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Immanuel Kant Biography

Historical biography and chronological timeline for Immanuel Kant, based on 7 World History Database records associated with Germany.

7 records1755–18047 events0 places

Chronological biography

1755

Milky Way1755
Science / Astronomy

Kant conjectures that some of the nebulae visible in the night sky might be separate "galaxies" themselves, similar to our own. In a treatise Immanuel Kant draws on earlier work by Thomas Wright, speculates (correctly) that the Milky Way might be a rotating body of a huge number of stars, held together by gravitational forces akin to the Solar System but on much large

1781

Critik Der Reinen Vernunft", revised 17871781
Humanities / Philosophy

Publication of "Critik Der Reinen Vernunft", revised 1787

Critique of Pure Reason1781
Humanities / Philosophy

Publication of "Critik Der Reinen Vernunft", revised 1787

1787

Critik Der Practischen Vernunft", a revised version1787
Humanities / Philosophy

Publication of "Critik Der Practischen Vernunft", a revised version

Critique of Practical Reason1787
Humanities / Philosophy

Publication of "Critik Der Practischen Vernunft", a revised version

1797

Die Metaphysik Der Sitten1797
Humanities / Philosophy

Publication of "Die Metaphysik Der Sitten"

1804

Death of Immanuel Kant12 February 1804
Humanities / Philosophy

Death of Immanuel Kant

Record provenance

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