Immanuel Kant Born in Konigsberg
April 22, 1724
In a Prussian port city he would never leave, a harness-maker's son was born into a Pietist household and named Emanuel. He would shift the I to a K as an adult, never marry, never travel, keep to walks so punctual neighbors set their clocks by them, and reinvent philosophy from his study.
In context
Also in 1724 (3 other events on record)
- Yongzheng's Reforms · East Asia · Politics
- Dahomey Conquers Allada · Africa · War
- Treaty of Constantinople Partitions Persia · Middle East · Politics
Before and after in Europe
Before and after in Culture
Era
Enlightenment (1651–1800), one of 696 events from that era on Saeculum.
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