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1763 births
- Sophie WeberMaria Sophie Weber entered the world in October 1763 within a household where music was not merely a hobby but a profession.
- Augustin RobespierreAugustin Bon Joseph de Robespierre entered the world on the 21st of January 1763 in Arras. He was the youngest of four children born to lawyer…
- Joséphine de BeauharnaisMarie Josèphe Rose Tascher de La Pagerie entered the world on the 23rd of June 1763, though historians still argue over whether she arrived in Les…
- Pierre-Charles VilleneuvePierre-Charles Villeneuve was born on the 31st of December 1763 at Valensole, Provence. He joined the French Navy in 1779 during a time of great upheaval.
- Fyodor RostopchinFyodor Vasilyevich Rostopchin was born in the Kosmodemyanskoe village, now part of the Livensky District in Oryol Oblast.
- Charles XIV JohnJean-Baptiste Jules Bernadotte was born on the 26th of January 1763 in Pau, the capital of Béarn. He entered the army as a private soldier on the 3rd of…
- Jean Victor Marie MoreauJean Victor Marie Moreau was born at Morlaix in Brittany on the 14th of February 1763. His father was a successful lawyer who insisted that his son study law…
- Józef PoniatowskiPrince Józef Antoni Poniatowski entered the world on the 7th of May 1763 inside Vienna's Palais Kinsky. His mother Countess Maria Theresia Kinsky von…