Adam Weishaupt

Events

1

Episodes

3

Years

1776–1790

Every event in Historedia whose sources name Adam Weishaupt, with the role they cite and all of that event’s episodes. This is not a biography, and mentions are grouped by name, so two people with the same name can share this page.

Events and episodes

1. Founding of the Illuminati

   1776–1790

   Role: founder of the Perfectibilists, later the Order of Illuminati

   1. 11 May 1776 · founding site of the Perfectibilists in the Electorate of Bavaria; Ingolstadt is supplied by legacy row and event scope, not named in the cited passagesFounding of the Perfectibilists

      Adam Weishaupt and four students founded the Perfectibilists on 1 May 1776, adopting the Owl of Minerva as their symbol.

   2. 2end of summer 1778 · Ingolstadt command (Eleusis) of the orderEarly Expansion of the Order

      By late summer 1778 the order had 27 members organized into five commands across Bavarian towns.

   3. 31784–1790 · Electorate of BavariaOutlawing of the Illuminati

      Charles Theodore, encouraged by the Catholic Church, outlawed the Illuminati and other secret societies by edict in 1784, 1785, 1787 and 1790.

Sources

1. Illuminati Wikipedia, revision of 2026-09-14