Munich in the Enlightenment

The atlas holds 4 people and 9 moments here, from 1688 to 1805. The most recorded lives are Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Ludwig van Beethoven and Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz.

Notable people

1. Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz

   in 1688

   1 moment here

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

2. 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…

3. Ludwig van Beethoven

   in 1787

   1 moment here

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

4. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

   from 1762 to 1790

   6 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

1. 1688 Arrival in Munich Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
2. 1762 Child prodigy appears in Munich Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
3. 1763 Grand-tour performances in Munich Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
4. 1766 Performs again in Munich Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
5. 1774 Long Munich visit for La finta giardiniera Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
6. 1778 Stays in Munich with the Webers Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
7. 1787 Stayed at the Black Eagle inn Ludwig van Beethoven
8. 1790 Stops in Munich Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
9. 1805 Arrival in Munich after Austerlitz Joséphine de Beauharnais

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