Historical figures in Mainz
The atlas holds 18 people and 30 moments here, from 121 to 1974. The most recorded lives are Johannes Gutenberg, Fyodor Dostoyevsky and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Among them Writers, Philosophers and Educators, across the Enlightenment and the Industrial Revolution.
Notable people
Albrecht Dürer
in 1520
1 moment here
German painter, printmaker, and theorist of the Northern Renaissance. Born and died in Nuremberg, Dürer trained there before traveling through the…
Charlemagne
in 807
1 moment here
Frankish king, Lombard king, and Carolingian emperor who ruled from 768 to 814. His itinerant court moved across Francia, Saxony, Italy, Bavaria, the…
Charles de Gaulle
in 1924
1 moment here
French army officer, leader of Free France during the Second World War, head of France's Provisional Government, and president of the French Fifth…
Desiderius Erasmus
in 1514
1 moment here
Dutch Renaissance humanist, Catholic priest, theologian, editor, and author. Erasmus was born in the Burgundian Netherlands, educated in the Low…
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
from 1862 to 1871
4 moments here
Russian novelist, journalist, essayist, and former military engineer whose life moved between Moscow, Saint Petersburg, Siberian imprisonment and…
Gallienus
in 254
1 moment here
Publius Licinius Egnatius Gallienus (c. 218–September 268) was Roman emperor, co-ruling with his father Valerian from 253 and ruling alone from 260.…
Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
in 1800
1 moment here
German philosopher and a central figure of German idealism. His documented movements include formative study in Stuttgart and Tübingen; tutoring…
Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
in 1667
1 moment here
German polymath, philosopher, mathematician, jurist, diplomat, court councillor, historian, and librarian.…
Hadrian
in 121
1 moment here
Roman emperor from 117 to 138. Hadrian traveled extensively through the Roman Empire, inspecting frontiers and armies, intervening in provincial…
Honoré de Balzac
in 1846
1 moment here
French novelist and playwright, born in Tours and dead in Paris. Balzac created La Comédie humaine, an interlinked fictional panorama of…
Johannes Gutenberg
from 1400 to 1468
9 moments here
German inventor and craftsman associated with the development of European movable-type printing.…
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
in 1793
1 moment here
German poet, dramatist, novelist, scientist, theatre director, and statesman. Born in Frankfurt, Goethe studied in Leipzig and Strasbourg, practiced…
Joséphine de Beauharnais
in 1806
1 moment here
Marie-Josèphe-Rose Tascher de La Pagerie, known as Joséphine, was Napoleon Bonaparte’s first wife and Empress of the French from 1804 until the…
Leonhard Euler
in 1727
1 moment here
Swiss mathematician, physicist, astronomer, engineer, and polymath. Euler’s documented life moved from Basel and nearby Riehen to Saint Petersburg,…
Richard Wagner
in 1862
1 moment here
German composer, conductor, theatre director, and essayist whose movements included early work in German theatre, exile in Switzerland, stays in…
Sydney Brenner
in 1974
1 moment here
South African-born molecular biologist whose career moved from Johannesburg and Oxford to Cambridge, California, Singapore and other scientific…
Voltaire
in 1753
1 moment here
François-Marie Arouet, known as Voltaire, was a French Enlightenment writer, historian, dramatist, and philosopher.…
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
from 1763 to 1790
2 moments here
Austrian composer and performer of the Classical era. Born in Salzburg, Mozart toured Europe as a child prodigy, made three formative journeys to…
Moments
- 121 Inspects the Rhine and upper Danube frontiers Hadrian
- 254 Campaigns on the Rhine frontier Gallienus
- 807 Issued a diploma at Ingelheim Charlemagne
- 1400 Birth in Mainz Johannes Gutenberg
- 1411 First family departure from Mainz Johannes Gutenberg
- 1413 Second family departure from Mainz Johannes Gutenberg
- 1448 Confirmed return to Mainz Johannes Gutenberg
- 1450 Printing workshop at Hof zum Humbrecht Johannes Gutenberg
- 1462 Expulsion from Mainz during the Diocesan Feud Johannes Gutenberg
- 1465 Residence at Algesheimer Hof Johannes Gutenberg
- 1468 Death at Algesheimer Hof Johannes Gutenberg
- 1468 Burial in the Franciscan church Johannes Gutenberg
- 1514 Hebrew study in Mainz Desiderius Erasmus
- 1520 Rhine departure from Mainz Albrecht Dürer
- 1667 Visit to Mainz Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
- 1727 Rhine voyage to Mainz Leonhard Euler
- 1753 Passes through Mainz Voltaire
- 1763 Performs in Mainz Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
- 1790 Writes from Mainz on the return journey Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
- 1793 Observes the Siege of Mainz Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
- 1800 Journey to Mainz Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
- 1806 Stay at Mainz Joséphine de Beauharnais
- 1846 Witness at Anna Hańska's wedding Honoré de Balzac
- 1862 Visited Wiesbaden on his first European tour Fyodor Dostoyevsky
- 1862 Settlement in Biebrich Richard Wagner
- 1863 Gambled in Wiesbaden Fyodor Dostoyevsky
- 1865 Stranded in Wiesbaden after gambling losses Fyodor Dostoyevsky
- 1871 Made his final gambling visit to Wiesbaden Fyodor Dostoyevsky
- 1924 Occupation-army posting in Mainz Charles de Gaulle
- 1974 Karl August Foster Lecture Sydney Brenner