Illuminati

Summary

Illuminati is a secret society^[1]. Illuminati ranks in the top 2% of secret_society entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (11,542 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Illuminati is in the country of Electorate of Bavaria^[3].
• Illuminati's image is recorded as Minerval insignia.png^[4].
• Illuminati's instance of is recorded as secret society^[5].
• Illuminati's founder is recorded as Adam Weishaupt^[6].
• Illuminati's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 143615086^[7].
• Illuminati's GND ID is recorded as 5077537-6^[8].
• Illuminati's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n84193452^[9].
• Illuminati's IdRef ID is recorded as 091992044^[10].
• Illuminati's Commons category is recorded as Illuminati^[11].
• +1776-05-01T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Illuminati^[12].
• Illuminati was dissolved in +1785-03-00T00:00:00Z^[13].
• Illuminati's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03w79^[14].
• Illuminati's NL CR AUT ID is recorded as ph395742^[15].
• Illuminati's cause of destruction is recorded as intragroup conflict^[16].
• Illuminati's cause of destruction is recorded as Charles Theodore, Elector of Bavaria^[17].
• Illuminati's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Illuminati^[18].
• Illuminati's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition^[19].
• Illuminati's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as topic/Illuminati^[20].
• Illuminati's BBC Things ID is recorded as a0300a16-8c59-4d3a-ac4d-c96553f86b58^[21].
• Illuminati's subject named as is recorded as Illuminaten^[22].
• Illuminati's different from is recorded as Illuminati^[23].
• Illuminati's Encyclopædia Universalis ID is recorded as illumines-de-baviere^[24].
• Illuminati's Catholic Encyclopedia ID is recorded as 07661b^[25].
• Illuminati's Treccani ID is recorded as illuminati^[26].
• Illuminati's Quora topic ID is recorded as Illuminati^[27].

Body

Founding

Illuminati's founder is recorded as Adam Weishaupt^[6]. +1776-05-01T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Illuminati^[12].

Dissolution

Illuminati was dissolved in +1785-03-00T00:00:00Z^[13].

Brands and Namesakes

Things named for Illuminati include The Illuminatus! Trilogy^[28], a literary trilogy^[29], founded in 1969^[30], written by Robert Shea^[31] and Illuminati^[32], a conspiracy theory^[33].

Why It Matters

Illuminati ranks in the top 2% of secret_society entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (11,542 views/month).^[2] Illuminati has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[34] Illuminati is known by 63 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[35]

Entities named for Illuminati include The Illuminatus! Trilogy^[28], a literary trilogy^[29], founded in 1969^[30], written by Robert Shea^[31] and Illuminati^[32], a conspiracy theory^[33].