Classical Economic Thinkers

  • Edmund Burke

    Edmund Burke
    Burke, an Irish statesman, political theorist, and philosopher, is born.
  • Charles Hall

    Hall, an English physician, social critic, and Ricardian socialist, is born.
  • Jeremy Bentham

    Jeremy Bentham
    Bentham, an English philosopher, jurist, and social reformer, is born.
  • Alexander Hamilton

    Alexander Hamilton
    Hamilton, an American military officer, statesman, and Founding Father, is born.
  • William Godwin

    William Godwin
    Godwin, an English journalist, political philosopher, and novelist, is born.
  • Mathew Carey

    Mathew Carey
    Carey, an Irish-born American publisher and economist, is born.
  • Henry Thornton

    Henry Thornton
    Thornton, an English economist, banker, philanthropist, and parliamentarian, is born
  • Jean-Baptiste Say

    Jean-Baptiste Say
    Say, a French economist and businessman, is born
  • George Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel

    George Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
    Hegel, a German idealist, is born.
  • Robert Owen

    Robert Owen
    Owen, a Welsh textile manufacturer, philanthropist, political philosopher, and social reformer, is born.
  • David Ricardo

    David Ricardo
    Ricardo, an English political economist, politician, and parliamentarian, is born
  • James Mill

    James Mill
    Mill, a Scottish historian, economist, political theorist, and philosopher, is born
  • Jean Charles Léonard de Sismondi

    Jean Charles Léonard de Sismondi
    Sismondi, a Swiss historian and economist, is born
  • Thomas Tooke

    Thomas Tooke
    Tooke, a Russian-born English economist, is born.
  • Henry Clay

    Henry Clay
    Clay, an American lawyer and statesman, is born.
  • Johann Heinrich von Thunen

    Johann Heinrich von Thunen
    Von Thunen, a German economist, is born.
  • Henry Charles Carey

    Henry Charles Carey
    Carey, an American publisher, political economist, and politician, is born
  • Edmund Burke dies

  • Frederic Bastiat

    Frederic Bastiat
    Bastiat, a French economist, writer, and prominent member of the French liberal school, is born.
  • Alexander Hamilton dies

  • John Stuart Mill

    John Stuart Mill
    Mill, an English philosopher, political economist, politician, and civil servant, is born.
  • Pierre-Joseph Proudhon

    Pierre-Joseph Proudhon
    Proudhon, a French anarchist, socialist, philosopher, and economist, is born.
  • Henry Thornton dies

  • Wilhelm Roscher

    Wilhelm Roscher
    Roscher, a German economist, is born.
  • Friedrich Engels

    Friedrich Engels
    Engels, a German philosopher, political theorist, journalist, and revolutionary socialist, is born.
  • David Ricardo dies

  • Charles Hall dies

  • George Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel dies

  • Jeremy Bentham dies

  • Jean-Baptiste Say dies

  • William Godwin

  • James Mill dies

  • Mathew Carey dies

  • Jean-Charles Leonard de Sismondi dies

  • Charles Gide

    Charles Gide
    Gide, a French economist and historian of economic thought, is born.
  • Johann Heinrich von Thunen dies

  • Frederic Bastiat dies

  • Henry Clay dies

  • Thomas Tooke dies

  • Robert Owen dies

  • Pierre-Joseph Proudhon dies

  • John Stuart Mill dies

  • Henry Charles Carey dies

  • Wilhelm Roscher dies

  • Friedrich Engels dies

  • Charles Gide dies