Historical figures in Königsberg

The atlas holds 7 people and 24 moments here, from 1541 to 1948. The most recorded lives are Immanuel Kant, David Hilbert and Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn. Among them Writers, Mathematicians and Philosophers, across the Enlightenment and the Industrial Revolution.

Notable people

  1. Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

    in 1945

    2 moments here

    Soviet and Russian novelist, essayist, historian, dissident, and Nobel laureate whose writings on Soviet political repression and the Gulag made him…

  2. Alexei Leonov

    in 1948

    1 moment here

    Soviet and Russian cosmonaut, aviator, artist, and writer. Leonov became the first person to conduct a spacewalk on 18 March 1965 and commanded Soyuz…

  3. David Hilbert

    from 1872 to 1930

    5 moments here

    German mathematician and philosopher of mathematics whose career began in Königsberg and was centered at the University of Göttingen from 1895 until…

  4. Immanuel Kant

    from 1724 to 1804

    13 moments here

    German Enlightenment philosopher whose critical philosophy transformed epistemology, metaphysics, ethics, aesthetics, and political thought.…

  5. Nicolaus Copernicus

    in 1541

    1 moment here

    Renaissance astronomer, canon, physician, administrator, and economist whose heliocentric model placed the Sun rather than Earth at the center of the…

  6. Peter the Great

    in 1716

    1 moment here

    Peter I of Russia, known as Peter the Great, was tsar from 1682 and emperor from 1721 until 1725.…

  7. Richard Wagner

    in 1836

    1 moment here

    German composer, conductor, theatre director, and essayist whose movements included early work in German theatre, exile in Switzerland, stays in…

Moments

  1. 1541 Medical journey to Königsberg Nicolaus Copernicus
  2. 1716 Baltic diplomatic journey at Königsberg Peter the Great
  3. 1724 Born in Königsberg Immanuel Kant
  4. 1730 Attends the Hospitalschule Immanuel Kant
  5. 1732 Begins at Collegium Fridericianum Immanuel Kant
  6. 1740 Enters the University of Königsberg Immanuel Kant
  7. 1740 Graduates from Collegium Fridericianum Immanuel Kant
  8. 1754 Returns to Königsberg Immanuel Kant
  9. 1755 Begins lecturing at the Albertina Immanuel Kant
  10. 1765 Serves in the castle library Immanuel Kant
  11. 1766 Lives and lectures in Kanter's house Immanuel Kant
  12. 1770 Presides over inaugural disputation Immanuel Kant
  13. 1784 Moves into his own house Immanuel Kant
  14. 1796 Ends four decades of university teaching Immanuel Kant
  15. 1804 Dies in his Königsberg home Immanuel Kant
  16. 1836 Marriage at Tragheim Church Richard Wagner
  17. 1872 Friedrichskolleg school attendance David Hilbert
  18. 1879 Transfer to Wilhelm Gymnasium David Hilbert
  19. 1880 University studies begin David Hilbert
  20. 1886 Return for habilitation David Hilbert
  21. 1930 Retirement address David Hilbert
  22. 1945 Front-line service in East Prussia Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
  23. 1945 Arrest while serving in East Prussia Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
  24. 1948 Family relocation to Kaliningrad Alexei Leonov

Related