Historical figures in Munich

The atlas holds 40 people and 75 moments here, from 1580 to 2018. The most recorded lives are Adolf Hitler, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Pope Benedict XVI. Among them Writers, Musicians and Composers and Political Leaders, across the Space Age and the Cold War.

Notable people

  1. Abebe Bikila

    in 1972

    1 moment here

    Ethiopian marathon runner and Imperial Guard officer who won Olympic marathon gold in Rome in 1960 and Tokyo in 1964, both in world-record time.…

  2. Adolf Hitler

    from 1918 to 1941

    11 moments here

    Adolf Hitler (1889–1945) was an Austrian-born German politician who led the National Socialist German Workers’ Party (NSDAP), became German…

  3. Albert Einstein

    in 1880

    1 moment here

    German-born theoretical physicist who transformed modern physics through special and general relativity, foundational work on quantum theory, and…

  4. Arthur Schopenhauer

    in 1823

    1 moment here

    German philosopher and writer, born in Danzig and dead in Frankfurt am Main. His documented movements included childhood residences in Hamburg and Le…

  5. Benito Mussolini

    from 1937 to 1943

    3 moments here

    Italian journalist, Fascist leader, and dictator of Italy from 1922 until his removal in 1943.…

  6. Carl Friedrich Gauss

    in 1816

    1 moment here

    German mathematician, astronomer, geodesist, and physicist. Gauss was born in Brunswick, studied there and at Göttingen, worked privately in…

  7. Franz Kafka

    from 1902 to 1916

    2 moments here

    German-language Jewish Czech writer whose fiction transformed modern literature. Born and educated in Prague, Kafka trained as a lawyer and worked…

  8. Freddie Mercury

    from 1979 to 1983

    2 moments here

    Freddie Mercury (Farrokh Bulsara) was a British singer, songwriter, pianist, and lead vocalist of Queen.…

  9. George Eliot

    in 1858

    1 moment here

    Mary Ann Evans, known by the pen name George Eliot, was an English novelist, translator, journalist, and poet.…

  10. George H. W. Bush

    in 1992

    1 moment here

    George Herbert Walker Bush was an American naval aviator, oil executive, congressman, diplomat, director of central intelligence, vice president, and…

  11. Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz

    in 1688

    1 moment here

    German polymath, philosopher, mathematician, jurist, diplomat, court councillor, historian, and librarian.…

  12. Hans Christian Andersen

    from 1834 to 1840

    2 moments here

    Danish writer renowned for literary fairy tales including “The Little Mermaid,” “The Emperor’s New Clothes,” “The Snow Queen,” and “The Ugly…

  13. Heinrich Heine

    from 1827 to 1828

    2 moments here

    German poet, essayist, journalist, and literary critic. Born in Düsseldorf, Heine studied in Bonn, Göttingen, and Berlin, traveled widely in Germany…

  14. Henrik Ibsen

    from 1875 to 1885

    3 moments here

    Norwegian playwright and poet whose career took him from Telemark and coastal Norway to theatre work in Bergen and Christiania, then to long…

  15. Henri Matisse

    in 1910

    1 moment here

    French painter, sculptor, draughtsman, printmaker, and major figure of modern art. Born in Le Cateau-Cambresis, Matisse trained and worked…

  16. Ingmar Bergman

    in 1976

    1 moment here

    Swedish filmmaker, screenwriter, theatre director, theatre manager and author. Bergman’s career moved between Stockholm’s student and professional…

  17. Johannes Brahms

    in 1876

    1 moment here

    German composer, pianist, and conductor of the Romantic period. Born in Hamburg, Brahms developed as a performer there before touring Central Europe,…

  18. John Eccles

    in 1980

    1 moment here

    Australian neurophysiologist and philosopher John Carew Eccles (1903–1997) was a Nobel laureate noted for research on synaptic transmission.…

  19. Joséphine de Beauharnais

    in 1805

    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…

  20. Kofi Annan

    in 2018

    1 moment here

    Ghanaian diplomat and statesman who served as Secretary-General of the United Nations from 1997 to 2006.…

