Immanuel Kant Birthday, Age & Famous Birthday Twins
Born: 22 April 1724 · Died: 12 February 1804 · Age: 79
German philosopher of the Enlightenment whose Critique of Pure Reason and moral philosophy shaped modern thinking on knowledge and ethics
Did you know?He was so regular in his daily habits that locals reportedly set their watches by his afternoon walks.
Quick facts
Date of birth22 April 1724
Date of death12 February 1804
Age at death79
NationalityGerman
BirthplaceKönigsberg, Prussia
Occupationphilosopher, anthropologist, physicist
Editor's Take:
Kant spent his entire life in and around the Prussian city of Königsberg, yet his ideas travelled further than almost any philosopher's. His great question was how we can know anything at all, and his answer was that the mind actively shapes the way we experience the world. In ethics he argued that we should act only in ways we would be happy for everyone to follow, a principle still debated in moral philosophy. He also wrote about lasting peace between nations, ideas that later echoed in the founding of international organisations. Reading him is famously hard work, but modern philosophy is unimaginable without him.
Key Milestones
1755: Begins teaching at Königsberg
1770: Becomes professor of logic and metaphysics
1781: Publishes the Critique of Pure Reason
1785: Publishes the Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals
1788: Publishes the Critique of Practical Reason
1795: Publishes Perpetual Peace
Immanuel Kant (born Emanuel Kant; 22 April 1724 – 12 February 1804) was a German philosopher. Born in Königsberg in the Kingdom of Prussia, he is considered one of the central thinkers of the Enlightenment.
Immanuel Kant's birthday is April 22. He was born on April 22, 1724 in Königsberg, Prussia.
How old was Immanuel Kant when he died?
Immanuel Kant died on February 12, 1804, aged 79.
Who shares a birthday with Immanuel Kant?
Famous people who share Immanuel Kant's April 22 birthday include Vladimir Lenin, J. Robert Oppenheimer, Jack Nicholson, Donald Tusk and Isabella I of Castile.
