Writers of the Enlightenment

The atlas holds 36 people and 671 moments here, from 1685 to 1815. The most recorded lives are Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Voltaire and Jane Austen.

Moments

  1. 1740 First meets Frederick at Moyland Voltaire
  2. 1740 Visits Frederick in Berlin Voltaire
  3. 1741 Departure from Saint Petersburg for Berlin Leonhard Euler
  4. 1741 Arrival in Berlin Leonhard Euler
  5. 1742 Presentation to the Académie des Sciences Jean-Jacques Rousseau
  6. 1742 Meets Frederick at Aachen Voltaire
  7. 1743 Embassy secretary in Venice Jean-Jacques Rousseau
  8. 1743 Birth at Shadwell Plantation Thomas Jefferson
  9. 1744 Visits Paris and begins relationship with Denis Voltaire
  10. 1745 Return to Paris and relationship with Thérèse Jean-Jacques Rousseau
  11. 1745 Childhood at Tuckahoe Plantation Thomas Jefferson
  12. 1746 Return and convalescence in Kirkcaldy Adam Smith
  13. 1748 Public lectures in Edinburgh Adam Smith
  14. 1748 Tutors the Andersch family in Judtschen Immanuel Kant
  15. 1749 Visits to Diderot at Vincennes Jean-Jacques Rousseau
  16. 1749 Born at the Goethe family house Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
  17. 1749 Returns briefly to Paris after du Châtelet’s death Voltaire
  18. 1750 Surveys from Winchester George Washington
  19. 1750 Works as a tutor at Groß-Arnsdorf Immanuel Kant
  20. 1750 Moves to Potsdam Voltaire
  21. 1750 Occupies rooms at Charlottenburg Palace Voltaire
  22. 1750 Occupies rooms at Sanssouci Voltaire
  23. 1751 Professor of Logic at Glasgow Adam Smith
  24. 1751 Entered Harvard College John Adams
  25. 1752 Professor of Moral Philosophy at Glasgow Adam Smith
  26. 1752 Opera performed before Louis XV Jean-Jacques Rousseau
  27. 1753 Family home in Charlottenburg Leonhard Euler
  28. 1753 Return to Shadwell Thomas Jefferson
  29. 1753 Establishes a residence in Colmar Voltaire
  30. 1753 Lives on Strasbourg’s Île Jars Voltaire
  31. 1753 Passes through Mainz Voltaire
  32. 1753 Passes through Mannheim Voltaire
  33. 1753 Stays at Gotha Voltaire
  34. 1753 Stays at Schwetzingen Voltaire
  35. 1753 Stays in Kassel Voltaire
  36. 1753 Stops in Leipzig after leaving Prussia Voltaire
  37. 1753 Withdraws to Luttenbach Voltaire
  38. 1753 Arrives and is detained in Frankfurt Voltaire
  39. 1753 College planning meeting Benjamin Franklin
  40. 1753 Reaches Fort Le Boeuf George Washington
  41. 1754 Return to Geneva and reconversion Jean-Jacques Rousseau
  42. 1754 Albany Congress opening Benjamin Franklin
  43. 1754 Works at Senones Abbey Voltaire
  44. 1754 Takes the waters at Plombières Voltaire
  45. 1754 Returns to Königsberg Immanuel Kant
  46. 1754 Meets Richelieu in Lyon Voltaire
  47. 1754 Arrives in Geneva Voltaire
  48. 1755 Begins lecturing at the Albertina Immanuel Kant
  49. 1755 Schoolteacher after Harvard graduation John Adams
  50. 1755 Establishes Les Délices Voltaire

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