Born
1748
Died
1830
Nationality
German
Events involving Adam Weishaupt (4)
1776
ID: 591
May 1, 1776
Adam Weishaupt founds Illuminati on Walpurgisnacht - order to promote rationalism and destroy 'superstition' and 'despotism'
ID: 591
1784
ID: 618
March 1784
Illuminati reach peak 2000-3000 members including Goethe, Herder, government officials
ID: 618
1785
ID: 620
July 10, 1785
Lightning kills Illuminati courier Lanz - Bavarian authorities find documents revealing infiltration plans
ID: 620
1786
ID: 623
Bavarian government publishes seized Illuminati documents - Weishaupt flees to Gotha
ID: 623