- Born
- February 22, 1732
- Died
- December 14, 1799 (aged 67)
- Known as
- politician, farmer, cartographer, geometer, engineer, statesperson
George Washington was an American military officer, statesman, and one of the Founding Fathers of the United States who served as the first president of the United States from 1789 to 1797. As commander of the Continental Army, Washington led Patriot forces to victory in the American Revolutionary War against the British Empire, bringing about American independence.
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George Washington in our timeline
- America's First President Born (February 22, 1732)
- First Continental Congress Convenes (September 5, 1774)
- Continental Army Is Born (June 14, 1775)
- The British Abandon Boston (March 17, 1776)
- Philadelphia Newspaper Prints the Declaration (July 6, 1776)
- Battle of Long Island (August 27, 1776)
- Washington Crosses the Delaware (December 25, 1776)
- Continental Army Settles Winter Camp (December 22, 1777)
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- Steve Irwin1962 · Australian conservationist
- Ted Kennedy1932 · American lawyer and politician
- Arthur Schopenhauer1788 · German philosopher
- Niki Lauda1949 · Austrian racing driver
- James Blunt1974 · English musician
- Robert Wadlow1918 · Tallest person in recorded history
- Kyle MacLachlan1959 · American actor
Also born in 1732
- Joseph Haydn1732 · Austrian composer
- Stanisław August Poniatowski1732 · Ruler of Poland–Lithuania from 1764 to 1795
- Jean-Honoré Fragonard1732 · French Rococo painter
- Warren Hastings1732 · Governor-General of Bengal, 1773–1785
- Frederick North, Lord North1732 · Prime Minister of Great Britain from 1770 to 1782
- Jacques Necker1732 · French statesman
- Pierre-Augustin de Beaumarchais1732 · French playwright and diplomat
- Richard Arkwright1732 · English inventor and entrepreneur