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A series of 18 stories named “A guide for cheerful people" is published in german almanacs. Supposedly written by the baron himself. |
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May
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| In Bodenwerder, a town in West German, Karl Friedrich Hieronymus von Munchausen is born. | 1785 |
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A parody
book is written named "Baron
Munchausen's Narrative of His Marvelous Travels and Campaigns in Russia.
" by Rudolf Erich Raspe. London, 1785 ( first published as anonymous
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December
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| He joins the Russian army against the Turks | |||||||||
| 1786
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| A german version is published by Dietrich in Göttingen. It is named as:"Wunderbare Reisen zu Wasser und zu Lande. Feldzüge und lustige Abenteuer des Freiherrn von Münchhausen, wie er dieselben bei der Flasche im Zirkel seiner Freunde selbst zu erzählen pflegt." | |||||||||
July
22nd, 1754 |
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| Expelled from the Russian army for not returning from an extended leave Hyeronimus is pensioned off and does what any man of reason would do: spends the rest of his life telling tall tales of hunting and adventures abroad. | |||||||||
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