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British natural philosopher, best known for his discovery with Antoine Lavoisier, of oxygen gas. |
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Domenico Angelo
1707-1802 |
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Teacher of equitation and fencing. His school in England became "fashionable" and some of his clients were members of the Royal Family. |
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Queen Victoria
1837-1901 |
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Ruled 64 years, during England's age of industrial expansion. Most of her nine children married royality. |
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