Friedrich de la Motte Fouqué

Friedrich de la Motte Fouqué, German author and poet (died 1843)

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Born: February 12, 1777
Died: January 23, 1843
Zodiac sign: Aquarius
Birth year: 1777

About Friedrich de la Motte Fouqué

Friedrich Heinrich Karl de la Motte, Baron Fouqué was a German writer of the Romantic style. Fouqué's first marriage was unhappy and soon ended in divorce. He was introduced to August Wilhelm Schlegel, who deeply influenced him as a poet ("mich gelehret Maß und Regel | Meister August Wilhelm Schlegel") and who published Fouqué's first book, Dramatische Spiele von Pellegrin, in 1804.

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The world when Friedrich de la Motte Fouqué was born

Friedrich de la Motte Fouqué was born in 1777. 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.

Headlines and milestones

Top headlineBattle of Saratoga — turning point of American Revolution
Technology milestoneCircular saw invented
World population~773M

United States snapshot

U.S. leaderContinental Congress
U.S. population2.7M

1777 versus 2026

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Measure	1777	2026
Population	2.7M	341 million

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