  21. Kurt Cobain

    in 1994

    1 moment here

    American singer, guitarist, songwriter, and founding member of Nirvana. This chronology maps documented residences, recording sessions, performances,…

  22. Lawrence Bragg

    in 1931

    1 moment here

    Australian-born British physicist and X-ray crystallographer. Bragg shared the 1915 Nobel Prize in Physics with his father, William Henry Bragg, for…

  23. Le Corbusier

    in 1910

    1 moment here

    Charles-Édouard Jeanneret-Gris, known as Le Corbusier, was a Swiss-born French architect, designer, painter, writer, and urban planner.…

  24. Ludwig van Beethoven

    in 1787

    1 moment here

    German composer and pianist whose life was centered first in Bonn and, from 1792, in Vienna.…

Moments

  1. 1580 Arrival at Munich Michel de Montaigne
  2. 1688 Arrival in Munich Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
  3. 1762 Child prodigy appears in Munich Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  4. 1763 Grand-tour performances in Munich Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  5. 1766 Performs again in Munich Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  6. 1774 Long Munich visit for La finta giardiniera Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  7. 1778 Stays in Munich with the Webers Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  8. 1787 Stayed at the Black Eagle inn Ludwig van Beethoven
  9. 1790 Stops in Munich Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  10. 1805 Arrival in Munich after Austerlitz Joséphine de Beauharnais
  11. 1816 Instrument journey to Munich Carl Friedrich Gauss
  12. 1823 Extended convalescence in Munich Arthur Schopenhauer
  13. 1827 Move to Munich Heinrich Heine
  14. 1828 Return to Munich Heinrich Heine
  15. 1834 Spends May in Munich Hans Christian Andersen
  16. 1840 Stays in Munich during eastern journey Hans Christian Andersen
  17. 1858 Munich literary and artistic stay George Eliot
  18. 1864 Summoned to Munich by Ludwig II Richard Wagner
  19. 1867 Family move to Munich Max Planck
  20. 1874 Studies at Ludwig Maximilian University Max Planck
  21. 1875 Residence in Munich Henrik Ibsen
  22. 1875 Munich residence at Schönfeldstraße Henrik Ibsen
  23. 1876 Conducting First Symphony Johannes Brahms
  24. 1879 Visits Munich during European journey Mark Twain
  25. 1879 Teaching at his former Munich school Max Planck
  26. 1880 Family moves to Munich Albert Einstein
  27. 1885 Return to Munich Henrik Ibsen
  28. 1894 Move to Munich Thomas Mann
  29. 1900 Relocated Iskra to Munich Vladimir Lenin
  30. 1902 Considers studying in Munich Franz Kafka
  31. 1905 Marriage to Katia Pringsheim Thomas Mann
  32. 1907 Doctorate at the University of Munich Muhammad Iqbal
  33. 1910 Islamic-art exhibition in Munich Henri Matisse
  34. 1910 Munich study residence Le Corbusier
  35. 1912 Visit to Munich Yosano Akiko
  36. 1914 Move into Poschingerstraße house Thomas Mann
  37. 1916 Reads In the Penal Colony in Munich Franz Kafka
  38. 1917 Science as a Vocation lecture Max Weber
  39. 1918 Returns to Munich after hospitalization Adolf Hitler
  40. 1919 Politics as a Vocation lecture Max Weber
  41. 1919 Gives first DAP public speech Adolf Hitler
  42. 1920 Munich town-hall debate on The Decline of the West Max Weber
  43. 1920 Presents the NSDAP 25-point program Adolf Hitler
  44. 1920 Death in Munich Max Weber
  45. 1923 Continues Beer Hall Putsch in Munich Adolf Hitler
  46. 1923 Launches Beer Hall Putsch Adolf Hitler
  47. 1925 Refounds party at Bürgerbräukeller Adolf Hitler
  48. 1931 Research leave in Munich Lawrence Bragg
  49. 1937 Opens House of German Art exhibition Adolf Hitler
  50. 1937 Receives Mussolini in Munich Adolf Hitler

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