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1749 Johann Wolfgang von Goethe was born in Frankfurt am Main, the first child of a lawyer Johann Caspar Goethe, and Katherine Elisabeth Textor, the daughter of the mayor of Frankfurt 1765 At the age of 16, Goethe began to study law at Leipzig University (1765-68) 1767 An unhappy love affair inspired Goethe`s first play, The Lover`s Caprice 1770 After a period of illness, resumed his studies in Strasbourg (1770-71). Some biographers have speculated that Goethe had contracted syphilis - at least his relationships with women were years apart 1770 After a period of illness, resumed his studies in Strasbourg (1770-71). Some biographers have speculated that Goethe had contracted syphilis - at least his relationships with women were years apart 1774 He published his first novel, self-revelatory DIE LEIDEN DES JUNGEN WERTHERS 1775 He was welcomed by Duke Karl August into the small court of Weimar, where he worked in several governmental offices 1784 He discovered the human intermaxilarry bone, and formulated a vertebral theory of the skull 1786 He made a journey to Italy. (1786-88) 1789 Christiane Vulpius became Goethe`s mistress Approx 1790 In the 1790s Goethe contributed to Friedrich von Schillerīs journal Die Horen, published WILHELM MEISTERS LEHRJAHRE Approx 1791 From 1791 to 1817 Goethe was the director of the court theatres 1806 He married Christiane Vulpius 1808 The first part of his masterwork, Faust Approx 1811 Poetry and Truth (1811-1833) 1812 Goethe met the famous composer Ludwig van Beethoven in Teplitz. Approx 1816 He edited Kunst and Altertum (1816-32) Approx 1817 edited Zur Naturwissenschaft (1817-24) Approx 1821 completed the novel WILHELM MEISTERS WANDERJAHRE (1821-29) 1832 the second part of Faust 03/22/1832 Goethe died in Weimar on March 22, 1832. |
