Historical figures in Basel
The atlas holds 10 people and 20 moments here, from 1356 to 1912. The most recorded lives are Leonhard Euler, Desiderius Erasmus and Friedrich Nietzsche. Among them Writers, Philosophers and Educators, across the Renaissance and the Age of Exploration.
Notable people
Albrecht Dürer
in 1492
1 moment here
German painter, printmaker, and theorist of the Northern Renaissance. Born and died in Nuremberg, Dürer trained there before traveling through the…
Desiderius Erasmus
from 1521 to 1536
4 moments here
Dutch Renaissance humanist, Catholic priest, theologian, editor, and author. Erasmus was born in the Burgundian Netherlands, educated in the Low…
Friedrich Nietzsche
from 1869 to 1889
2 moments here
German philosopher, classical philologist, cultural critic, poet, and author. Born in Röcken, Nietzsche was educated at Schulpforta and Leipzig,…
Hermann Hesse
from 1881 to 1899
2 moments here
German-Swiss poet, novelist, essayist, and painter. Hesse’s documented life moved between Württemberg, Switzerland, Italy, and Southeast Asia:…
John Calvin
in 1535
1 moment here
French Protestant reformer, pastor, and author. Born in Noyon, he studied law in Bourges and spent formative periods in Paris and Basel before moving…
Leonhard Euler
from 1707 to 1727
6 moments here
Swiss mathematician, physicist, astronomer, engineer, and polymath. Euler’s documented life moved from Basel and nearby Riehen to Saint Petersburg,…
Max Theiler
in 1912
1 moment here
South African-American virologist and physician whose work at Harvard, the Rockefeller Foundation, and Yale contributed to the development of the 17D…
Michel de Montaigne
in 1580
1 moment here
French Renaissance writer, magistrate, diplomat, and two-term mayor of Bordeaux, best known for the Essais.…
Petrarch
in 1356
1 moment here
Francesco Petrarca (Petrarch) was an Italian scholar, poet, cleric, diplomat, and foundational humanist.…
Willem Einthoven
in 1889
1 moment here
Dutch physician and physiologist whose work on the string galvanometer made clinical electrocardiography practical.…
Moments
- 1356 Diplomatic mission at Basel Petrarch
- 1492 Stay in Basel Albrecht Dürer
- 1521 Settlement in Basel Desiderius Erasmus
- 1529 Departure from Basel Desiderius Erasmus
- 1535 Return to the Froben compound Desiderius Erasmus
- 1535 Flight to Basel John Calvin
- 1536 Death in Basel Desiderius Erasmus
- 1580 Stay at Basel Michel de Montaigne
- 1707 Childhood in Riehen Leonhard Euler
- 1707 Baptism at St. Martin's Church Leonhard Euler
- 1707 Birth in Basel Leonhard Euler
- 1715 Latin-school pupil in Basel Leonhard Euler
- 1720 Enrollment at the University of Basel Leonhard Euler
- 1727 Departure from Basel for Russia Leonhard Euler
- 1869 Occupies the Baumannshöhle in Basel Friedrich Nietzsche
- 1881 Childhood residence in Basel Hermann Hesse
- 1889 Confined in a Basel psychiatric clinic Friedrich Nietzsche
- 1889 First International Congress of Physiology Willem Einthoven
- 1899 Bookseller and antiquarian in Basel Hermann Hesse
- 1912 Gymnasium studies in Basel Max Theiler