Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich was founded in Ingolstadt by Duke Louis IX of Bavaria, with the approval of the pope, and was therefore known for a time as the University of Ingolstadt. It later moved to Landshut and, in 1826, to Munich, where it took its present form and was named in honour of its founder and of King Maximilian I Joseph. The university has been prominent in the sciences and humanities, and many Nobel laureates have studied or taught there, including Wilhelm Rontgen, Max Planck and Werner Heisenberg. During the Nazi era the White Rose resistance group, which included students Hans and Sophie Scholl, was active at the university, and its members were executed. It is today one of the leading universities in Germany.
Before and after
- 3 May 1469Birth of Niccolò Machiavelli
- 12 March 1470Battle of Losecoat Field
- from 10 July 1470 to 5 August 1470Siege of Negroponte
- 21 May 1471Birth of Albrecht Dürer
- 1472Founding of Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
- 1473Construction of Sistine Chapel
- c. 1473William Caxton prints the first book in English
- 19 February 1473Birth of Nicolaus Copernicus
- from c. 1470s to 1620sThe Ming dynasty rebuilds the Great Wall in brick and stone
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The era
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