Gottfried Achenwall (born 20 October 1719 in Elbląg, Poland - died 1 May 1772) was a German statistician. He is counted among the inventors of statistics. October 20 is the 293rd day of the year (294th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 72 days remaining. ... // Events January 23 - The Principality of Liechtenstein is created within the Holy Roman Empire April 25 - Daniel Defoe publishes Robinson Crusoe June 10 - Battle of Glen Shiel Prussia conducts Europes first systematic census Miners in Falun, Sweden find an apparently petrified body of Fet-Mats Israelsson in an unused... Motto: none Voivodship Warmia-Masuria Municipal government Rada Miejska w Elblągu Mayor Henryk Słonina Area 83,32 km² Population  - city  - urban  - density 130. ... May 1 is the 121st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (122nd in leap years). ... 1772 was a leap year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... For Wikipedia statistics, see m:Statistics Statistics is the science and practice of developing human knowledge through the use of empirical data expressed in quantitative form. ... Statistics is a type of data analysis which includes the planning, summarizing, and interpreting of observations of a system possibly followed by predicting or forecasting of future events based on a mathematical model of the system being observed. ...

Beginning in 1738 he studied in Jena, Halle, again Jena and Leipzig. In the years 1743 to 1746 he worked as controller in Dresden. He was awarded his magister in 1746 by the philosophical faculty of Leipzig and went in the following to Marburg to work as assistant professor lecturing history, statistics, natural and international law. In 1748 he was called to Göttingen to become extraordinary professor of philosophy, in 1753 extraordinary professor of law and regular professor of philosophy. In 1761 professor of natural law and politics, in 1762 doctor of both laws. Events February 4 - Court Jew Joseph Suss Oppenheimer is executed in Württenberg April 15 - Premiere in London of Serse, an Italian opera by George Frideric Handel. ... Map of Germany showing Jena Jena is a town in central Germany on the River Saale. ... Map of Germany showing Halle Halle (also called Halle an der Saale in order to distinguish from Halle in North Rhine-Westphalia) is the largest town in the German Bundesland of Saxony-Anhalt. ... Map of Germany showing Leipzig Leipzig â–¶(?) [ˈlaiptsɪç] (Sorbian/Lusatian: Lipsk) is the largest city in the federal state (Bundesland) of Saxony in Germany. ... // Events February 14 - Henry Pelham becomes British Prime Minister February 21 - - The premiere in London of George Frideric Handels oratorio, Samson. ... Events January 8 - Bonnie Prince Charlie occupies Stirling April 16 - Battle of Culloden brings an end to the Jacobite Risings October 22 - The College of New Jersey is founded (it becomes Princeton University in 1896) October 28 - An earthquake demolishes Lima and Callao, in Peru Catharine de Ricci (born 1522... Dresden is the capital city of the German federal state of Saxony, is situated in a valley on the river Elbe. ... Marburg is a city in Hesse, Germany, on the Lahn river. ... Events April 24 - A congress assembles at Aix-la-Chapelle with the intent to conclude the struggle known as the War of Austrian Succession - at October 18 - The Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle is signed to end the war Adam Smith begins to deliver public lectures in Edinburgh Building of... Landmark Gänseliesel fountain at the main market Göttingen (listen â–¶(?)) is a city in Lower Saxony, Germany. ... 1753 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... 1761 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... 1762 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ...

In 1765, Achenwall became court counsellor of the Royal British and the Electoral court of Braunschweig-Lüneburg. With financial support from the king he travelled to Switzerland and France in 1751 and to Holland and England in 1759. 1765 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... Map of Germany showing Braunschweig Braunschweig [ˈbraunʃvaik] (English Brunswick) is a city of 245,500 people (as of December 31, 2004), located in Lower Saxony, Germany. ... Map of Germany showing Lüneburg Coat of arms Lüneburg is a town in Lower Saxony, Germany, about 50km southeast of Hamburg. ... Events Adam Smith is appointed professor of logic at the University of Glasgow March 25 - For the last time, New Years Day is legally on March 25 in England and Wales. ... Holland is a region in the central-western part of the Netherlands. ... Royal motto (French): Dieu et mon droit (Translated: God and my right) Englands location within the UK Official language English de facto Capital London de facto Largest city London Area - Total Ranked 1st UK 130,395 km² Population - Total (mid-2004) - Density Ranked 1st UK 50. ... 1759 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ...

Publications

• Abriß der neuen Staatswissenschaft der vornehmen Europäischen Reiche und Republiken, 1749, in the following editions titled Staatsverfassung der Europäischen Reiche im Grundrisse, 1752 ff.
• Achenmann and Johann Stefan Pütter: Naturrecht, 1750, 1753
• Jus Naturae, 2 vol., 1755-56 ff, edition VII in 1781 with a preface from Johann Henrick Christian de Selchow.
• Grundsätze der Europäischen Geschichte, zur politischen Kenntnis der heutigen vornehmsten Staaten, 1754, 2^nd edition 1759 titled Die Geschichte der heutigen vornehmsten Staaten im Grundrisse, 5^th edition 1779
• Entwurf der Europäischen Staatshändel des 17. und 18. Jahrhunderts, 1756, 4^th edition 1759
• Staatsklugheit nach ihren ersten Grundsätzen, 1761, 4^th edition 1759
• Juris gentium Europaei practici primae lineae, 1775, unfinished.

Sources

• Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie - online version