Humboldt University of Berlin was founded by the Prussian reformer Wilhelm von Humboldt, who shaped it according to a new ideal in which teaching and research were united and students were meant to develop independent scholarship. This so-called Humboldtian model influenced universities in Germany and in many other countries. It was originally named the University of Berlin, and it later bore the name of King Frederick William III. Among its famous teachers and students were the philosophers Hegel and Schopenhauer, Karl Marx, Albert Einstein and Max Planck. After the Second World War it lay in East Berlin and was renamed in honour of Wilhelm and his brother Alexander von Humboldt. Many of its professors and students fled to found the Free University in West Berlin.
Before and after
- 8 May 1809Battle of Piave River
- 31 May 1809Death of Joseph Haydn
- 14 June 1809Battle of Raab
- from 27 July 1809 to 28 July 1809Battle of Talavera
- 16 August 1809Founding of Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
- from 1 October 1809 to 5 December 1917Grand Duchy of Finland
- 14 October 1809Treaty of Schönbrunn
- 29 December 1809Birth of William Ewart Gladstone
- c. 1810Composition of Für Elise
More in Society, economy & sport
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- 17 February 1863Founding of International Committee of the Red Cross
- 26 October 1863The Football Association is founded in London
- 17 May 1865Founding of International Telecommunication Union
- 19 September 1893New Zealand becomes the first country where women vote
- 30 June 1908Tunguska event
The era
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