Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel died on 14 November 1831 in Berlin, aged 61. A German philosopher, Hegel was one of the main figures of German idealism and developed a comprehensive system covering logic, nature, history, art, religion and politics. His Phenomenology of Spirit, published in 1807, traces the development of consciousness toward absolute knowledge, and his Science of Logic and Elements of the Philosophy of Right set out his metaphysics and political thought. He saw history as a rational process in which freedom gradually becomes realized, and his dialectical method influenced later thinkers. After teaching at Jena and Heidelberg he became a professor in Berlin. His work shaped Marx, Kierkegaard and many schools of philosophy that followed.
Before and after
- from 20 January 1831 to 1 January 1833Bosnian uprising
- 13 June 1831Birth of James Clerk Maxwell
- 4 July 1831Death of James Monroe
- August 1831Nat Turner's slave rebellion
- 14 November 1831Death of Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
- 19 November 1831Birth of James A. Garfield
- from 27 December 1831 to 2 October 1836Second voyage of HMS Beagle
- from 1832 to 1835Republic of Indian Stream
- 23 January 1832Birth of Édouard Manet
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