Historical figures in Bern
The atlas holds 6 people and 12 moments here, from 1765 to 2018. The most recorded lives are Albert Einstein, Vladimir Lenin and Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel. Among them Writers, Educators and Philosophers, across the Enlightenment and the Industrial Revolution.
Notable people
Albert Einstein
from 1902 to 1908
4 moments here
German-born theoretical physicist who transformed modern physics through special and general relativity, foundational work on quantum theory, and…
Vladimir Lenin
from 1913 to 1915
3 moments here
Russian Marxist revolutionary, Bolshevik leader, political theorist, and founding head of government of Soviet Russia and the Soviet Union.…
Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
in 1793
2 moments here
German philosopher and a central figure of German idealism. His documented movements include formative study in Stuttgart and Tübingen; tutoring…
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
in 1765
1 moment here
Genevan philosopher, writer, composer, and a major figure of the European Enlightenment. Rousseau’s documented movements ranged across Geneva, Savoy,…
Benito Mussolini
in 1903
1 moment here
Italian journalist, Fascist leader, and dictator of Italy from 1922 until his removal in 1943.…
Kofi Annan
in 2018
1 moment here
Ghanaian diplomat and statesman who served as Secretary-General of the United Nations from 1997 to 2006.…
Moments
- 1765 Retreat on Île de Saint-Pierre Jean-Jacques Rousseau
- 1793 Summer stays at Tschugg Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
- 1793 Tutor in the Bern region Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
- 1902 Moves into first Bern room Albert Einstein
- 1902 Begins work at Swiss Patent Office Albert Einstein
- 1903 Arrest in Bern Benito Mussolini
- 1903 Occupies Kramgasse apartment Albert Einstein
- 1908 Teaches at University of Bern Albert Einstein
- 1913 Accompanied Krupskaya to Bern Vladimir Lenin
- 1914 Settled in wartime Bern Vladimir Lenin
- 1915 Zimmerwald anti-war conference Vladimir Lenin
- 2018 Death in Bern Kofi Annan