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born 18 October 1777 in Frankfurt/Oder died 21 November 1811 in Berlin |
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| 1788 | his father dies; is sent to Berlin to pursue his studies |
| 1792 | joins the Prussian army in Potsdam |
| 1793 - 1797 | his mother dies; participates in Rhine Campaign against France; promotion to the rank of second lieutenant |
| 1799 - 1800 | quits the army; studies physic and mathematics in Frankfurt /Oder; unofficial engagement to Wilhelmine von Zenge; preparation for the Prussian civil service |
| 1801 - 1804 | travels to Paris, Switzerland and Italy; breaks off his engagement to Wilhelmine; suffers a nervous breakdown; publishes "The Family Schroffenstein" |
| 1805 | begins work as administrative assistant in Königsberg; finishes "The Broken Jug" |
| 1806 - 1807 | resigns from civil service; French forces occupy Prussia; taken prisoner of war by the French; publishes "Amphytrion" and finishes "Penthesilea" |
| 1808 - 1810 | publishes the magazine "Phöbus" together with Adam Müller; finishes "Die Hermannsschlacht"; premiere of "Kate of Heilbronn"; publication of first volume of stories and first issue of the "Berliner Abendblätter" |
| 1811 | publication of second volume of stories; finishes "Prince of Homburg"; on 21 November suicide together with Henriette Vogel |
