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The Brothers Grimm

By CorinneKinsman

  • Jacob Grimm born

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  • Wilhelm Grimm born

  • Phillip Grimm dies

    Phillip Grimm is the eldest brother in the Grimm family, and he was barely 11 when he died.

  • Jacob Grimm goes to Marburg University to study Law

  • Wilhelm Grimm goes to Marburg University to study Law

  • Jacob leaves Uni to help out family

    This is also the time when the brothers embark on collecting their stories.

  • Dorathea Grimm Dies

    Jacob must now take care of his family, and he gets employment as a royal librarian.

  • First Grimm Brothers tale released

  • Wilhelm takes over Jacob with the Grimm Brothers tales

  • Jacob and Wilhelm receive honorary awards from Marburg University

  • Wilhelm marries Henriette Wild

  • The brothers publish 'Irish Fairy Tales'

  • The Brothers protest against King Ernst

    The lose their jobs a the University for this.

  • Wilhelm retires as a professor

  • The Grimm Brothers attempt to create the German Dictionary.

    Unfortunately, they don't make it past the letter G.

  • Wilhelm Grimm dies.

    He died in Berlin

  • Jacob Grimm dies.

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