| * 04.07.1739 | Hoya an der Weser | Born 04 July in Hoya an der Weser | 
                                              
                                                     
                                                        | 1759 - 1762 | Göttingen | Study at the University of Göttingen | 
                                              
                                                     
                                                        | 1763 - 1765 | St. Petersburg | High school teacher in St. Petersburg (Leningrad) | 
                                              
                                                     
                                                        | 1765 |  | Study trip to Sweden and Denmark | 
                                              
                                                     
                                                        | 1766 | Göttingen | Appointment as associate professor of philosophy at the University of Göttingen | 
                                              
                                                     
                                                        | 1769 |  | "Grundsätze der teutschen Landwirthschaft" | 
                                              
                                                     
                                                        | 1770 | Göttingen | Appointment as full professor of economics at the University of Göttingen | 
                                              
                                                     
                                                        | 1777 |  | "Anleitung zur Technologie..." | 
                                              
                                                     
                                                        | 1782 |  | "Beyträge zur Geschichte der Erfindungen" (1805 appears the fifth volume) | 
                                              
                                                     
                                                        | 1806 |  | "Entwurf der algemeinen Technologie" | 
                                              
                                                     
                                                        | † 03.02.1811 | Göttingen | Died at 02 February in Göttingen |