30 moments

1. Birth in Marbach am Neckar

   1759-11-10 · Marbach am Neckar, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

   

   Schiller was born in Marbach am Neckar in the Duchy of Württemberg.

2. Childhood and primary schooling in Lorch

   1763-01-01 · Lorch, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

   

   The family moved from Schwäbisch Gmünd to nearby Lorch, where Schiller received his primary education. The move followed the family's 1763 relocation to Schwäbisch Gmünd; the source does not give a separate precise date.

3. Family move to Schwäbisch Gmünd

   1763-01-01 · Schwäbisch Gmünd, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

   

   After the Seven Years' War, Schiller's father was stationed at Schwäbisch Gmünd and the family moved with him. The source supports the year but not a more precise arrival date.

4. Family relocation to Ludwigsburg

   1766-01-01 · Ludwigsburg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

   

   Schiller moved with his family to Ludwigsburg when his father took an assignment with its garrison.

5. Entry into the Karlsschule

   1773-01-01 · Karlsschule Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

   

   Schiller entered the Duke of Württemberg's elite military academy in Stuttgart, initially studying law before moving to medicine. Coordinates represent central Stuttgart because the historical academy's precise campus context changed.

6. Regimental doctor in Stuttgart

   1780-01-01 · Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

   

   After graduating in medicine, Schiller took a post as a regimental doctor in Stuttgart.

7. First performance of The Robbers

   1782-01-13 · Mannheim, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

   

   Schiller travelled without permission from his regiment to attend the Mannheim premiere of The Robbers. Coordinates represent Mannheim's historic central theatre district rather than a surviving original venue.

8. Second unauthorized journey to Mannheim

   1782-05-01 · Mannheim, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

   

   Schiller made a second unauthorized trip to Mannheim, which contributed to the Duke's disciplinary action against him. The source dates the second journey to late May but gives no exact day.

9. Arrival in Mannheim after flight

   1782-09-22 · Mannheim, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

   

   Schiller's flight from Stuttgart brought him to Mannheim, beginning an important but financially difficult literary period. The quote explicitly establishes both the departure and destination on this date.

10. Flight from Stuttgart

    1782-09-22 · Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

    

    Schiller fled the Württemberg capital after being ordered to cease writing poetry. This card records Schiller's documented departure point; the same source also establishes Mannheim as his destination.

11. Retreat to Oggersheim

    1782-10-01 · Oggersheim, Ludwigshafen am Rhein, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

    

    To evade anticipated pursuit by Württemberg authorities, Schiller withdrew to Oggersheim in the Palatinate. The source supports October 1782 but not a specific day.

12. Refuge at Bauerbach

    1782-12-01 · Bauerbach, Grabfeld, Thuringia, Germany

    

    Schiller went from Oggersheim to Bauerbach, where he lived under the name Dr. Ritter while working on Fiesco, Kabale und Liebe, and preliminary work for Don Karlos. The arrival month is supported; no exact day is supplied.

13. Literary residence at Bauerbach

    1783-01-01 · Bauerbach, Grabfeld, Thuringia, Germany

    

    Schiller remained at the Wolzogen estate in Bauerbach for most of 1783 while developing major early dramas. This is a continuation of the December 1782 to July 1783 Bauerbach residence.

14. Invitation and move to Leipzig

    1785-04-01 · Leipzig, Saxony, Germany

    

    Schiller accepted Christian Gottfried Körner's invitation to Leipzig, beginning a period divided between Leipzig and the Dresden area.

15. First arrival in Weimar

    1787-07-21 · Weimar, Thuringia, Germany

    

    Schiller arrived in Weimar to seek connections with its leading literary and courtly circle.

16. Visit to Jena

    1787-08-01 · Jena, Thuringia, Germany

    

    Schiller visited Jena and met Karl Leonhard Reinhold, Gottlieb Hufeland, and Christian Gottfried Schütz. The source supports August 1787 but no exact day.

17. Return to Weimar

    1787-08-25 · Weimar, Thuringia, Germany

    

    After his Jena visit, Schiller returned to Weimar and increasingly became part of its intellectual life.

18. Residence at Volkstedt

    1788-05-01 · Volkstedt, Rudolstadt, Thuringia, Germany

    

    Schiller took lodgings in Volkstedt near Rudolstadt during the period in which he developed links with the Lengefeld family. Volkstedt is now part of Rudolstadt.

19. Residence in Rudolstadt

    1788-08-01 · Rudolstadt, Thuringia, Germany

    

    Schiller moved from Volkstedt into Rudolstadt in August 1788. The quoted phrase is part of the preceding sentence stating that Schiller took up residence first in Volkstedt and then in Rudolstadt.

20. First meeting with Goethe

    1788-09-07 · Rudolstadt, Thuringia, Germany

    

    At the Lengefeld home in Rudolstadt, Schiller met Johann Wolfgang von Goethe for the first time. The specific Lengefeld house is not securely geocoded here; coordinates represent Rudolstadt.

21. Winter return to Weimar

    1788-11-12 · Weimar, Thuringia, Germany

    

    Schiller left Rudolstadt for a winter stay in Weimar.

22. Move to Jena for university appointment

    1789-03-01 · Jena, Thuringia, Germany

    

    Following his appointment as an extraordinary professor, Schiller went to Jena in March 1789. The source supports March 1789 but not a specific day.

23. Return to Jena for inaugural lecture

    1789-05-11 · Jena, Thuringia, Germany

    

    Schiller returned to Jena to begin his university teaching, culminating in his inaugural lecture later that month.

24. Inaugural lecture at the University of Jena

    1789-05-26 · University of Jena, Jena, Thuringia, Germany

    

    Schiller delivered his inaugural lecture, “What Is, and to What End Do We Study, Universal History?”, at Jena. Coordinates represent the historic University of Jena area.

25. Marriage to Charlotte von Lengefeld

    1790-02-22 · Marienkirche, Wenigenjena, Jena, Thuringia, Germany

    

    Schiller married Charlotte von Lengefeld in Wenigenjena, now a district of Jena. Coordinates represent Wenigenjena's Marienkirche area, identified by the Klassik Stiftung Weimar chronology as the wedding church.

26. Meeting with Goethe in Jena

    1794-07-20 · Jena, Thuringia, Germany

    

    Schiller and Goethe met and talked following a meeting of the Natural Science Society in Jena; their later friendship became central to Weimar Classicism. The institutional chronology is a Schiller chronology; coordinates represent central Jena.

27. Guest in Goethe's Weimar home

    1794-09-14 · Goethe House, Weimar, Thuringia, Germany

    

    Schiller stayed as a guest in Goethe's house in Weimar for nearly two weeks. The date records the beginning of the documented stay, which lasted through 27 September.

28. Move into the Jena garden house

    1797-05-02 · Schiller Garden House, Jena, Thuringia, Germany

    

    Schiller moved into his garden house in Jena with his family.

29. Final move to Weimar

    1799-01-01 · Weimar, Thuringia, Germany

    

    Schiller returned with his family from Jena to Weimar, where he remained for the rest of his life. The source supports the year but not a more precise return date.

30. Death in Weimar

    1805-05-09 · Weimar, Thuringia, Germany

    

    Schiller died in Weimar at age forty-five after his final years of literary work there. Coordinates represent central Weimar; the infobox establishes the city but not the exact death house.