The life of Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel (1770 - 1831) By michael.gilbertson Aug 27, 1770 Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel is born in Stuttgart Dec 17, 1770 Ludwig van Beethoven is born Apr 18, 1775 American War of Independence Begins Jul 4, 1776 U.S. Declaration of Independence was approved. Oct 19, 1781 American forces defeat the British army at Yorktown, Virginia. Sep 3, 1783 Treaty of Paris was signed (ended the American Revolutionary War) Aug 17, 1786 Fredrick the Great dies Jul 14, 1789 French Revolution begins with the storming of the Bastille Dec 6, 1791 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Dies. Jan 21, 1793 Louis XVI is guillotined. Period: 1801 to 1806 Hegel teaches at the University of Jena Apr 27, 1803 Territorial reform of the German states by Francis II. Period: May 18, 1803 to Apr 11, 1814 First Napoleonic Wars Great Britain declared war on France until Napoleon abdicates and exiled to Elba. Feb 12, 1804 Immanuel Kant dies. Oct 21, 1805 Britain defeats French and Spanish fleet at the Battle of Trafalgar Oct 14, 1806 Battle of Jena (Napoleon defeates Prussia). 1807 Hegel's The Phenomenology of Mind is published. 1811 Hegel marries Marie Helena Susanna von Tucher 1812 Brother Georg Ludwig dies in Napoleon’s Russia Campaign 1812 Hegel's The Science of Logic is published. Jun 18, 1812 The War of 1812 begins. Dec 24, 1814 U.S. and Britian signs Treaty of Ghent. Jun 18, 1815 Arthur Wellesley (Duke of Wellington) defeats Napoleon in the Battle of Waterloo Period: 1816 to 1818 Hegel teaches at the University of Heidelberg Period: 1818 to 1831 Hegel teaches at the University of Berlin May 5, 1818 Karl Marx is born. 1821 Hegel's The Philosophy of Right is published. 1831 Illegitimate son, Ludwig, dies with Dutch Army in Indonesia Nov 14, 1831 Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel dies in Berlin Nov 14, 1831 Hegel dies in Berlin. Nov 16, 1831 Carl von Clausewitz dies (cholera) Poland 1837 Hegel's The Philosophy of History is published.