1770

Events in 1770 6

• 1770 – 1844 Bertel Thorvaldsen (1770-1844) Died 24 March 1844, aged 73 Danish neoclassical sculptor who worked in Rome for four decades. His works include the Lion of Lucerne and the Christ statue in Copenhagen Cathedral.
• 1770 – 1843 Friedrich Hölderlin (1770-1843) Died 7 June 1843, aged 73 Friedrich Hölderlin was a German lyric poet and the author of the novel Hyperion. He spent his last 36 years mentally ill in a tower in Tübingen, and his reputation grew greatly in the twentieth century.
• 1770 – 1844 Sir Francis Burdett (1770-1844) Died 23 January 1844, aged 73 British politician and long-serving radical campaigner for parliamentary reform. He was imprisoned in the Tower of London in 1810 after a breach of parliamentary privilege.
• 1770 – 1850 William Wordsworth (1770-1850) Died 23 April 1850, aged 80 Wordsworth was a founder of English Romanticism and served as Poet Laureate from 1843 until his death. His autobiographical poem The Prelude was published posthumously the same year. He had been the dominant figure in British poetry for over three decades.
• 1770 – 1850 Jane Austen English novelist Austen wrote novels like Pride and Prejudice that examine class, love, and society with sharp irony and realism.
• 1770 – 1827 Ludwig van Beethoven Classical & Romantic titan German composer whose 9 symphonies, 32 piano sonatas and string quartets bridged the Classical and Romantic eras. He composed his greatest works while profoundly deaf.