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Friedrich Schiller
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Schillerdenkmal, mittig auf dem Gendarmenmarkt vor dem Konzerthaus · Gendarmenmarkt, 10117 Berlin-Mitte · 1759 – 1805
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Friedrich Schiller was born in 1759 in Marbach am Neckar and died in 1805 in Weimar; he worked as a poet, historian and philosopher.
Original wording of the source (German) „Lebensdaten 1759 – 1805 Geburtsort Marbach/Neckar Sterbeort Weimar Beruf/Funktion Dichter ; Historiker ; Philosoph"
Source: Deutsche Biographie (Bayerische Akademie der Wissenschaften / Neue Deutsche Biographie) — Schiller, Friedrich von · verified 2026-08-17
Schiller completed his first drama "Die Räuber" in spring 1781 and then began "Die Verschwörung des Fiesko zu Genua".
Original wording of the source (German) „Sein Erstlingsdrama. „Die Räuber“, schloß er im Frühjahr 1781 ab und begann „Die Verschwörung des Fiesko zu Genua“"
Source: Deutsche Biographie (Bayerische Akademie der Wissenschaften / Neue Deutsche Biographie) — Schiller, Friedrich von · verified 2026-08-17
Without permission from his military superiors, Schiller travelled to the premiere of "Die Räuber" in Mannheim in January 1782; the Duke's resulting punishment drove him to flee Stuttgart in September 1782.
Original wording of the source (German) „Nach der ohne Erlaubnis seiner Vorgesetzten unternommenen Reise zur Uraufführung der „Räuber“ im kurpfälz. Mannheim am 13.1.1782"
Note: Fortsetzung im Rohtext: „...verhängte der Herzog eine 14tägige Arrest-Strafe... S. floh daraufhin am 22.9.1782 von Stuttgart.“
Source: Deutsche Biographie (Bayerische Akademie der Wissenschaften / Neue Deutsche Biographie) — Schiller, Friedrich von · verified 2026-08-17
Through Goethe's mediation, Schiller received a call to a professorship at the University of Jena for the summer semester of 1789.
Original wording of the source (German) „die ihm auf Goethes Vermittlung einen Ruf an die (seit 1934 nach S. benannte) Univ. Jena zum Sommersemester 1789 einbrachten"
Source: Deutsche Biographie (Bayerische Akademie der Wissenschaften / Neue Deutsche Biographie) — Schiller, Friedrich von · verified 2026-08-17
The Sound of the Era
Symphony No. 9 — Ode to Joy · Ludwig van Beethoven, 1824
Beethoven set HIS words: Schiller's 1785 ode “To Joy” became the finale of the Ninth — and Europe's anthem.
Recording: via IMSLP · CC BY-SA 3.0
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