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
- 1799 Arrival in Bath with Edward and Elizabeth Jane Austen
- 1799 Born in Moscow Alexander Pushkin
- 1799 Schooling at Dulwich Lord Byron
- 1799 Visit to Pfaff Carl Friedrich Gauss
- 1799 Dies at Mount Vernon George Washington
- 1799 Inspects Mount Vernon farms George Washington
- 1800 Journey to Mainz Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
- 1800 Visit to Oakley Hall Jane Austen
- 1800 Extended visit to Ibthorpe Jane Austen
- 1801 Moved to Jena Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
- 1801 Harrow School Lord Byron
- 1801 First presidential inauguration Thomas Jefferson
- 1801 Move from Steventon to Bath Jane Austen
- 1801 Works at Bad Pyrmont Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
- 1802 Born in Besançon Victor Hugo
- 1802 Visit to Godmersham Jane Austen
- 1802 Marriage proposal at Manydown Jane Austen
- 1803 Visit to Wilhelm Olbers Carl Friedrich Gauss
- 1803 Meeting Franz Xaver von Zach on the Brocken Carl Friedrich Gauss
- 1803 Practical astronomy at Seeberg Observatory Carl Friedrich Gauss
- 1803 Visit to Lyme Regis Jane Austen
- 1804 Return to Harrow Lord Byron
- 1804 Dies in his Königsberg home Immanuel Kant
- 1804 Return to Bath Jane Austen
- 1805 Childhood summers at Zakharovo Alexander Pushkin
- 1805 Eton v Harrow match at Lord's Lord Byron
- 1805 Born in Odense Hans Christian Andersen
- 1805 Visit to Godmersham via Steventon Jane Austen
- 1805 Writes at Bad Lauchstädt Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
- 1805 Autumn stay in Worthing Jane Austen
- 1805 Marriage to Johanna Osthoff Carl Friedrich Gauss
- 1805 Entry to Trinity College Lord Byron
- 1806 Residence at Burgage Manor Lord Byron
- 1806 Journey to Stoneleigh Abbey Jane Austen
- 1806 Stay at Hamstall Ridware Jane Austen
- 1806 Catalogues minerals in Jena Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
- 1806 Napoleonic-era Jena Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
- 1806 Move to Southampton lodgings Jane Austen
- 1806 Faces French soldiers at his Weimar house Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
- 1806 Marries Christiane Vulpius Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
- 1807 Moved to Bamberg Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
- 1807 Castle Square residence Jane Austen
- 1807 Moves to childhood home Hans Christian Andersen
- 1807 Summer visit to Olbers Carl Friedrich Gauss
- 1807 Conducts geological work in Carlsbad Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
- 1807 Rejoins his father in Avellino Victor Hugo
- 1807 Arrival as Göttingen professor and observatory director Carl Friedrich Gauss
- 1808 Stay at Kintbury Jane Austen
- 1808 Journey to Godmersham Jane Austen
- 1808 Headmaster in Nuremberg Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel