Timeline January 1775

Events in January 1775 5

• 1706 – 1775 John Baskerville (1706-1775) Died 8 January 1775, aged 68 John Baskerville was an English printer and typeface designer whose elegant Baskerville typeface became a standard of fine printing. Based in Birmingham, he produced acclaimed editions of classical texts and the Book of Common Prayer. His type design remains widely used in publishing today.
• 1742 – 1775 Yemelyan Pugachev (1742-1775) Died 21 January 1775, aged 33 Yemelyan Pugachev led a massive Cossack and peasant uprising against Catherine the Great's rule, claiming to be the deposed Tsar Peter III. After his rebellion was crushed, he was captured, brought to Moscow, and publicly executed. The revolt remains the largest peasant uprising in Russian imperial history.
• 1775 – 1836 Andre-Marie Ampere (1775-1836) Died 10 June 1836, aged 61 French physicist and mathematician who founded the science of classical electrodynamics, now called electrodynamics. The SI unit of electric current, the ampere, is named in his honor.
• 1775 – 1854 Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph Schelling (1775-1854) Died 20 August 1854, aged 79 Schelling was a German philosopher and a central figure of German idealism alongside Fichte and Hegel. His work on nature philosophy and the philosophy of identity influenced later Romantic and existentialist thought.
• 1775 – 1864 Walter Savage Landor (1775-1864) Died 17 September 1864, aged 89 English writer and poet known for his prose work Imaginary Conversations and for his combative, independent life. He died in Florence, Italy, where he had spent much of his later life.