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Founding of the Perfectibilists
- When
- 1 May 1776
- Where
- founding site of the Perfectibilists in the Electorate of Bavaria; Ingolstadt is supplied by legacy row and event scope, not named in the cited passages
- Part of
- Founding of the Illuminati
Adam Weishaupt and four students founded the Perfectibilists on 1 May 1776, adopting the Owl of Minerva as their symbol.
On 1 May 1776, Weishaupt and four students formed the Perfectibilists, the society later known as the Bavarian Illuminati, an Enlightenment-era secret society founded in the Electorate of Bavaria. The founders took the Owl of Minerva as their symbol. In April 1778 the order was renamed the Illuminatenorden, or Order of Illuminati, after Weishaupt had seriously contemplated the name Bee order.
Sources
- Illuminati Wikipedia, revision of 2026-09-14
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