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Publications from the Brothers Grimm
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Beethoven "Für Elise" / "For Elise"
We don't know who Beethoven's Elize was, but it is one of his contemporaries may have incorrectly written its title for him. Its solo piano is a favorite for many people. Despite the date which is on the manuscript: April 27th, 1810; it was not published until about fifty years later. The suggestion that it is a personal piece to a lady is ratified by it being a close match to the name of one of his lady students. His musical masterpieces are even more remarkable when you consider by 1810 his lo -
Children's and Household Tales
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Battle Of Waterloo
Napoleon had returned to Paris from his imprisonment on Elba without much in the way of opposition, and had collected many of his old troops and commanders on the march. The Allies met in Vienna and decided that they would not accept the Emperor's peaceful overtures. He had raised about 300,000 men but would be facing the million or so that the Allies had. He had decided to break up their amalgamation with an attack on them before they got to France, and battle was joined at Waterloo in Belgium -
2nd edition
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Grimm Doctorates
Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm receive honorary doctorates from the University of Marburg. Their scholarly work on linguistics, folklore, and medieval studies continues, resulting in many publications. -
Volume 3
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Marriage
Wilhelm Grimm marries Henriette Dorothea (Dortchen) Wild, who -- together with other members of her family -- had provided the Jacob and Wilhelm with many of their best folktale texts. -
Resignation & Acceptation
The Grimms resign their positions as librarians in Kassel and accept positions at the University of Göttingen as librarians and professors. -
Underground Railroad
is started around the late 1820's to early 1830's it was an informal network of secret routes and safe houses used by 19th-century black slaves in the United States to escape to free states and Canada with the aid of abolitionists who were sympathetic to their cause, the peak period was from 1850 to 1860. -
3rd edition
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University Postitions
Professors Grimm join five of their university colleagues in a formal protest against a constitutional violation of Ernst August, King of Hannover. The seven professors (Die Göttinger Sieben) are fired. The Grimm brothers receive many offers for new positions, and finally accept appointments at the University of Berlin. -
4th edition
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5th edition
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6th edition
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Steinway Pianos
Originally from Germany, Heinrich Steinweg had built organs and pianos, but moved to the United States in 1850, and founded Steinway and Sons in New York in 1853. They dominated the market, and their earliest workshops were in Manhattan. -
7th Edition
This final version is the basis for most editions and translations published after the Grimms' death. -
1st Grimm Death
Wilhelm Grimm dies December 16, 1859, at the age of 73.