Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Born in Geneva, he wrote The Social Contract on popular sovereignty, a major influence on the French Revolution.

Lived	1712 – 1778
Known as	Philosopher
Birthplace or main place	Geneva
Places on the map	Geneva, Paris

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Who ruled these places in his lifetime

Place	At birth (map of 1700)	At death (map of 1700)
Geneva	Sardinia-Piedmont	same
Paris	France	same

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Contemporaries

Lived	Person
1694 – 1778	Voltaire	Enlightenment writer
1706 – 1790	Benjamin Franklin	Scientist and statesman
1711 – 1799	Qianlong Emperor	Qing emperor
1724 – 1804	Immanuel Kant	Philosopher
1728 – 1779	James Cook	Navigator
1729 – 1796	Catherine the Great	Empress of Russia
1732 – 1799	George Washington	First president of the United States
1685 – 1750	Johann Sebastian Bach	Composer
1743 – 1826	Thomas Jefferson	Third president of the United States
1746 – 1792	Tiradentes	Forerunner of Brazilian independence

Last updated 9 November 2026. Sources: border data from historical-basemaps, land and rivers from Natural Earth; texts written for Chronica Maps from standard reference works. How we make the maps.

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Who ruled these places in his lifetime

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Contemporaries