Historedia
Person

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Events
8
Episodes
10
Years
1774–1840

Every event in Historedia whose sources name Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, 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. Publication of The Sorrows of Young Werther

    1774

    Role: Author

    1. 1774 · UnknownAnonymous Publication

      The novel was published anonymously in 1774.

    2. January–March 1774 · UnknownWriting Completion

      Goethe finished the novel in early 1774.

  2. Goethe publishes Zur Farbenlehre (Theory of Colours)

    1793

    Role: Author

    1. 1793 · unspecified in sourcesDevelopment of Arguments Against Newton

      Goethe formulated arguments against Newton's optics by 1793, building on Castel's earlier criticisms.

  3. Premiere of Schiller's Wilhelm Tell at Weimar

    1804

    Role: Director

    1. 17 March 1804 · Weimar court theatrePremiere of Wilhelm Tell

      Schiller's drama Wilhelm Tell was first publicly performed in Weimar on 17 March 1804, directed by Goethe.

  4. Publication of Goethe's Faust, Part One

    1808

    Role: Author

    1. 1808 · unresolvedPublication of Faust Part One

      Goethe's Faust, Part One was published in 1808, creating a sensation. The specific location is not supported by the supplied passages.

  5. Beethoven and Goethe meet at Teplice

    1812

    Role: Poet who met Beethoven at Teplice in 1812 and recorded his impressions of him

    1. July 1812 · Teplice (Teplitz), BohemiaBeethoven and Goethe meet at Teplice

      Beethoven, advised to visit Teplitz in 1812, met Goethe at the Bohemian spa town, where each formed pointed impressions of the other.

  6. Goethe articulates his vision of Weltliteratur

    1827

    Role: Author

    1. January 1827 · Weimar, Goethe's residence (qualified inference)Goethe's Statement on Weltliteratur

      In January 1827 Goethe made a famous statement predicting that world literature would replace national literature as the major mode of literary creativity in the future.

  7. August Klingemann's adaptation of Goethe's Faust premieres in Braunschweig

    1829

    Role: Original Author

    1. 19 January 1829 · BraunschweigPremiere of Klingemann's Faust Adaptation

      August Klingemann's adaptation of Goethe's Faust premiered in Braunschweig on 19 January 1829, marking a key theatrical event in the city.

  8. First English translation of Goethe's Theory of Colours published

    1840

    Role: Author

    1. 1840 · Place of publication not stated in supplied passagesPublication of the English Translation

      Charles Lock Eastlake's English translation of Goethe's Theory of Colours was published in 1840, rendering the German text of 1810 accessible to English readers.

    2. 1840 · Place of publication not stated in supplied passagesOmission of Goethe's Polemic Against Newton

      In translating the text into English in 1840, Eastlake omitted the content of Goethe's polemic against Newton from the published translation.

Sources

  1. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Wikipedia, revision of 2026-09-28
  2. The Sorrows of Young Werther Wikipedia, revision of 2026-08-21
  3. Theory of Colours Wikipedia, revision of 2026-09-06
  4. William Tell (play) Wikipedia, revision of 2026-07-29
  5. Goethe's Faust Wikipedia, revision of 2026-09-11
  6. Ludwig van Beethoven Wikipedia, revision of 2026-09-20
  7. World literature Wikipedia, revision of 2026-05-22
  8. Faust, Part One Wikipedia, revision of 2026-09-27
  9. Ernst August Friedrich Klingemann Wikipedia, revision of 2026-08-24