Historedia
Person

Jacob Grimm

Events
2
Episodes
5
Years
1811–1847

Every event in Historedia whose sources name Jacob Grimm, 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. First publication of Grimms' Fairy Tales

    1811–1812

    Role: Co-author and collector of the tales

    1. 1811–1812 · Kassel as the brothers' base; collecting also in WestphaliaCollecting the tales

      Before publication, the Grimms gathered folktales from oral informants and written sources, including Wilhelm's 1811 Westphalia contacts.

    2. 20 December 1812 · Brothers' base; publication place given as Berlin in a bibliographic sourceFirst volume of Kinder- und Hausmärchen published

      The Grimms issued the first volume of their fairy-tale collection in December 1812, containing 86 folk tales.

  2. Vuk Karadžić publishes the first Serbian dictionary

    1816–1847

    Role: Philologist and Translator

    1. 1816-1818 · ViennaEcclesiastical Opposition and Permission

      Metropolitan Stratimirović viewed Karadžić's orthographic reforms as a threat to Church Slavonic traditions, delaying publication.

    2. 1818 · ViennaPublication of Srpski rječnik

      The first edition of the dictionary was published in Vienna in 1818, containing 26,270 vernacular words.

    3. 1818-1847 · ViennaInclusion of Profanity and Criticism

      The dictionary included swear words at the persuasion of Kopitar and Grimm, leading to sharp criticism.

Sources

  1. Brothers Grimm Wikipedia, revision of 2026-09-23
  2. Grimms' Fairy Tales Wikipedia, revision of 2026-09-10
  3. Srpski rječnik Wikipedia, revision of 2026-06-07