Who Was Alive in 1730

Antonio VivaldiAge 52

1678–1741 · Music

The Four Seasons

Johann Sebastian BachAge 45

1685–1750 · Music

Master of Baroque composition

George Frideric HandelAge 45

1685–1759 · Music

Messiah oratorio

VoltaireAge 36

1694–1778 · Philosophy & Thought

Enlightenment writer and philosopher

Benjamin FranklinAge 24

1706–1790 · Science & Invention

Founding Father, electricity experiments

Carl LinnaeusAge 23

1707–1778 · Science & Invention

Father of modern taxonomy

Immanuel KantAge 6

1724–1804 · Philosophy & Thought

Critique of Pure Reason

Captain James CookAge 2

1728–1779 · Exploration

Mapped the Pacific, reached Australia

Catherine the GreatAge 1

1729–1796 · Politics & Leadership

Empress who expanded Russia