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Joseph Görres

German writer and journalist (1776-1848)

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Born
January 25, 1776
Died
January 29, 1848
Zodiac sign
Aquarius
Birth year
1776

About Joseph Görres

Johann Joseph Görres, since 1839 von Görres, was a German writer, philosopher, theologian, historian and journalist. The Görres Society was founded on 25 January 1876 in honour of Görres to advance Roman Catholic studies. In 1813 he again took up the cause of national independence, and in the following year founded Der rheinische Merkur. He went back to Heidelberg, but in 1817 returned to Coblenz and founded a relief-society for the alleviation of distress in the Rhenish province. The "elsewhere" was to Rome; and from this time Görres became an Ultramontane writer.

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Joseph Görres timeline

  1. In 1813 he again took up the cause of national independence, and in the following year founded Der rheinische Merkur.
  2. He went back to Heidelberg, but in 1817 returned to Coblenz and founded a relief-society for the alleviation of distress in the Rhenish province.
  3. The Görres Society was founded on 25 January 1876 in honour of Görres to advance Roman Catholic studies.

The world when Joseph Görres was born

Joseph Görres was born in 1776. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Culture in 1776

  • Best-selling bookCommon Sense by Thomas Paine

Headlines and milestones

  • Top headlineAmerican Declaration of Independence signed
  • Technology milestoneJames Watt installs first commercial steam engine
  • World population~770M

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderContinental Congress (no president yet)
  • U.S. population2.5M

1776 versus 2026

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Measure17762026
Population2.5M341 million

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