Johann Nicolaus von Dreyse

Johann Nicolaus von Dreyse, German firearms inventor and manufacturer (died 1867)

Find birthday twins Open interactive profile

Born: November 20, 1787
Died: December 9, 1867
Zodiac sign: Scorpio
Birth year: 1787

About Johann Nicolaus von Dreyse

Johann Nicolaus von Dreyse (20 November 1787 – 9 December 1867) was a German firearms inventor and manufacturer. He is most famous for submitting the Dreyse needle gun in 1836 to the Prussian army, which was adopted for service in December 1840 as the Leichte Perkussions-Gewehr M 1841 – a name deliberately chosen to mislead about the rifle's mechanism – later renamed Zündnadelgewehr M 1841 in 1855. Johann Nicolaus von Dreyse was a German firearms inventor.

Biography source: Wikipedia. The profile adds birthday-specific historical context from the Celebs Birthday Today editorial database.

The world when Johann Nicolaus von Dreyse was born

Johann Nicolaus von Dreyse was born in 1787. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Culture in 1787

Best-selling bookThe Federalist Papers begin publication

Headlines and milestones

Top headlineUS Constitution drafted at Philadelphia Convention
Technology milestoneFirst steamboat demonstration by John Fitch
World population~804M

United States snapshot

U.S. leaderContinental Congress
U.S. population3.7M

1787 versus 2026

These figures put everyday life in Johann Nicolaus von Dreyse's birth year beside the site's latest United States snapshot.

Measure	1787	2026
Population	3.7M	341 million

Sources and editorial standards

This profile combines a biographical source with structured birthday and historical context. Sources recorded for this profile: Wikipedia, Encyclopaedia Britannica, Wikidata. See our editorial policy for sourcing, corrections, and review standards.

Read the source biography on Wikipedia. Wikipedia text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License.