Writers of the Enlightenment
The atlas holds 36 people and 671 moments here, from 1685 to 1815.
Moments
- 1799 Arrival in Bath with Edward and Elizabeth Jane Austen
- 1799 Born in Moscow Alexander Pushkin
- 1799 Schooling at Dulwich Lord Byron
- 1799 Visit to Pfaff Carl Friedrich Gauss
- 1799 Dies at Mount Vernon George Washington
- 1799 Inspects Mount Vernon farms George Washington
- 1800 Journey to Mainz Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
- 1800 Visit to Oakley Hall Jane Austen
- 1800 Extended visit to Ibthorpe Jane Austen
- 1801 Moved to Jena Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
- 1801 Harrow School Lord Byron
- 1801 First presidential inauguration Thomas Jefferson
- 1801 Move from Steventon to Bath Jane Austen
- 1801 Works at Bad Pyrmont Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
- 1802 Born in Besançon Victor Hugo
- 1802 Visit to Godmersham Jane Austen
- 1802 Marriage proposal at Manydown Jane Austen
- 1803 Visit to Wilhelm Olbers Carl Friedrich Gauss
- 1803 Meeting Franz Xaver von Zach on the Brocken Carl Friedrich Gauss
- 1803 Practical astronomy at Seeberg Observatory Carl Friedrich Gauss
- 1803 Visit to Lyme Regis Jane Austen
- 1804 Return to Harrow Lord Byron
- 1804 Dies in his Königsberg home Immanuel Kant
- 1804 Return to Bath Jane Austen
- 1805 Childhood summers at Zakharovo Alexander Pushkin
- 1805 Eton v Harrow match at Lord's Lord Byron
- 1805 Born in Odense Hans Christian Andersen
- 1805 Visit to Godmersham via Steventon Jane Austen
- 1805 Writes at Bad Lauchstädt Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
- 1805 Autumn stay in Worthing Jane Austen
- 1805 Marriage to Johanna Osthoff Carl Friedrich Gauss
- 1805 Entry to Trinity College Lord Byron
- 1806 Residence at Burgage Manor Lord Byron
- 1806 Journey to Stoneleigh Abbey Jane Austen
- 1806 Stay at Hamstall Ridware Jane Austen
- 1806 Catalogues minerals in Jena Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
- 1806 Napoleonic-era Jena Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
- 1806 Move to Southampton lodgings Jane Austen
- 1806 Faces French soldiers at his Weimar house Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
- 1806 Marries Christiane Vulpius Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
- 1807 Moved to Bamberg Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
- 1807 Castle Square residence Jane Austen
- 1807 Moves to childhood home Hans Christian Andersen
- 1807 Summer visit to Olbers Carl Friedrich Gauss
- 1807 Conducts geological work in Carlsbad Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
- 1807 Rejoins his father in Avellino Victor Hugo
- 1807 Arrival as Göttingen professor and observatory director Carl Friedrich Gauss
- 1808 Stay at Kintbury Jane Austen
- 1808 Journey to Godmersham Jane Austen
- 1808 Headmaster in Nuremberg Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel