Historedia
Person

Wilhelm Grimm

Events
1
Episodes
2
Years
1811–1812

Every event in Historedia whose sources name Wilhelm 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.

Sources

  1. Brothers Grimm Wikipedia, revision of 2026-09-23
  2. Grimms' Fairy Tales Wikipedia, revision of 2026-09-10